Theme Parks with the Most Roller Coasters (Updated) Joel February 16, 2014 Coasterology, Record Holders 5 Theme Parks with the Most Roller Coasters - 2018 Update If you're wondering which theme parks have the most roller coasters, I've updated a list that includes all of the amusement parks in the World. I used th... Read More...
Coasters 101 by Nick Weisenberger | Book Review Joel December 7, 2013 Theme Park Gear 5 While I've been a fan of roller coasters for close to twenty years, I wouldn't claim to be an expert on how they work and how they're designed. I've studied construction photos and viewed roller coaster documen... Read More...
American Coasters by Thomas Crymes | Book Review Joel November 10, 2013 Theme Park Gear 6 My last roller coaster photography book is more than a decade old now, so I was excited to check out Thomas Crymes new book: American Coasters: A Thrilling Photographic Ride. I was provided a copy of the book f... Read More...
Great GateKeeper Documentary – 3 Things I Learned Joel July 29, 2013 #Coasters 2 From Dreams to Screams: GateKeeper at Cedar Point Documentary Devin Olson (creator of Coaster-Net) is back with another impressive roller coaster documentary. This time he gives us a great look at Cedar Point's... Read More...
Backyard Roller Coasters – What Would You Build? Joel May 22, 2013 Coaster Questions, Theme Park Fun 15 It's been a while since I've written about backyard roller coasters. There are tons of videos of short, incomplete home-made rides on YouTube, but I'm most impressed by the few rides that complete a full circui... Read More...
Top 10 Steel Roller Coasters of 2012 – Coaster Poll Results Joel March 13, 2013 #Coasters 17 Mitch Hawker has released the results of his annual Internet Coaster Poll. This year's results were pretty interesting with a number of new additions to the top ten: 1 Expedition GeForce at Holiday Park - Hass... Read More...
Top 10 Wooden Coasters of 2012 – Coaster Poll Results Joel March 9, 2013 #Coasters 7 World's Best Wooden Roller Coasters of 2012 | Coaster Poll Here’s the top ten wooden roller coasters in Mitch Hawker's annual Internet Coaster Poll along with their places in the last poll: 2012 Top Ten Best W... Read More...
Mitch Hawker’s 2012 Wooden Roller Coaster Poll Joel December 18, 2012 Roller Coaster News 6 Mitch Hawker's Internet Coaster Poll is back. For years, enthusiasts have looked to this poll as a gauge of the best steel and wooden roller coasters on the planet. No ranking system is perfect, but there's alw... Read More...
What Are Your Favorite Theme Park Websites? Joel November 6, 2012 Coaster Questions, Theme Park Website Spotlights 18 For this addition of Coaster Questions, I thought I'd ask which theme park websites are your favorite. Below, I'll list the sites that I frequent most often (in no particular order). There are a lot of good sit... Read More...
2012 Golden Ticket Awards: Wooden Coasters – Did They Get It Right? Joel September 22, 2012 Roller Coaster News 16 Every year Amusement Today celebrates the best of the amusement industry with the Golden Ticket Awards. And, every year hordes of enthusiasts bash the results. I'm going to take a different angle this year. I'm... Read More...