On July 31, Kings Dominion announced the park’s newest roller coaster, Rapterra, a launched wing coaster from Swiss coaster designers Bolliger & Mabillard. Located in the park’s “Jungle X-Pedition” area, Rapterra will become the third roller coaster in that area...
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A Look At 2019 Off-Season Maintenance at Carowinds
There’s a lot going on at Carowinds this off-season in addition to the construction progress on Copperhead Strike. (Not to mention the new SpringHill Suites by Marriott at Carowinds and Employee Dorms being constructed just outside of the park gates!) The...
Continue reading...Copperhead Strike Taking Shape at Carowinds (and the Gliders’ Return!)
Since Granny’s Epic Secret at Carowinds was revealed to be Copperhead Strike on August 30, lots of eyes have been on the construction site adjacent to Carowinds’ County Fair, which will become Blue Ridge Junction in 2019. Today, Coaster101, along...
Continue reading...Carowinds Construction Update: July 1
There’s a lot going on at Carowinds this season in preparation for the future of the park. We visited the park this weekend, and were able to snap a few photos of the two main ongoing construction projects at Carowinds;...
Continue reading...Carowinds Camp Snoopy Construction Update
Last Friday, while we were at Carowinds taking a look at the ongoing progress for Winterfest, we also had the opportunity to look at some of the construction of Camp Snoopy, which will be replacing Planet Snoopy at the park in...
Continue reading...Guest Blog: InvadR Construction Update from Attraction Chasers
Our friends Cody and Matt from Attraction Chasers recently took part in a Hard Hat Construction Tour for InvadR at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. They were kind enough to share some their photos and videos with us! One of two major...
Continue reading...Is Tokyo DisneySea the World’s Best Theme Park? – Part 1
If you follow Coaster101 on Twitter (which you should), then you may have noticed a few weeks ago that there was some live tweeting from Tokyo DisneySea. DisneySea is regarded by many as the best Disney theme park in the...
Continue reading...Carowinds Off-Season Construction Progress, Part Three
We are just a few weeks away from Carowinds‘ opening day on Friday, March 25. With so much going on at the park this off season, Carowinds held a second hard hat tour for the media yesterday. (The first was in...
Continue reading...Park Photography Tips & Tricks: Part 2 – Editing & Sharing
Continuing with this series (part one here,) we now dive into the world of post-production, which is all about what to do with your images after you shoot them. This ranges from sharing them via social media, all the way...
Continue reading...Guest Photo Update: Twisted Colossus Construction
One of our readers, Keith, was at Six Flags Magic Mountain over the weekend, and took a bunch of photos of the Rocky Mountain conversion of Colossus to Twisted Colossus. Some Comments From Keith: -Clearly the issues associated...
Continue reading...Goliath Opening Day Photo Gallery
Yesterday, Six Flags Great America’s triple world-record-breaking wooden roller coaster opened to the public. While I rode Goliath the day prior at the coaster’s media preview, I was really excited to see true park guests’ reactions to Rocky Mountain Construction’s...
Continue reading...Skyrush and Hersheypark Photo Gallery
By now you may have seen our Skyrush review, and perhaps you’ve had the opportunity to ride the new Hersheypark coaster. Tyler Hopkins recently visited the park and brought back some beautiful photos of the coaster, as well as some...
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