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Friday, September 8, 2023 (4 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: ACE Flies With the Phoenix » Photo: Courtesy of the Mike Matscherz Collection. View full-sized image . On Saturday, July 29, 247 ACE members...
Friday, September 1, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Mid-Atlantic: Oceanfest 2023 » All Photos: Bill Galvin. View full-sized image . Oceanfest got off to a rough start on Saturday, July 22, owing...
Friday, September 1, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) Morey’s Piers: Coastin’ by the Ocean » All Photos: Linda Weisenstein. View full-sized image . What is better than roller coasters? Some may argue rolle...
Friday, September 1, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Midwest: Hoosier Hurricon ’23 » Photo: Courtesy of the Bob Redman Collection. View full-sized image . Sunny skies and warm temperatures reigned...
Friday, September 1, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: ACE Day at Hurricane Harbor Splashtown » Photo: Courtesy of the Jason Knutson Collection. View full-sized image . On the morning of Saturday, August 5, a...
Friday, September 1, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: ACE Day at Big Rivers Water Park & Adventures » Photo: Jason Knutson. View full-sized image . What do ACEers do in Texas after an event at a water park in the m...
Friday, August 25, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Silver Dollar City Announces $30 Million Fire in the Hole for 2024 » Rendering: Courtesy of Silver Dollar City. View full-sized image . Not every announcement has to be super-secret...
Friday, August 25, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE North Central: Summer Thrills 2023 » Photo: Tom Nickerson. View full-sized image . On August 12, 43 ACE members met for the annual event held by ACE...
Friday, August 25, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: Ravine Flyer Frenzy 2023 » Photo: Dave Hahner III. View full-sized image . It’s hard to imagine a more fun place to be on a warm summer da...
Friday, August 25, 2023 (5 Comments - view/add) Nuts and Bolts July-August 2023 » Space Mountain at Tokyo Disneyland will undergo an extensive three-year overhaul beginning in 2024, but the park remains...
Friday, August 25, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones - August 2023, Part 3 » 800 — Derek Wise, Roar-O-Saurus . View full-sized image . 850 — Paul...
Friday, August 25, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Eastern Great Lakes: Picnic at the Grove III » Although often forgotten in the shadows of Ohio’s mammoth theme parks Cedar Point (Sandusky) and Kings Island (Mason), St...
Friday, August 18, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones - August 2023, Part 2 » 350 — Vassilios Ringas, Arie Force One . View full-sized image . 400...
Friday, August 18, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Coaster Con 45 Executive Committee Report » The first Sunday of ACE’s annual Coaster Con is always a flurry of activity. From registration to orientations, perusing...
Friday, August 18, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) Bill Graves, ACE Honorary Member » ACE President Elizabeth Ringas reads the plaque that explains why Bill Graves is ACE's newest honorary member. Photo:...
Friday, August 18, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) Dorney Park to Install B&M’s Next Dive Coaster: Iron Menace » All renderings courtesy of Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom. View full-sized image . It’s almost hard to fathom t...
Friday, August 18, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers Set the Pace at Kings Island’s New Camp Snoopy in 2024 » All renderings courtesy of Kings Island. View full-sized image . Proof that the most highly regarded and success...
Friday, August 18, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: Gary Baker Memorial Day » Photo: Bill Linkenheimer III. View full-sized image . There are many ways to honor the memory of someone who ha...
Friday, August 18, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) Moose Tracks: Rocky Mountain Construction Unveils New “Wild Moose” Concept » All renderings courtesy of Rocky Mountain Construction. View full-sized image . Following an extended period of...
Saturday, August 12, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) From the President — July-August 2023 » As we enter the second year of the currently serving Executive Committee, we have all learned a lot. Our number one goal d...
Saturday, August 12, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones - August 2023 » It’s the summer season, and it looks as though ACE members around the world have been making the most of it, reaching new,...
Saturday, August 12, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE North Central: ACE Gets Lost » Photos: Tom Nickerson unless otherwise noted. View full-sized image . On July 22, ACE members embarked on an adv...
Saturday, August 12, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari Serves Up Good Gravy! in 2024 » All Renderings: Courtesy of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari. View full-sized image . Following a period of...
Saturday, August 12, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: KennyKon XXXIV » Photo: Garrett Sauers. View full-sized image . It’s the middle of July in the middle of summer, and it’s hot and...
Friday, August 11, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) Changing the Rules of the Race: Cedar Point Announces Top Thrill 2 » All Renderings: Courtesy of Cedar Point. View full-sized image . Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio), no stranger to br...
Friday, July 28, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE New England: ACE Plays at Lake Compounce » Photo: Courtesy of the Rus Ozana Collection. View full-sized image . For the second year in a row with lower th...
Friday, July 28, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: Texas’ First Aloha Con » Photo: Xander Lee. View full-sized image . News flash: Texas is hot in the summer. Okay, so that isn’t real...
Friday, July 28, 2023 (5 Comments - view/add) Thoughts From Seat 1.3 » Two months into my new role as ACE News editor, I’m finally beginning to feel as if I have a decent grasp on how to...
Friday, July 21, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) A New Batman Unlike Any Others » Photo: Samuel Di Bartolomeo. View full-sized image . When Time Warner had its hands all over the Six Flags chai...
Friday, July 21, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Adventureland Debuts a New Roller Coaster and Log Flume » Photos: Courtesy of Adventureland. View full-sized image . On June 24, ACE members were invited to Adventureland...
Friday, July 21, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Europe: Viking Trip 2023 » Photo: Jo Pools. View full-sized image . As Coaster Con 45 was winding down in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and C...
Friday, July 21, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Vekoma Makes Lightning Strike at Furuvik » Photo: Courtesy of Vekoma. View full-sized image . When talking about international destinations, most American...
Friday, July 21, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) David Dean, Former President of Joyland, Dies at 67 » View full-sized image . James “David” Dean died peacefully in the loving care of his wife, Kristi, at their hom...
Friday, July 14, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) Zambezi Zinger: A Classic, Reimagined » All Photos: Paul Drabek. View full-sized image . When Worlds of Fun’s (Kansas City, Missouri) original Zambezi...
Friday, July 14, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) Twister III: Storm Chaser Twirls Into Elitch Gardens » All Photos: Mike Schuster. View full-sized image . Following an extended offseason reworking, Elitch Gardens’ (...
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