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12 hours ago (0 Comments - view/add) Kentucky Kingdom’s Flying Fox » All renderings: courtesy Kentucky Kingdom. View full-sized image . When Herschend Family Entertainment — owners...
12 hours ago (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Europe: Scarefest 2025 » Photo: Jo Pools collection. View full-sized image . What was your favorite thing about Scarefest 25? “...
12 hours ago (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: ACE Flies With the Phoenix » Photo: Adam Ahmed. View full-sized image . There’s always a good reason to visit Knoebels, and one of the better...
12 hours ago (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Great Lakes: Eastern Great Lakes Returns to Kings Island for ERScream! » Photo: Jon Roost. View full-sized image . On what turned out to be a rainy, cold, windy October 19th in Mason, O...
12 hours ago (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Mid-Atlantic: Ace Dives 2025 — An Absolute Scream » Photo: Brian Pickral. View full-sized image . An ominous, rainy forecast did not dampen the spirits of the 167...
Monday, November 3, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones » 50 — Daniel Hults, Wildcat's Revenge . View full-sized image . 50 —...
Monday, November 3, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Letter From the President » Dream Big With ACE Do you like to dream? Maybe you dream about new coasters to ride, parks to visit or ways to mak...
Monday, November 3, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Rail Ryder: S&S Worldwide’s Newest Concept » Rendering: courtesy S&S. View full-sized image . S&S Worldwide of Logan, Utah, has always captured the interest...
Monday, November 3, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Western Great Lakes: Halloween Bash at Santa’s Village » Photo: Jackie Hodge. View full-sized image . Santa’s Village Amusement and Water Park, a delightful family-orien...
Monday, November 3, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Nuts & Bolts » Photo: Tobias Niepel. View full-sized image . Karls coming to California Unless one is living in Europe, Ka...
Monday, November 3, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Mid-Atlantic: Fall Thrillfest ’25: A Hauntingly Good Time » Photo: Brian Pickral. View full-sized image . ACE Mid-Atlantic hosted its annual Fall Thrillfest at Kings Domin...
Monday, October 27, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: KennyKon XXXVI » Photo: Garrett Sauers. View full-sized image . Anyone who has attended a KennyKon knows that this flagship ACE W...
Monday, October 27, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Heart of America: Daredevil Daze » Photo: Paul Drabek. View full-sized image . Congratulations, Daredevil Daze, you’re old enough to vote! On Satu...
Monday, October 27, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Pacific Southwest: “ACE Goes Wild” at Wild Rivers Waterpark » All photos: Derek Perry. View full-sized image . Saturday, September 6, 2025, marked the Pacific Southwest regio...
Monday, October 27, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: Fright Bash 2025 » Photo: Adam Kranzel. View full-sized image . Many parts of the country enjoyed a warm start to the fall, and th...
Monday, October 27, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) Tormenta Rampaging Run — a Dive Coaster With All Sorts of Records » All renderings: courtesy of Six Flags Over Texas. View full-sized image . Six Flags Over Texas is taking its 65t...
Monday, October 20, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Preservation Conference 2025 Celebrated All Kinds of Preservation » Photo: Derek Perry. View full-sized image . The 2025 ACE Preservation Conference brought together 127 members fo...
Monday, October 20, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) What’s New at the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives? » Kingda Ka arrives. All Photos: Courtesy National Roller Coaster Museum. View full-sized image ....
Monday, October 20, 2025 (3 Comments - view/add) Big News: Coaster History Moves to the Museum! » Photo: Courtesy NRCMA. View full-sized image . The National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives (NRCMA) is getti...
Monday, October 13, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) Dollywood’s NightFlight Expedition — Cool! But Is It a Coaster? » Image: Courtesy Dollywood. View full-sized image . Image: Courtesy Dollywood. View full-sized ima...
Monday, October 13, 2025 (4 Comments - view/add) Giant Dipper at Belmont Park Receives the First ACE Centennial Award » View full-sized image . During Coaster Con 47’s business meeting at Six Flags Great America, it was announced t...
Monday, October 13, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE’s Newest Roller Coaster Landmark: Vuoristorata at Linnanmäki » Photo: Alex Rigsby. View full-sized image . One of the most appealing things about being history and preservatio...
Monday, September 22, 2025 (7 Comments - view/add) GCII Continues to Find Success With Titan Track in 2025 » Boulder Dash . All photos: Courtesy GCII. View full-sized image . Nobody enjoys a rough coaster. A few solut...
Monday, September 15, 2025 (5 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Great Lakes: Wild Frontier Fun Day » Group photo. Photo: Jon Roost. View full-sized image . On August 23, 2025, the Eastern Great Lakes region ho...
Monday, September 15, 2025 (7 Comments - view/add) The Quirky Coaster Couple Gets Hitched » All photos: Courtesy Quirky Coaster Couple. View full-sized image . August 16 is National Roller Coaster Day. Qu...
Monday, September 15, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE South Central: Aloha Con 3 » Photo: Xander Lee. View full-sized image . There are more water parks in the U.S. than amusement parks. Not all...
Monday, September 8, 2025 (3 Comments - view/add) Summerfest 2025 — Viking Trip II: The Finnish Invasion » Photo: Jo Pools collection. View full-sized image . On Friday, July 11, 2025, approximately 70 enthusiasts from...
Monday, August 25, 2025 (4 Comments - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones » 13,000 rides on The Phantom's Revenge , Kevin Harper. View full-sized image ....
Monday, August 25, 2025 (3 Comments - view/add) Thoughts From Seat 1.3 — August 2025 » The concept of the shopping mall predates my existence in this world, and so does the divisiveness that accompanied it. P...
Monday, August 25, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE North Central: ACE Gets Lost 2025 » Photo: HaeKyung Thompson. View full-sized image . On July 26, 76 ACE members and their guests made the choice to...
Monday, August 25, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: Farewell Event at ZDT’s » On Sunday, August 3, ACE South Central gathered at ZDT’s in Seguin, Texas, to bid farewell to our friends and celebrate t...
Monday, August 18, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: Knoebels Is Open! 2025 » Photo: Dalton Crider. View full-sized image . And indeed it is! As of April 26, the traditional last Saturday in...
Monday, August 18, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: It’s a Thrill at Bushkill 2025 » Photo: Mike Matscherz. View full-sized image . ACE members and their guests gathered for a day of old-school fun...
Monday, August 18, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: Clowning Around at Dorney Park 2025 » Photo: Adam Ahmed. View full-sized image . Coaster enthusiasts helped celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hydra T...
Monday, August 18, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: Slide With ACE » All photos: Jessica Knouse. View full-sized image . The ACE Eastern Pennsylvania region hosted its second water...
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