Top Theme Park Blog Joel August 31, 2006 Coaster Critic Updates Earlier this week my blog was selected as 'Blog of the Week' over at That One Blog. Long time blogger, Thatoneguy, decided to compare Theme Park Blogs. He compared and rated About.com's Theme Park Blog, A Disne... Read More...
Coaster Critic Headed to Windy City Joel August 27, 2006 Coaster Critic Updates For my last major trip of the summer of '06 I'm headed to Chicago for Six Flags Great America. I'm looking forward to riding another B&M hyper coaster (Raging Bull). Great America also boasts the Viper whic... Read More...
Dollywood Trip Joel July 27, 2006 Coaster Critic Updates 2 I'm back from my trip to Dollywood. While there, I rode Thunderhead. According to coaster enthusiasts it's the number one wooden coaster in the world. It as awarded the Golden Ticket in 2005. I'm not sure that ... Read More...
Voyage Delivers the Goods Joel July 12, 2006 Coaster Critic Updates I've returned and recuperated from my trip to Holiday World and Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. Voyage was awesome as advertised and has pushed into my Top Coasters list. Holiday World was a nice, smaller park I ca... Read More...
Countdown to Voyage Joel July 5, 2006 Coaster Critic Updates In less than a week my coaster odyssey will take me to arguably the most highly anticipated coaster of the season. Namely, Voyage at Holiday World. Holiday World? You ask. It's a small-ish park in southern Indi... Read More...
Large Storm Makes Midwest Its Home Joel May 12, 2006 Coaster Critic Updates Just my luck. Every since Wednesday of this week the weather map of the country has shown a huge stationary storm just hanging out over Ohio. And it's suspected to remain there for at least a few more days. I'v... Read More...
Contenders for The Coaster Critic’s 100th Joel May 3, 2006 Coaster Critic Updates The first coaster I ride on my trip to Cedar Point will make my 100th new coaster. Here are the contenders:"The Historical Favorite" Magnum XL-200When Arrow built the Magnum in 1989, Cedar Point had set a world... Read More...
100th Coaster at Cedar Point Joel May 1, 2006 Coaster Critic Updates I'm not one of those coaster fanatics that wants to ride every single coaster on the planet. I have a wife, a career, and I would like to have kids someday. Not to mention traveling around the world or even all... Read More...
Top Coasters Joel April 28, 2006 Coaster Critic Updates 9 Top Ten Roller CoastersAs most roller coaster enthusiasts, I've got a top ten. Kumba at Busch Gardens Africa (Tampa, FL), is my all-time favorite roller coaster. It's an ultra-smooth looping coaster located in ... Read More...
Roller Coaster Day = My Birthday Joel April 26, 2006 Coaster Critic Updates Suddenly my hobby makes a lot more sense. I found out today that I was born on National Roller Coaster Day. Back on August 16, 1898, Edwin Prescott submitted a patent for a looping roller coaster. Eighty-one ye... Read More...
