Top 3 Scariest Roller Coasters (X-Men Edition?) Joel June 24, 2010 Top 3 Thursdays 28 Reader, Merle, suggested that I list my Top 3 Scariest Roller Coasters for Top 3 Thursdays. After riding so many roller coasters, I don't typically get scared. Even on coasters that I've never ridden I genera... Read More...
Top 3 Amusement Park Resorts Joel June 3, 2010 Top 3 Thursdays 5 This Thursday I'm going to take a look at the best amusement park resorts in the U.S. I've been to quite a few parks over the years, but I've only stayed a one resort; Walt Disney World when I was 8. So, how co... Read More...
Top 3 Theme Park Foods Aric May 27, 2010 Editorials and Rants, Top 3 Thursdays 18 Everyone knows that theme park food is expensive, terrible tasting and terrible for you. For the most part, those assumptions are all too true. Yet after much diligent research-read, being a pig-I have uncovere... Read More...
Top 3 Most Underrated Wooden Roller Coasters Joel April 22, 2010 Top 3 Thursdays 22 After my post last December on the most overrated roller coasters, a visitor asked me to write the opposite. A post about the most underrated roller coasters. For this week's Top 3 Thursdays, I will be covering... Read More...
Top 3 Stand Up Roller Coasters Joel April 1, 2010 Top 3 Thursdays 21 No, this is not an April Fool's joke. There are (exactly) three Top Stand Up Roller Coasters in the latest edition of Top 3 Thursdays. After a reader requested I do a Top 3 Stand Up Coasters list for Top 3 Thu... Read More...
Top 3 Roughest Steel Coasters Joel December 10, 2009 Top 3 Thursdays 40 If you've read my blog for a while you've noticed how often I point out the rougher wooden coasters. Rides like the Cyclone at Six Flags New England and Wildcat at Hershey Park are abusive and terribly unco... Read More...
Top 3 Smoothest Wooden Roller Coasters Joel November 6, 2009 Top 3 Thursdays 15 Top 3 Thursdays is back by popular demand! Everyone knows that wooden roller coasters have a reputation of throwing riders around like rag dolls. But what about those few exceptions. Wooden roller coasters th... Read More...
Top 3 Theme Park Souvenirs Joel July 3, 2009 Theme Park Gear, Top 3 Thursdays 17 No trip to a theme park is complete without that trip to the souvenir shop on the way out. You've got to pick something up that will remind of your great day at the park. How about a t-shirt reminding you that ... Read More...
Top 3 Urban Roller Coasters Joel June 11, 2009 Top 3 Thursdays 11 If you ask me every major city should have its own roller coaster. Right there in the middle of downtown. It could be managed and maintained by the parks and recreation department of the local government. Imagi... Read More...
Top 3 New International Coasters for 2009 Joel May 7, 2009 Top 3 Thursdays 2 There are some really cool roller coasters opening around the World this year. I've already written about the new speed champ Ring°Racer and Great Britain's horrifically steep Saw - The Ride so this week I'm co... Read More...