Banshee, the world’s longest inverted roller coaster, opens at Kings Island in April of 2014. The Bolliger & Mabillard coaster will send riders through 4,124 feet of track and seven inversions at speeds up to 68 mph. The ride begins...
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The Dark Knight Rises Coaster in RCT3
Last year, I wrote about my fantasy Dark Knight Rises-inspired wing coaster. Earlier this year I decided to illustrate that idea by using Roller Coaster Tycoon 3. Yes, some of us still play the game. Watch a video of The Dark...
Continue reading...Is Kings Island Building a B&M for 2014?
This afternoon we had an interesting anonymous tip on our Twitter feed. After we re-tweeted Kings Island’s cryptic “670200029” tweet, “Kings Island Expo” tweeted us a link to this picture: The tweet read: “It is the bar code on a...
Continue reading...GateKeeper Review
Coaster101 team members Nick and Kyle had the opportunity to ride the new record breaking wing coaster at Cedar Point and shared their GateKeeper reviews: Kyle: For months now we have heard about how great GateKeeper was going to be,...
Continue reading...Gatekeeper Photo Gallery
Cedar Point’s B&M wing coaster Gatekeeper officially opened on Saturday, and our social media manager Larry Treece was on hand to ride the coaster and take some beautiful photographs of the world’s newest wing coaster. The panoramic shown below illustrates...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: X-Flight
This week’s A-Z Coaster of the Week is X-Flight at Six Flags Great America. This is the newest roller coaster here and was possibly one of the most anticipated roller coasters for Six Flags Great America since it hasn’t received a major...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Wild Eagle
We travel to my home state of Tennessee for this week’s A-Z Coaster of the Week. Dollywood’s Wild Eagle was the first B&M wing coaster to open in the United States when it debuted in March of 2012. Dollywood officials...
Continue reading...Incredible Photos from Atop GateKeeper
The Sandusky Register posted some incredible photos of Cedar Point’s GateKeeper taken by photographer Jason Werling. Some of the photos were taken atop the wing coaster’s 170-foot-tall lift hill. © Jason Werling, Sandusky Register This photo gives you an idea of what...
Continue reading...Cedar Point’s Gatekeeper Amid Snow
When I first saw this photo that Cedar Point posted to its Facebook page, I thought I was seeing a sandy white beach. I forgot that today is January 3rd, and that isn’t much sand visible in snow-covered Sandusky, Ohio. Regardless,...
Continue reading...GateKeeper Construction Continues
Cedar Point’s under-construction GateKeeper wing coaster seems to grow significantly with each passing day. The park recently shared this beautiful panoramic shot showing GateKeeper’s new prominence in the Cedar Point skyline. The park also tweeted the below photo showing a more...
Continue reading...Gatekeeper Lift Hill Construction Time Lapse
Cedar Point recently shared a great time lapse video of Gatekeeper’s 170-foot-tall lift hill under construction on the park’s Facebook page. The video was taken on Monday, November 26, 2012. Although the lift hill isn’t finished, before long I’m sure...
Continue reading...Cedar Point’s Gatekeeper Rises
May 2013 may seem far away, but Cedar Point is wasting no time in constructing as much of the Gatekeeper wing coaster before the harsh winter strikes. The park’s Facebook page revealed the first completed section of track, which appears...
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