Volcano: The Blast Coaster to be removed from Kings Dominion Bobbie February 10, 2019 News 3 Kings Dominion has announced the imminent departure of Volcano:The Blast Coaster. The link to the official statement from the park is as follows:https://www.kingsdominion.com/blog/2019/park-update Photo by... 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...
Remembering ShockWave at Six Flags Great America Eric September 29, 2017 Defunct Roller Coasters 7 While most posts on Coaster Critic focus on “what’s new” in the world of theme parks, I wanted to take a moment to highlight something we seldom think about—defunct rides. Whether it’s the short-lived rush of ... Read More...
Carowinds to Close Thunder Road in July Joel May 24, 2015 Defunct Roller Coasters, Roller Coaster News 10 Yesterday, Carowinds announced that they will be closing Thunder Road. It is one of the few remaining wooden twin track racing roller coasters. After 39 wonderful years and nearly 40 million scream-filled ride... Read More...
Koch Family Buys Former Alabama Adventure Joel April 29, 2014 Roller Coaster News, Uncategorized 6 Last month, Koch Family Parks, purchased Splash Adventure and its former amusement park area Alabama Adventure. Dan Koch referenced 5 year plans that include saving one of my all-time favorite woodies Rampage. ... Read More...
Poll: Great Adventure Removes Rolling Thunder – Classic or Clunker? Joel September 8, 2013 Defunct Roller Coasters 24 Six Flags Great Adventure to Remove Rolling Thunder I'm still getting caught up with all of the Six Flags announcements. In the Zumanjaro Drop of Doom announcement, I noticed the mention of Rolling Thunder's re... Read More...
Rumor – Cedar Fair Planning to Remove Arrow Looping Coasters Joel November 12, 2012 Roller Coaster News 52 If an interesting rumor from Screamscape turns out to be true, that aging Arrow looper at the Cedar Fair park near you may be on the way out. Here's what Lance posted last week: (11/6/12) According to an anonym... Read More...
Hurricane Sandy Damaged New Jersey’s Casino Pier Joel November 1, 2012 Theme Park News 8 Casino Pier Amusement Park Sustains Heavy Damage from Hurricane Sandy Images surfacing on the Web have shown part of Seaside Heights, New Jersey's Casino Pier washed away by Hurricane Sandy. The aerial image be... Read More...
What Are the Best & Worst Defunct Amusement Parks? Joel October 21, 2012 Coaster Questions, Defunct Roller Coasters 22 A while back I asked you about your worst defunct and best defunct coasters were. A reader suggested a similar post about defunct amusement parks. And after my last post about Freestyle Music Park appearing on ... Read More...
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...
