Six Flags Great Adventure has introduced an electrifying new addition to its lineup with The Flash: Vertical Velocity, the first Vekoma Super Boomerang coaster in North America. This high-energy ride, themed around the speedster of the DC Comics, delivers an...
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Siren’s Curse Sleek New Trains Unveiled
The trains for Siren’s Curse, Cedar Point’s crazy new roller coaster, were revealed during Winter Chill Out, a special event where fans got a behind-the-scenes look at the park’s off-season operations and upcoming changes for the 2025 season. Winter Chill...
Continue reading...Recapping the Roller Coaster News from IAAPA 2024
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...
Continue reading...Our IAAPA 2024 Experience!
The yearly IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) Expo in Orlando, Florida is always a fun time for all facets of the amusement industry to come together all in one place for announcements, innovations and lots and lots...
Continue reading...Tilt Coasters 101: Why Siren’s Curse Won’t Fall Off The Tracks
Cedar Point shocked the amusement industry with the surprise announcement of North America’s tallest, fastest, and longest tilt coaster, Siren’s Curse. A tilt roller coaster is a coaster with a section of track that is not connected on one end,...
Continue reading...Good Gravy! at Holiday World Review: It’s All Gravy in Southern Indiana!
It’s not Thanksgiving without gravy on the table and now it’s not Holiday World without Good Gravy! in your day! The first Vekoma Family Boomerang coaster has opened in southern Indiana and Coaster101 was on hand to pour over the...
Continue reading...3 Reasons to Get Excited for Kings Island’s Camp Snoopy in 2024
It’s that time of the year again! Regional parks are awakening out of their winter slumber and opening their doors to what has been going on behind the scenes over the off-season.We had the privilege to visit Kings Island this...
Continue reading...New Coasters and More Revealed for Wizard of Oz Land at Movie World Australia
Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia is home to world-renowned rides like DC Rivals and Superman Escape, but later this year they will open one of their most ambitious projects yet, an entire new land themed to the Wizard of...
Continue reading...Flash: Vertical Velocity, North America’s First Vekoma Super Boomerang, Coming to Six Flags Great Adventure in 2024
Six Flags Great Adventure will be opening North America’s first Vekoma Super Boomerang, The Flash: Vertical Velocity in 2024, the park’s 50th anniversary. The new coaster will be located in the park’s “Movietown” section, and will flank the park’s entrance...
Continue reading...Rookie Racer Construction Update
Earlier this year Six Flags St. Louis announced Rookie Racer, a new family roller coaster. During our visit to the park on Saturday, August 12 we took a moment to check in on the status of construction of the new...
Continue reading...Kings Island Announces Surprise New Roller Coaster for 2024
In 2024, Kings Island’s new Camp Snoopy will feature the park’s newest roller coaster, Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers. It will be the amusement park’s first family boomerang coaster, that races riders both forward and backward on the same track. With...
Continue reading...Unboxing Holiday World’s 2024 Teaser
It’s Christmas in July and we received a mysterious gift from our friends at Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari. What do you think could be inside? The mystery package is about the size of a shoe box and weighs less...
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