CoasterCritics’ Picks: Top 12 New Roller Coasters for 2018 Joel March 1, 2018 Coaster Critics Picks, New Roller Coaster Lists 7 What are the best looking new roller coasters opening in 2018? It's time again, for the long-running tradition on CoasterCritic, of answering that question. This year, it'll be a team-driven list based on a com... Read More...
Slinky Dog Dash Opens This Summer at Disney’s Hollywood Studios Joel February 18, 2018 Roller Coaster News Disney's Hollywood Studios, located in Orlando, FL, will be opening a new roller coaster along with the new Toy Story Land. Slinky Dog Dash looks to be a launched coaster designed by Mack Rides. Fittingly, the ... Read More...
Why Changing Rebel Yell’s Name is the Right Move Joel February 10, 2018 Theme Park News 9 Last week Kings Dominion announced that it was going to rename one of its roller coasters from Rebel Yell to Racer 75. The '75' refers to 1975, the year that the ride opened. And of course 'Racer' refers to its... Read More...
Our Favorite Ride Experiences of 2017 Joel February 5, 2018 Editorials 3 Before we look forward to the upcoming theme park season, we thought it'd be fun to take one more look back at our favorite ride experiences of 2017. The Smiler at Alton Towers Surprisingly, my favorite rid... Read More...
Review: Vortex at Carowinds Joel January 4, 2018 Roller Coaster Reviews, Steel Roller Coaster Reviews 1 Vortex represents an era of roller coaster history. The Bolliger & Mabillard-designed ride opened in 1992 back when the novelty of riding a roller coaster while standing was still relatively new. Today, the... Read More...
Review: Carolina Goldrusher at Carowinds Joel December 31, 2017 Roller Coaster Reviews, Steel Roller Coaster Reviews 2 Located in the Carolina Boardwalk area, Carolina Goldrusher is a steel mine train roller coaster that debuted during the park's opening year in 1973. As you'd find on any mine train coaster, it features locomot... Read More...
Review: Hurler at Carowinds & Kings Dominion Joel December 29, 2017 Roller Coaster Reviews, Wooden Roller Coaster Reviews 8 In 1994, the Paramount-owned Kings Dominion and Carowinds opened two wooden roller coasters dubbed, Hurler. The ride's original theme was connected to the 1992 movie and Saturday Night Live skit, Wayne's World.... Read More...
3.5Bad Review: Carolina Cyclone at Carowinds Joel December 27, 2017 Roller Coaster Reviews, Steel Roller Coaster Reviews, Worst Roller Coasters 6 Carolina Cyclone opened in 1980. I'm not sure if it opened with a lot of fanfare, but it deserved it. It was a real record-setter as the World's first roller coaster to feature four inversions, surpassing Cedar... Read More...
Electric Eel Coming to SeaWorld San Diego in 2018 Joel December 11, 2017 Roller Coaster News In 2018, SeaWorld San Diego will open a new launched looping roller coaster called Electric Eel. It'll be a 150 foot tall and reach speeds of 60 mph. While it'll have a small footprint, at only 863 feet in leng... Read More...
Defunct Coasters We Wish We Could Have Ridden Joel December 1, 2017 Defunct Roller Coasters 5 Defunct Roller Coasters That Were Gone Too Soon Over the years there have been some great-looking roller coasters that we just never got a chance to ride. Some of them have become legendary within the coaster ... Read More...
