While Walt Disney may have thought they were the way of the future, monorails have failed to become a widespread mode of transportation. Like stream trains, after the Disneyland monorail opened there was a building boom of theme park monorails...
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Monorails at Five Surprising Amusement Parks
After writing about the best steam trains in American theme parks, I started thinking about another favorite mode of transportation of mine: monorails. A monorail is a type of railway system where the track consists of a single elevated beam...
Continue reading...Remembering the Kings Island Monorail
While the main draw of Kings Island today is the heart-pounding roller coasters like Orion, Mystic Timbers, and Banshee, it wasn’t always this way. The first attraction to require an additional fee at the park was the Lion Country Safari,...
Continue reading...Six Flags Fiesta Texas adding Wonder Woman RMC Raptor in 2018
As first reported by Arthur Levine for USA Today, in 2018, Six Flags Fiesta Texas is opening one of the first Rocky Mountain Construction “Raptor” coasters; Wonder Woman Golden Lasso. It will be the world’s first single-rail coaster. The trains, which...
Continue reading...C101 Wishlist: Holiday World Transportation System
The Coaster101 recently spent the day at Holiday World riding their amazing roller coasters Thunderbird and The Voyage. One of the only negatives I heard all day on Saturday was how far away from the entrance Thunderbird is. Holiday World has grown from...
Continue reading...Dan Guy Interview: Part II
Today we continue our interview with Penn State Mechanical Engineering student Dan Guy. In case you missed it, click here to read part one. C101: How complicated is it to drive the monorail at Walt Disney World? Doesn’t it have...
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