Last year we brought you our list of our favorite coasters over 50 years old that are still going strong today. Now, we’re moving forward to look at the best US coasters from the 1970s that you can still ride!...
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How Every Modern Wooden Roller Coaster Traces Back to One Company
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 CCI, names like Dinn and...
Continue reading...My First Visit to Kennywood Park
Kennywood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been near the top of my amusement park bucket list since I first saw photos of it in my first roller coaster book. As a child, I viewed Kennywood as the quintessential American amusement park —...
Continue reading...Kennywood Roller Coasters Ranked By a First-Time Visitor
I made my first visit to Kennywood this weekend, and I took a ride on each of the six major Kennywood roller coasters. Although it wasn’t easy, I decided to rank the historic amusement park’s roller coasters — separating the...
Continue reading...Kings Island and Banshee Covered in Snow
If you think that harsh winter weather conditions are slowing down Banshee construction at Kings Island, think again. The B&M inverted coaster is growing each day, thanks to the dedicated construction workers. A spokesman from the park reports: “Construction of...
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