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Featured Photos

Featured Photo #11 – SeaWorld’s Showstopper

Posted March 21, 2011 by The Coaster Critic

After being a fan of and covering roller coasters for so many years it became rare to see rides do new and unique things. Manta, a B&M flying roller coaster, was a great attraction for SeaWorld for a number of reasons. SeaWorld went above and beyond by incorporating a ray and manta exhibit and by [...]

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Roller Coaster News

Snow White Roller Coaster on the Way to Magic Kingdom

Posted January 20, 2011 by The Coaster Critic

Disney has announced that they’re going to build a Snow White roller coaster for their new Fantasyland expansion at Magic Kingdom.

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Coaster Critic Updates

The Coaster Critic Joins Gadling + Recent Theme Park News

Posted December 6, 2010 by The Coaster Critic

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 [...]

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Roller Coaster News

Orlando Thrill Park’s Coaster Lineup Looks Insane

Posted November 18, 2010 by The Coaster Critic

More Details on the Proposed Orlando Thrill Park A few weeks ago plans for a proposed Orlando Thrill Park were unveiled. While Orlando is known for the family-oriented Disney parks, the people behind a new thrill-focused park are hoping that that kind of attraction could be a success in the O-Town as well. Thrill Park investors [...]

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Top 3 Thursdays

Top 3 States for Roller Coasters

Posted September 16, 2010 by The Coaster Critic

In a potentially controversial edition of Top 3 Thursdays, I’m going to share my Top 3 States for Roller Coasters. Instead of a top three ranking, I’m going to list the the three states and explain why. Here’s the list in no particular order: Pennsylvania – Quantity, Variety, & History Pennsylvania is the roller coaster mecca [...]

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Exclusive Features

Thrill Seeker App Video Blog & Review

Posted June 14, 2010 by The Coaster Critic

Today, I’m launching one of my new features, video blogs. For my first episode I reviewed the Thrill Seeker App for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s a bit long as it’s basically a video version of the text version of the review below. Future video blogs will be shorter and (hopefully) more polished. It’s [...]

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Roller Coaster Reviews

Space Mountain @ Disney World | Roller Coaster Reviews

Posted June 6, 2010 by Aric

Space Mountain is easily one of the most venerable of modern coasters, a true legend in its own time and it has been hallowed since its inception, but does it deserve the hype?

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Pop Culture

Harry Potter’s Wizarding World & Forbidden Journey Update

Posted April 14, 2010 by The Coaster Critic

Universal has been promoting the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter like crazy. A few months ago there was the augmented reality map that went out in an issue of a USA Today. I thought it was the coolest marketing idea I’d heard of in a long time. Unfortunately, the execution left something to be [...]

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