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. For our broader thoughts and...
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The Roller Coasters of Adventureland Resort, Ranked by a First-Time Visitor
Living in North Carolina, I typically find the amusement parks of the midwest as places that are best described as “inconvenient to travel to.” Of course, that makes me want to visit them even more, and when I found myself...
Continue reading...Tusenfryd Announces Inverted Launched Gerstlauer Coaster for 2023
Norway’s Tusenfryd theme park announced they will be opening a brand new multi-launch inverted coaster by Gerstlauer for the 2023 season. Storm – The Dragon Legend will begin with a forwards-backwards-forwards triple launch sequence into a tight layout featuring multiple...
Continue reading...Small Park Showcase: Galveston Historic Pleasure Pier
The classic seaside amusement park is becoming more and more of a rarity in the United States, so when you have the opportunity to visit, you absolutely should. On this edition of our Small Park Showcase series, we’re headed to...
Continue reading...Country’s Highest Looping Coaster Opens
Today marks the opening of Defiance, the country’s highest looping roller coaster, at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park. Situated at 7,132 feet above sea level, Defiance features a 102.3 degree, 110-foot freefall drop and also boasts the steepest freefall drop in...
Continue reading...Palindrome, Gerstlauer Infinity Shuttle Coaster Coming to to Cotaland
Gerstlauer is off to the races, with the announcement of Palindrome, a new roller coaster at Cotaland, adjacent to Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Named after a word, phrase or sequence that reads the same backwards as forward,...
Continue reading...Gerstlauer Announcing Next Infinity Coaster at IAAPA Expo; Our Guesses Where It Lands
Gerstlauer and Ride Entertainment love their “surprise” teaser announcements. Earlier today, it was announced that the German coaster manufacturers have signed an agreement to manufacture a one-of-a-kind Infinity roller coaster for a soon-to-be-named customer in the United States. The attraction,...
Continue reading...Glenwood Caverns Announces “Defiance” for 2022
Earlier this year, roller coaster enthusiasts were guessing where a “mystery” record-breaking roller coaster from Gerstlauer would land in 2022. Today, we got our answer. As first reported by USA Today’s Arthur Levine, the mystery record breaker will be known...
Continue reading...Beyond the Track: The Smiler at Alton Towers In-Depth Analysis
Welcome to the second installment in a four-part “Beyond the Track” series by Coaster101 guest writer Ryan Cataldo. There is more beyond the surface of a roller coaster than just hills and drops. Every functional coaster on earth has scrutinous...
Continue reading...7 Potential Locations for Gerstlauer’s Mystery Coaster
Yesterday, Gerstlauer, through their partners at Ride Entertainment, announced that they would be building a “One-of-a-Kind” record breaking coaster in the United States. The coaster is scheduled to open in May of 2022, and will be announced formally in the...
Continue reading...KCL Engineering To Light Marquee Gerstlauer Coaster at Nickelodeon Universe
KCL Engineering created a new gold standard for roller coaster lighting with its first coaster lighting project, Monster at Adventureland, back in 2016. Over the past two years, KCL has continued to push the limits of coaster lighting, counting Hangtime...
Continue reading...Tantrum Euro-Fighter Coaster Opens at Darien Lake
Darien Lake officially opened Tantrum, a Gerstlauer euro-fighter coaster, on Friday, June 1 — though it had soft opened to guests over the Memorial Day weekend. The ride was manufactured by Gerstlauer Amusement Rides and was installed by Ride Entertainment. “Tantrum...
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