Lagoon has been teasing an attraction for 2027 on social media - and we now know a few details. According to Utah television ...

Are you an introvert who loves theme parks? You’re not alone, and it is doable! Our team here at Coaster101 can definitely relate. Today, Rebecca shares her top 10 tips for surviving (and enjoying) ...

Munich-based roller coaster manufacturer Maurer Rides is extending its Spike Coaster family with two new products: Spike Train and Spike Tandem. Both bring the interactive, software-defined Spike ride ...

When one door closes, another door opens - and this week's news saw the announcement of a new roller coaster and the closure ...

This past weekend, Amusement industry professionals from across the nation and beyond gathered at in Austin, Texas at COTALand and Kalahari Resorts for the 29th annual Golden Ticket Awards. Started in ...

Move over Spider-Man. Move over Forbidden Journey. There’s a new contender for most immersive theme park ride ever built. Shanghai Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure ...

What is a lift hill? A lift hill is a mechanism used to transport a roller coaster car or train up a hill to an elevated point. As the train is pulled to the top, it is gaining potential energy, or ...

In the last edition of Coasters-101 we discussed how roller coasters are raised to their highest point via lift hills. Today we’re going to examine a more thrilling alternative to the traditionally ...

Last week Universal Studios Hollywood quietly started technical rehearsals for their highly anticipated new roller coaster, Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift. We were lucky enough to be visiting ...

The Flip Flap Railway was the first roller coaster to go upside down in the United States and was notorious for being so extreme it broke rider’s necks. But was it truly that intense or was it an ...

The next stop in our 20 in 2020 series takes us to the Ohio peninsula of America’s Rockin’ Roller Coast. High above the shores of Lake Erie sits what might be the most popular roller coaster of the ...

Welcome to Coasters-101: Roller Coaster Wheel Design! A typical wheel used on a roller coaster is constructed by taking an aluminum hub and bonding a polyurethane tire to the hub’s outside diameter.