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Archive for December, 2010

/ December 24, 2010

Anyone Else Want a Backyard Coaster for Christmas?

Since it’s Christmas Eve, I wrote a post on Gadling about my dream Christmasgift. Short of a teleportation device, that I could use to save on expensive airline tickets, my ideal gift would be a backyard roller coaster. I wrote about them way back in May 2006. In case you missed that post, and I’m sure you did, check out

/ December 18, 2010

Intimidator 305′s Off Season Track Work Could Increase Speed

Kings Dominion's Marketing Manager, John Pagel recently shared the park's plans on the Intimidator 305 construction that has had enthusiasts scratching their heads

/ December 12, 2010

Video of 2010′s Best New Coaster – GCI’s Knight Valley Coaster

I should have named this post: “The Best Roller Coaster I’ll Probably Never Ride”. Great Coasters International has finally released videos of their Knight Valley terrain coaster. It looks incredible! The still unnamed ride won’t likely be open for 2010 (thanks for messing up my Top 10 New Coasters of 2010 List Knight Valley!) at the new Knight Valley amusement

/ December 6, 2010

The Coaster Critic Joins Gadling + Recent Theme Park News

Recently, I became a blogger at AOL’s popular travel blog, Gadling. I hope to add more general theme park and roller coaster news to the site’s already very rich content. Because Gadling has such a wide audience the posts there may be a little more general while my posts here will be a bit more for the enthusiasts. For example, I’ll

/ December 5, 2010

Holiday Gifts for Roller Coaster Fans

Looking for a gift for the roller coaster fan in your life? Are you a coaster enthusiast that can’t think of anything you want for the holidays? You’ve come to the right place! I started creating the t-shirts this past Spring when I realized there weren’t very many cool custom roller coaster t’s out there. They either had a web

/ December 1, 2010

Texas Giant’s Physics Defying Element

Did you hear it? There was a collective gasp yesterday. It occurred when several thousand coaster enthusiasts scrolled through yet another construction photo message board thread on Theme Park Review. Only this time they laid their eyes on some pretty impressive Texas Giant images. One image in particular has caused the most stir. It involves a crazily banked turn. Here’s