Yes, we know. It’s been a while. (You try having any free time with a 3 month old puppy.) But we are back with a vengeance with an INCREDIBLE guest – the perfect person to...
AlpenFury construction is underway at Canada’s Wonderland. The park is currently building the nation’s longest, tallest, and fastest launch coaster for this season. Today, we were invited to check out the construction progress. We began...
Now that we’re fully recovered from the 2024 IAAPA Expo, we thought we’d recap all of the announcements, train reveals, and any other new and interesting ride concepts and news we saw at the show....
Combining the elements of fire and ice, Canada’s Wonderland is inviting guests to face nature’s wrath next year on AlpenFury, the longest, tallest and fastest launch coaster in Canada. When fire and ice come together...
Last October, Busch Gardens Williamsburg announced a temporary closure for the park’s iconic Loch Ness Monster roller coaster, noting a “full restoration” would take place through the winter of 2023 and spring of 2024, with...
The IAAPA Foundation is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has granted scholarship funding for seven students attending the Rosen College of Hospitality Management who are following the Attractions Management track based on...
As the slogan goes, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” Unless you’re a roller coaster that would have turned 20 this year, and then we write about it on Coaster101.com. In this volume of...
In the Muscogee Creek language, OWA means “Big Water,” and due to Hurricane Sally, the name of the Foley, Alabama amusement park took on a double meaning. The area between Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida,...
This past weekend the long-awaited West Coast Racers opened for member and passholder previews at Six Flags Magic Mountain. We were lucky enough to get an invite from the park to come get a first...
Welcome back to Coaster101.com’s “19 for ’99” series, where we’re taking a look at 19 of our favorite coasters who are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. This week, we’re headed just outside of the nation’s...
“You never even ‘Saw’ it coming!” and “The Wildest Ride in the Woods” were two of the frequently used taglines of Silver Dollar City’s BuzzSaw Falls, which was dubbed the world’s first “liquid” roller coaster....
The construction of Tigris at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is well under way! Recently, the Tigris track was completed, and Coaster101 was invited for an exclusive behind-the-scenes construction tour of the Premier Rides Skyrocket II...
