Tag: Cedar Fair, Coasters, Diamondback, Kings Island
Photo: Diamondback testing at Kings Island, preparing for 2013 season
A train from the Diamondback roller coaster plummets down the ride’s 214-foot first drop during a test run Tuesday at Kings Island. Diamondback is the tallest and...
GateKeeper at Cedar Point takes it’s first flight
Cedar Point has been working on GateKeeper over the fall and the entire winter to get it ready for the grand opening. The park has been gearing up to begin testing on...
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown speaks at GateKeeper construction site
Cedar Point announced over the summer they would be building a brand new roller coaster for the 2013 season: GateKeeper. With new construction, comes jobs. Cedar Point...
First look: GateKeeper’s has a train added to the track
Eric Lapp (right) and Jeff Durbin (left) from Cedar Point’s maintenance division get their first look at a train on the track of the new GateKeeper roller coaster...
Quassy Amusement Park hosting third annual Wooden Warrior Day
Quassy Amusement Park will be hosting Wooden Warrior Day on May 4 for the third year in a row. Wooden Warrior Day will be filled with lots of fun, food, and more. Wooden...
Photo: Ride technicians rebuild a car for Woodstock Express at Kings Island
Ride technicians rebuild a car for the yellow train on the Woodstock Express roller coaster Monday at Kings Island. The wooden roller coaster is located in the...
Photo: The Racer at Kings Island being de-snowed to continue off-season track work
A worker at Kings Island spent part of Wednesday morning shoveling and removing snow from the tracks of the Racer roller coaster following an overnight snowstorm in the...
GateKeeper nearly complete with just 18 more pieces of track to install
Cedar Point has been working very rapidly over the winter months to finish GateKeeper and have it ready in time for when Cedar Point opens on May 11th. We’ve been...
Outlaw Run set to open at Silver Dollar City on March 15th
Silver Dollar City has made huge progress with Outlaw Run over the winter. They unveiled the trains for the brand new coaster back at the IAAPA Expo in 2012, and since...
Hades 360; The World’s 1st Upside Down Wood Coaster…Or is it?
Mt Olympus Water & Theme Park, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, is modifying Hades, its partly-underground wooden rollercoaster. Hades was Originally built in 2005, but...