Emperor, the new B&M Dive Coaster that’s been in the works at SeaWorld San Diego since before the pandemic has an opening date! The park announced on Twitter that Emperor opens to the public on March 12, 2022. Hear ye,...
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Emperor at SeaWorld San Diego to open in March 2022
After the announcements of opening dates for Iron Gwazi and Ice Breaker earlier this week, it was only a matter of time before the next domino fell in regards to opening dates for SeaWorld’s four roller coasters that were scheduled...
Continue reading...World’s Steepest Dive Coaster Coming to Six Flags Fiesta Texas
After weeks of in-depth teasing, Six Flags Fiesta Texas has finally unveiled their 2022 addition: Dr. Diabolical’s Cliffhanger, the world’s steepest dive coaster. Built by Bolliger and Mabillard (B&M), this floorless dive coaster will be 150ft tall and feature the...
Continue reading...SeaWorld San Diego’s New Dive Coaster, Emperor, Hits Construction Milestones
Emperor, the newest ride at SeaWorld San Diego, reached two major construction milestones today. Crews installed both the last section of track on the ride, and loaded a train onto the track for the first time. Emperor is the newest...
Continue reading...SeaWorld San Diego Announces Name for New Dive Coaster: Emperor
At the IAAPA Expo this week, SeaWorld San Diego announced a new name for the Dive Coaster opening at the park in 2020: Emperor. The coaster will be the first B&M dive coaster on the West Coast, and the tallest,...
Continue reading...Guest Blog: CPFoodBlog Takes on Yukon Striker
Though we didn’t make it to Canada’s Wonderland for the debut of the world’s fastest, tallest, and longest dive coaster, our friend Justin from CPFoodBlog and his wife were in attendance, and kind enough to share some of their thoughts...
Continue reading...SeaWorld San Diego Adding Emperor Dive Coaster in 2020
SeaWorld San Diego announced that they’ll be opening their third new roller coaster in three years in 2020, and it’s going to be a first for the West Coast. At a community event over the weekend the park revealed that...
Continue reading...Yukon Striker Dive Coaster Opening at Canada’s Wonderland in 2019
Canada’s Wonderland today announced plan’s for Yukon Striker, which will become the world’s tallest, fastest and longest dive coaster when it opens in 2019. It will also be the only one of its kind to include four inversions — one of...
Continue reading...HangTime Dive Coaster Coming To Knott’s Berry Farm in 2018
Last night Knott’s Berry Farm revealed what may have been the best kept secret among the 2018 Cedar Fair coasters (not a high bar), “HangTime”, a Gerstlauer Infinity coaster. HangTime will be the first dive coaster on the West Coast,...
Continue reading...Valravn Review: Next Best Thing to Skydiving
Cedar Point debuted Valravn -the world’s tallest, longest, and fastest dive coaster – to the public on Thursday night, May 5th in a big way. The Valravn First Rider Benefit helped raise over $75,000 for LeBron James Family Foundation. Unfortunately,...
Continue reading...Cedar Point Releases Valravn On-Ride Video
Cedar Point’s Valravn opens to the public this Saturday (May 7) and to ramp up the anticipation for the big debut, the park has released an on-ride POV video of the Bolliger & Mabillard dive coaster in action. Watch it for...
Continue reading...Valravn’s First Drop Completed
The brutal cold temperatures aren’t hampering Cedar Point construction crews from making amazing progress on Valravn, the new-for-2016 Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) dive coaster. The park’s director of communications, Tony Clark, has been sharing the coaster’s progress on his Twitter...
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