Last week on social media, we asked our audience the question “What is your most unpopular controversial theme park hot take?” Spoiler alert: The responses didn’t disappoint. While there were too many to cover in one episode (or even multiple...
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A Very Amusing Disney Coaster Discussion with Carlye Wisel – The Coaster101 Podcast
This week on the podcast we’re joined by a very special guest: Theme Park journalist extraordinaire Carlye Wisel! Carlye writes about theme parks for publications as wide ranging as Travel & Leisure, Eater, and SyFy, and this past summer started...
Continue reading...Walt Disney World Roller Coasters: From Tame to Thrilling
While Central Florida may be the theme park capital of the United States, one of its main attractions, the Walt Disney World Resort, isn’t necessarily known as being a destination for roller coasters. With the four parks’ (Disney’s Magic Kingdom,...
Continue reading...The 2016-17 A-Z Coaster of the Week Roundup
After 26 weeks featuring 26 different roller coasters, each starting with a different letter of the alphabet, we finally wrapped up our 2016-2017 version of our A-Z Coaster of the Week series, and I thought it would be interesting to...
Continue reading...How Minecraft Roller Coaster Tricks are Applied in Real Theme Parks
I had a blast attending and presenting at Minefaire, a massive Minecraft inspired fan experience. You can read more about what there is to see and do at Minefaire here. So what does this have to do with coasters and...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Expedition Everest
Welcome back to another installment in our “A-Z Coaster of the Week” series, where each week we feature a different coaster starting with a different letter of the alphabet. This week, we head down to the Theme Park Capital of...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Expedition Everest
This week we travel to the sunny state of Florida for the “E” coaster of the week: Expedition Everest. Opened in 2006 at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom theme park, Expedition Everest quickly became an iconic Disney attraction, and brought...
Continue reading...Florida 2012: Animal Kingdom
As our fun Florida 2012 adventure draws to a close, we decided to go out with a roar (and a yeti) at Animal Kingdom. The park was looking spectacular as always. Expedition Everest seems to grow more and more realistic each time...
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