Abandoned Freestyle/Hard Rock Amusement Park on NBC’s Revolution Joel October 19, 2012 Editorials and Rants 6 People are fascinated by abandoned amusement parks. It must be the juxtaposition of a normally happy place looking sad, abandoned and creepy. One of the most recently abandoned parks in the country was the bac... Read More...
What’s Your Most Memorable Night Ride on a Roller Coaster? Joel September 12, 2012 Coaster Questions, Editorials and Rants, Memorable Coaster Moments 58 Riding roller coasters at night can make for a very different experience. If you typically leave amusement parks before it gets dark or just haven't found yourself on a roller coaster at night then I suggest y... Read More...
What’s the Worst Defunct Coaster You’ve Ridden? Joel August 31, 2012 Coaster Questions, Editorials and Rants 34 Last week, I asked you about the best defunct roller coasters you've ridden. This time let's take a look at the other side. Good Riddance! Kings Dominion's air-powered launch coaster, Hypersonic XLC wasn't egr... Read More...
What’s the Best Defunct Coaster You’ve Ridden? Joel August 23, 2012 Coaster Questions, Editorials and Rants 26 Roller coasters like Wildcat, Disaster Transport, and Son of Beast will be or have already given their final rides this year. With all of these roller coasters retiring in 2012, it got me thinking about the bes... Read More...
Happy Roller Coaster Day 2012 Joel August 16, 2012 Coasterology, Defunct Roller Coasters, Editorials and Rants, History, How Coasters Work 13 It's August 16th, National Roller Coaster Day. On this day 114 years ago, Edwin Prescott patented a looping roller coaster, which later became the Loop-the-Loop at Coney Island. There's information out there on... Read More...
Do You Try to Ride Coasters as a Group? Joel August 14, 2012 Coaster Questions, Editorials and Rants, Theme Park Tips 20 The last month or so has been packed with theme park trips. I've ridden both of the new U.S. wing coasters visited a park for the first time (Six Flags St. Louis), and boosted my coaster count to the 240's. I'm... Read More...
What Roller Coaster Would You Ride in a Coaster Marathon? Joel August 7, 2012 Coaster Questions, Editorials and Rants 56 While I make it a goal to try to ride new roller coasters as much as possible, there are other enthusiasts that pride themselves in having 100 or even 1,000 rides on a single roller coaster. Last month, Kings I... Read More...
Rampage Roller Coaster Needs a New Home Joel July 30, 2012 Editorials and Rants 14 I completely missed the news of Alabama Adventure's transition to a water park. In a Geauga Lake-like move, the dry portion of the park will close and only the water park will remain. Its new name is Splash Adv... Read More...
Have You Ever Been Stuck on a Roller Coaster? Joel July 25, 2012 Coaster Questions, Editorials and Rants, Trip Reports 33 If you've ridden roller coasters quite a bit, then at one time or another you've likely found your ride suddenly put on pause. I know that I have. From an incident almost ten years ago on Predator's peak to jus... Read More...
Do You Like Riding Roller Coasters Backwards? Joel July 10, 2012 Coaster Questions, Editorials and Rants 15 Long before the Six Flags roller coaster makeover era (with its fire effects and on-board audio), amusement parks have needed an inexpensive way to give their stale rides a fresh, new spin. I'm not sure when it... Read More...
