Today, Kings Dominion announced a robust lineup of special events for the 2025 season to celebrate the park’s 50th anniversary. The golden anniversary begins with the spring launch of the park’s newest roller coaster, Rapterra, and continues all season long with...
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Carowinds Debuting Two New Events As Part of 2025 Event Schedule
In addition to Carowinds‘ expansion of Camp Snoopy with two new family rides, the amusement park will feature a diverse lineup of special events for the 2025 season. The park is debuting new festivals like Summerbration and Viva La Fiesta...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: A Coaster By Any Other Name
Last week, Six Flags Over Georgia shocked the theme park world by giving their originally-new-for-2024-but-now-new-for-2025 roller coaster – formerly known as a Georgia Surfer – a new name and backstory, before the coaster ever gave its first rides. It led...
Continue reading...Surf’s Up No More: Six Flags Over Georgia Announces Georgia Gold Rusher
It’s been known for several months that Six Flags Over Georgia will open this spring with a new family thrill attraction – Georgia Surfer. However, the surf’s no longer up in Georgia as the park has given the attraction a...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Armchair Blueskying
As theme park fans, especially recently with D23 announcements, we’re familiar with the term “blue sky,” used to tease ideas that are just that – ideas. They might happen, they might not. Usually, the people making these decisions have an...
Continue reading...Mine Over Matter: Six Flags Over Georgia Begins Teasing
Earlier this week, Six Flags Over Georgia dropped a “nugget” on social media that led theme park fans to think that change is on the horizon at the park. Found this on our Maintenance Director’s desk. Wonder what it could...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: The Return of Nik Walker: Broadway Actor & Theme Park Superfan
Several years ago, we interviewed Broadway actor Nik Walker on our podcast, and talked all things theme parks. Many people claim to be theme park “nerds.” Nik, who played Aaron Burr in Hamilton, Otis Williams in Ain’t Too Proud, and Sir Galahad...
Continue reading...Which Park Can Stake Claim to the “Wooden Coaster Capital Of The World”
It’s been a few years, but we’re back with another one of our highly scientific “capital of the world” questions. First, we wanted to determine which park had the most B&M track. Then, we were tasked with a follow up...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Alexa, Play “It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye” (to Roller Coasters)
It’s our first podcast episode of 2025 – so of course, we have to join the discourse of the news that dominated the last few months of 2024 – closed and closing roller coasters. Roller coasters like Scorpion at Busch...
Continue reading...The One-Off Coaster Credits of the Carolinas
If you’re a roller coaster fan in the Carolinas, your options for a “major” thrill park within the state lines are actually just one singular option – it straddle the border between North & South Carolina at Carowinds. With 14...
Continue reading...Carowinds Announces Retirement of Nighthawk, Two Flat Rides
In a blog post earlier today, Carowinds announced the retirement and closure of three of the park’s attractions: Nighthawk, Drop Tower, and ScreamWeaver. With none of the attractions currently operating for WinterFest, it means these rides have already given their...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Eric & Shane Go To IAAPA 2024
Do you like the sound of Andrew’s voice on the Coaster101 podcast? Well, sorry. Because this week, there’s no Andrew, but there is the dynamic duo of Eric and Shane, who attended the 2024 IAAPA Expo in Orlando! Listen to...
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