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Reviews of Verbolten at Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Posted May 16, 2012 by The Coaster Critic

Survivors have returned from the Black Forest with reviews of Verbolten, Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s new launch roller coaster. Here’s a few early reviews of the ride: If what they did for Verbolten is the new starting line for themeing to come, then we really have some exciting things to look forward to. The detail the [...]

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Rave Reviews of X-Flight, Now Open at Six Flags Great America

Posted May 15, 2012 by The Coaster Critic

X-Flight opened last week and from the footage I’ve been seeing, the ride looks incredible. Just as the animated videos and images showed, X-Flight is packed with inversions and great looking near-misses. I’m still feeling pretty good about picking it as my most anticipated roller coaster of 2012. Here’s a sample of some of the [...]

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Skyrush Test Videos Produce G-Forces & OMGs

Posted May 13, 2012 by The Coaster Critic

Hersheypark’s been putting its new roller coaster, Skyrush, through the paces. Sporting Intamin’s new 4-across seating and floorless outer seats, Skyrush can be seen zooming through its yellow track in these two videos. Skyrush’s First Test Run: A Keystone Milestone The first video is described as Skyrush’s first ever test run, but I’m not sure [...]

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See a Verbolten ‘Test Drive’ Video

Posted May 8, 2012 by The Coaster Critic

One of my favorite theme park fan site’s BGWFans posted a great video of numerous Verbolten test runs. In it, we get to see the ride’s different trains take that dive to the Rhine River that Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s coasters seem to love to do. Check out this test video of Verbolten at Busch Gardens [...]

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Early Reviews of Leviathan at Canada’s Wonderland

Posted May 6, 2012 by The Coaster Critic

The highly anticipated B&M giga coaster is here. Leviathan has been unleashed at Canada’s Wonderland and some early reviews are starting to trickle in. Once again, Crave Coasters was there with great coverage of that monster. During a benefit, a few lucky riders were the first to face it’s sky-scrapping 300-plus foot peak. Leviathan’s Lair [...]

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Six Flags Reverses Mr. Freeze Roller Coasters

Posted April 30, 2012 by The Coaster Critic

Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast Coasters Are Coming to Six Flags The Six Flags Makeover Era continues as the Mr. Freeze launch roller coasters are being revamped for 2012. The Mr. Freeze coasters at Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags St. Louis will now be known as Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast. Now, riders will be [...]

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Talking Wing Coasters with Popular Mechanics

Posted April 28, 2012 by The Coaster Critic

Popular Mechanics wrote an article about the wing rider revolution that’s reaching our shores this summer. Okay, so two roller coasters doesn’t really count as a revolution, but it’s definitely a trend. The article also covers Hersheypark’s Skyrush. Not to be left out, the Intamin hyper coaster has wing-ish trains. Well, they’re really more like Apollo’s [...]

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X-Flight’s ‘Test Flight’ Video

Posted April 18, 2012 by The Coaster Critic

Six Flags Great America has posted a test video of X-Flight. My pick for the most anticipated new roller coaster is looking pretty good. It’ll be cool to see how this ride all comes together once the flight tower, fog, and water canons have been integrated. It looks a little slow, but larger trains often [...]

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