From the year that Worlds of Fun opened in 1973 to the time of its departure in 1997, fans flocked to the Africa section of the park to catch a ride on the legendary Zambezi...
When Lake Compounce opens for its 177th season later this month, the park’s popular Boulder Dash coaster will feature 580 feet of steel Titan Track from Great Coasters International, Inc. (GCI). Titan Track is GCI’s...
It’s been twelve years since Worlds of Fun christened a new roller coaster at the park, but after a multi-year retracking, the park’s oldest operating coaster, Timber Wolf, is essentially brand new, and in 2021,...
From the child-friendly Crazy Couch to the more-thrilling but still family-friendly collection of Skywarp roller coasters, Skyline Attractions has a diverse collection of amusement rides and services. Their work can be found at parks from...
For the next stop in our 20 in 2020 series we are heading to the sweetest place on earth, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Lightning Racer struck at Hersheypark on May 13, 2000. When it opened it was...
For the last 20 or so years, there have been two primary wooden roller coaster maker: Great Coasters International and the Gravity Group. Custom Coasters International dominated the wooden coaster market in the 1990s. Before...
Over the last several months we’ve been taking a look back at some of our favorite coasters celebrating their 20th birthdays this year in our 19 for ’99 series. This week we’re looking at a...
Kentucky Kingdom sent us some beautiful sunrise photos of the park’s nearly complete Kentucky Flyer wooden coaster, which is slated to open in late April. Even at daybreak, construction crews were already at work across...
When we ranked the Top 5 years for new coasters in 2015, 1999 just missed the cut, coming in as an honorable mention. In honor of the 20th anniversary of a pretty solid year for...
Alton Towers formally announced plans today for Wicker Man, a wooden roller coaster that will “fuse fire and wood” when it opens in the spring of 2018. While specific details about the Great Coasters International...
Worlds of Fun is making a sizable modification to its Timber Wolf wooden coaster for the 2018 season with the addition of a new finale: a high-speed, over-banked 70-degree turn that will replace the coaster’s...
After more than a year in development, Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s “Project 2017,” InvadR, opened to the public on Friday. After following the construction progress since InvadR was announced last spring, we were among the first...
