In news that was somehow surprising and also not surprising, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced yesterday that the company would be closing Six Flags America at the end of the 2025 Season. Evan and Eric join Andrew to talk all...
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The Coaster101 Podcast: Coaster101 Goes to Epic Universe
Arguably the most important theme park opening in the United States in more than 25 years, Universal’s Epic Universe officially opens in May. Fortunately, Shane has been able to visit the new park a few times during preview periods, and...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Inside “The Stolen Kingdom” with Director Joshua Bailey
As theme park fans who are chronically online, a fascinating story that has always eluded us with a conclusion was the disappearance of Buzzy – an audio-animatronic who was a central character in “Cranium Command” at Epcot’s Wonders of Life...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Coasting The Country with WGN-TV’s Marcus Leshock
As the self-appointed “Roller Coaster Bureau Chief” of WGN-TV in Chicago, Marcus Leshock has seen it all, including a Double Rollback on Top Thrill “Cubs”ter at Cedar Point following a Cubs World Series win many years ago. This week on...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Discovering The Meadows at Kentucky Kingdom
Kentucky Kingdom is a park with a storied history – and they’ve recently announced one of the biggest investments in park history – the retheming of an area of the park, now known as Discovery Meadow. Three new rides, 10...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: 2025 at SFOG and Carowinds with Chris Foshee
On episode 14 of the podcast, we interviewed Chris Foshee about all things social media. Now, 4.5 years and 146 episodes later (don’t do the math if we made it a weekly show, making a weekly show is tough!) –...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Ozarkly Is A Fitting Adverb
If you follow theme parks on social media, you’ll notice that a park in the Ozarks is built just a little differently. Interspersed with the “Buy your Season Pass Now” and “Hey, we’re opening soon” graphics, you’ll find a healthy...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: A Coaster By Any Other Name
Last week, Six Flags Over Georgia shocked the theme park world by giving their originally-new-for-2024-but-now-new-for-2025 roller coaster – formerly known as a Georgia Surfer – a new name and backstory, before the coaster ever gave its first rides. It led...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Armchair Blueskying
As theme park fans, especially recently with D23 announcements, we’re familiar with the term “blue sky,” used to tease ideas that are just that – ideas. They might happen, they might not. Usually, the people making these decisions have an...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: The Return of Nik Walker: Broadway Actor & Theme Park Superfan
Several years ago, we interviewed Broadway actor Nik Walker on our podcast, and talked all things theme parks. Many people claim to be theme park “nerds.” Nik, who played Aaron Burr in Hamilton, Otis Williams in Ain’t Too Proud, and Sir Galahad...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Alexa, Play “It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye” (to Roller Coasters)
It’s our first podcast episode of 2025 – so of course, we have to join the discourse of the news that dominated the last few months of 2024 – closed and closing roller coasters. Roller coasters like Scorpion at Busch...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Eric & Shane Go To IAAPA 2024
Do you like the sound of Andrew’s voice on the Coaster101 podcast? Well, sorry. Because this week, there’s no Andrew, but there is the dynamic duo of Eric and Shane, who attended the 2024 IAAPA Expo in Orlando! Listen to...
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