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Friday, November 20, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Sandy’s Blasting Bronco » Photo: Paul Daley. View full-sized image . Ever wonder what squirrels in Texas dream about? Most are likel...
Friday, November 20, 2020 (4 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: ACE Day at ZDT’s » Photo: Jay Jacobs. View full-sized image . On a cool Sunday, November 8, more than 60 ACE members gathered...
Friday, November 20, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Construction Zone - November-December 2020 » ACE member Douglas van Ekström-Ahlby captures these images of the new Bolliger & Mabillard inverted coaster going into Grö...
Friday, November 13, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Highlights from October Executive Committee Meeting » Linnanmaki in Finland was approved to receive support from the ACE Preservation Fund. Photo: Steve Gzesh. View full-siz...
Friday, November 13, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: ACE Day at SeaWorld San Antonio » Happy volunteers welcomed ACEers to SeaWorld San Antonio. Photo: Jay Jacobs. View full-sized image . Fall even...
Friday, November 6, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives Achieves Great Gains on Huge Expansion » Photo: Hunter Novotny/Larson International. View full-sized image . Over the past decade, small groups of...
Friday, November 6, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Vienna’s Prater Opens Roller Ball » All photos by Gerhard Waldmann. View full-sized image . Anyone who has ever been to Austria and has visite...
Friday, November 6, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) From the President - November-December 2020 » I’ve come to realize that, at least for me, the internet is a double-edged sword when it comes to my coaster enthusiasm....
Monday, October 19, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones - September-October 2020 » 350 — Adam Napotnik, Iron Rattler. View full-sized image . 400 — Ben Ansley, Candymonium. View full-s...
Monday, October 19, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Jurassic World VelociCoaster Tops Floridian Coaster News » A Central Florida Coaster Update Photo: Courtesy Bioreconstruct. View full-sized image . Florid...
Monday, October 19, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE South Central: Fright Bash » Photo: S. Madonna Horcher. View full-sized image . A gorgeous fall day welcomed 74 registrants to Six Flag...
Monday, October 19, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Florida: ACE End of Summer Cool Down at Island H2O Live » Photo: Chris Ozimek. View full-sized image . On October 3, 2020, 22 ACE members, guests and their children...
Friday, October 9, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Heart of America: Daredevil Daze 2020 » Photo: Jay Jacobs. View full-sized image . With the hot summer days long gone and leaves turning, that means tw...
Friday, October 9, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) F.L.Y. Soars Into Phantasialand » Photo: Rik Engelen. View full-sized image . After being in development for nearly four years, F.L.Y. at Phant...
Friday, October 9, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) A Message from the President » ACE is a wonderful community of diverse individuals brought together by a common love of roller coasters and amusement par...
Friday, October 2, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Obituary: William “Bill” Kae (1960 – 2020) » Photo: Alan Shick. View full-sized image . William E. Kae, known to ACEers as “Bill,” passed away at his h...
Friday, October 2, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Conservation Corner - September - October 2020 » Photo: Bill Linkenheimer III. View full-sized image . “Into each life, some rain must fall, Some days mus...
Friday, October 2, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE New Jersey: Seaside Hangover » Photo: Linda Weisenstein. View full-sized image . After a sad spring and summer of no group activity, the...
Friday, October 2, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Great Lakes: Sluggers & Putters Informal Meetups » Photo: Jimmy Titko. View full-sized image . ACE Eastern Great Lakes comprises parks of all sizes and offer...
Friday, September 25, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Nuts & Bolts - September-October 2020 » h6 { font-size: 16px; color: #353535; } POSTED SEPTEMBER 25 Toshimaen’s Closing is Co...
Friday, September 25, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: Flying High With(out) a Blue Streak » Attendees took a spin on the new Whirlwind. Photo: Joel Brewton-Riling. View full-sized image . Like many ot...
Friday, September 25, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Silverwood Announces a 2021 Surprise — a New RMC coaster! » Rendering: Courtesy Silverwood. View full-sized image . Just when the coaster community had settled into t...
Friday, September 11, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Obituary: Patti DeBlasi (1946 - 2020) » Photo: Patti DeBlasi. View full-sized image . Patti DeBlasi passed away in July 2020. She was the daughter of J...
Friday, September 11, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: Gary Baker Memorial Day 2020 » Photo: Joel Brewton-Riling. View full-sized image . In honor of Gary Baker’s contributions to Lakemont Park and...
Friday, September 11, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Gerstlauer Provides New Coaster to Bellewaerde » Photo: Courtesy Bellewaerde. View full-sized image . One of the European parks least visited by Americans is Be...
Friday, September 4, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Movie Park Germany Announces — Sort of — a New Coaster for 2021 » Photo: Cheri Armstrong. View full-sized image . In the light of a global pandemic, most ACE members weren’...
Friday, September 4, 2020 (7 Comments - view/add) From the President - September-October 2020 » I’ve come to realize that, at least for me, the internet is a double-edged sword when it comes to my coaster enthusiasm. A...
Friday, September 4, 2020 (4 Comments - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: KennyKon XXXI » Photo: Joel Brewton-Riling. View full-sized image . “Welcome to the weirdest KennyKon ever” was ACE Wester...
Friday, August 21, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Nuts & Bolts - July-August 2020 » h6 { font-size: 16px; color: #353535; } .iframe-container { overflow: hidden;...
Friday, August 21, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones - July-August 2020 » 2,000 — Cheryl Lewison, Hyperion. View full-sized image . 2,000 — Martin Lewison, Wacky Worm II. View...
Friday, August 21, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE North Central: ACE Conquers Arnolds » All photos by Tom Nickeson. View full-sized image . On Sunday August 2, a small group of 10 ACEers converged on...
Friday, August 21, 2020 (8 Comments - view/add) Conservation Corner: The World’s Oldest Roller Coaster Rides Again » * { box-sizing: border-box; } .column { float: left; width: 50%; padding: 5px;...
Saturday, August 8, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Germany’s Erlebnispark Tripsdrill Opens Two New Coasters » Photo: Courtesy Vekoma. View full-sized image . Germany boasts many world-class theme parks. Elebnispark Tripsd...
Saturday, August 8, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Intamin Releases Details on Four New Concepts » Autodrome is one of three models for Intamin’s new Hot Racer concept. Photo: Courtesy Intamin. View full-sized image ....
Saturday, August 8, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Book Review: Imagineering an American Dreamscape, a Look at the Evolution of Theme Parks » Imagineering an American Dreamscape, a Look at the Evolution of Theme Parks, by Barry R. Hill. View full-sized image ....
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