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Roller Coaster Reviews

California Screamin’ @ Disney’s California Adventure | Coaster Reviews

Posted May 24, 2010 by The Coaster Critic

Jacob Sundstrom is the chief editor of Coasterdom, a theme park blog site that specializes in editorials from his unique perspective. When Jacob is not writing about theme parks and roller coasters, he can be found sipping kahlua on the beach, studying for a test, or watching a baseball game. You drift out over the [...]

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Editorials and Rants

Top Ten List-O-Rama!

Posted February 9, 2010 by The Coaster Critic

It seems like coaster enthusiasts stay sane in the off-season by doing polls, top tens, awards, and coaster/ride tournaments. Even I’m starting to get a little tired of them at this point. But, Brady over at the LA Time Funland Blog has done something a little different. He created his top tens based on a panel of [...]

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Roller Coaster News

Mr. Six’s DanceCoaster Coming to Six Flags Magic Mountain

Posted January 27, 2010 by The Coaster Critic

Just as I was writing a post about relocated roller coasters, Six Flags Magic Mountain finally announced today the name and theme of their 2010 relocated family coaster. Mr. Six’s DanceCoaster was announced as the park’s 17th roller coaster. It will be themed after that creepy old dancing guy that serves as the company’s spokesperson. [...]

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Six Flags Magic Mountain’s 2010 Roller Coaster

Posted October 5, 2009 by The Coaster Critic

Six Flags Magic Mountain May Tie Cedar Point with 17 Roller Coasters in 2010 It’s time once again to speculate on another new roller coaster project. This time Six Flags Magic Mountain is looking to add yet another roller coaster to their already huge arsenal of thrill rides. Last week, NewsPlusNotes reported that during the Six [...]

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Tatsu's Layout - Six Flags Magic Mountain
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Roller Coaster Showdowns

Manta vs Tatsu | Roller Coaster Showdown

Posted September 26, 2009 by The Coaster Critic

As soon as SeaWorld Orlando announced Manta last winter coaster enthusiasts began comparing it to Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Tatsu. The two B&M flying roller coasters have interesting custom layouts and their the largest flying roller coasters in the World. So, let’s pit the flying dragon against the flying manta ray and see who comes [...]

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Theme Park News

Xcelerator Accident @ Knotts Berry Farm

Posted September 19, 2009 by The Coaster Critic

Xcelerator Accident @ Knotts Berry Farm In a pretty scary accident, a cable on the Xcelerator at Knotts Berry Farm snapped injuring two riders. Making the incident even worse for the Los Angeles area park, a video of the accident was posted on YouTube and it’s “gone viral”. Xcelerator is a launch coaster sending riders [...]

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Riders Stranded on Invertigo Coaster for Hours

Posted August 11, 2009 by The Coaster Critic

Riders Stranded on Invertigo at California’s Great America Yesterday, 24 riders found themselves stuck on Invertigo at California’s Great America (Santa Clara, CA) for over four hours. The inverted shuttle coaster features trains fixed below the ride’s steel track. The ride begins with the 28 passenger train being pulled up out of the back of [...]

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Terminator Salvation Is No Dark Knight Coaster

Posted May 28, 2009 by The Coaster Critic

Terminator Defeats Dark Knight, In the Theme Park World When it comes to movie-themed roller coasters, Terminator Salvation may have the opposite fate of 2008′s Dark Knight. Of course the Dark Knight movie was critically acclaimed and may go down as the best super hero movie (really, it was a crime movie) of all time. [...]

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