Last month, we visited Busch Gardens Tampa Bay to cap the end of a trip to the IAAPA Expo in Orlando. If you haven’t been paying attention to the park’s mass of purple steel and wood reaching into the Tampa...
2020 is shaping up to be a great year for new roller coasters. One of the primary focuses of coaster enthusiasts is the United States’ second “hyper hybrid” from Rocky Mountain Construction, Iron Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa. At this year’s...
At Busch Gardens Tampa’s 60th Anniversary Celebration earlier tonight, the park was eager to show off the lead car for Tigris, which will open later this year. However, in a video posted to the park’s social media channels, touting all...
Lightning Rod yesterday reopened at Dollywood after more than three months of downtime. The coaster last operated in early July. Until last week, when the American Coaster Enthusiast (ACE) Southeast region’s Twitter account shared a photo of the coaster testing,...
California’s Great America has officially opened their newest roller coaster, RailBlazer, to the public! RailBlazer is a first of its kind ride on the West Coast, and is also the first major project as part of the park’s new master...
Rain dotted my windshield as I drove to the media preview of Six Flags Over Georgia’s new-for-2018 Twisted Cyclone, the latest hybrid steel coaster from Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC). Earlier in the morning, I nervously watched the weather radar as a...
Steel Vengeance, Cedar Point’s record breaking hyper-hybrid coaster, is receiving rave reviews with some even calling it the best ride ever. Rocky Mountain Construction transformed the 161-foot-tall wooden monstrosity formerly known as Mean Streak by adding on more than 40 additional...
This week, Coaster101 writers Kyle and Larry had the privilege of attending media day for Cedar Point’s new coaster Steel Vengeance! This coaster has driven the coaster community bonkers over the past year and now it is just days away...
