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Saturday, August 8, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Oceanfest 2020 » Photo: Vanessa Thomas. View full-sized image . In early March, just before the pandemic shut down life as we kno...
Friday, July 24, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Efteling debuts Max & Moritz, a Double Attraction From Mack Rides » All Photos Courtesy Efteling. View full-sized image . ACE members who have visited Efteling (Kaatsheuvel, Ne...
Friday, July 24, 2020 (5 Comments - view/add) Two-fer Connecticut - July 18, 2020 » Quassy Amusement Park. Photo by Rus Ozana. View full-sized image . Plans for this event began last November. In...
Friday, July 24, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Obituary: Byron Hughes 1966 – 2020 » Photo from Byron Hughes Collection. View full-sized image . On July 9, Byron Lamar Hughes lost his lifelong...
Friday, July 17, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Fun Fore All Fiesta 2020 » Photo: Joel Brewton-Riling. View full-sized image . It’s hard to believe, but ACE Western Pennsylvania’s Fun...
Friday, July 17, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Orion Changes the Skyline at Kings Island » Photo: Derek Perry. View full-sized image . Sometimes they say “it is in the stars"… which is fitting for Orion...
Monday, July 13, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) My Most Difficult Coaster Credit - Part 2 » ACE members shared some of their most difficult coaster credits to attain. Part 1 of the member stories can be found her...
Monday, July 13, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) From the President - July-August 2020 » Coaster Con at Home is now in the history books — hopefully, the first and last. This event was a great example of what an...
Monday, July 13, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Candymonium — The Sweetest New Ride at Hersheypark » Photo: Ron Jiu. View full-sized image . After the coronavirus pandemic closed amusement parks in Pennsylvania f...
Friday, July 3, 2020 (5 Comments - view/add) Coaster Con at Home: A Huge Success in Connecting ACEers While Apart » Thursday Group Shot Screenshot: Jeffrey Seifert. View full-sized image . Coaster Con at Home offered ACE memb...
Friday, July 3, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Adventureland Announces Dragon Slayer » The two former loops of Dragon now hang banners promoting the upcoming Dragon Slayer . All photos by Tom Nickerson. Vi...
Friday, July 3, 2020 (5 Comments - view/add) The Industry Reopens: What Can Guests Expect? » All photos by Robert Ulrich. View full-sized image . A significant number of amusement parks and theme parks ha...
Friday, June 19, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Nuts & Bolts - May-June 2020 » h6 { font-size: 16px; color: #353535; } POSTED JUNE 19 Joyland Park Hit by Sand Storm...
Friday, June 19, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Construction Zone - May-June 2020 » Aquaman Power Wave , Six Flags Over Texas Many of the new-for-2020 coaster projects were put on hold in March with t...
Friday, June 19, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones - May-June 2020 » 1,000 — Jeff Harper, Mako. View full-sized image . 800 — Bobby Nagy, Twisted Cyclone. View full-sized ima...
Friday, June 12, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Obituary: Doug Robinson 1971 – 2020 » Photo: Jonathan Hawkins. View full-sized image . Doug Robinson, age 49, of Indian Trail, North Carolina, passed...
Friday, June 12, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Obituary: Gary Naftz » Photo: David Stremme. View full-sized image . On May 14, 2020, Gary Naftz passed away suddenly. Gary was a quie...
Friday, June 12, 2020 (4 Comments - view/add) Conservation Corner: Protecting Your Collections » Photo: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image . In addition to taking lots of photos, many ACEers collect coaster-...
Friday, June 12, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Coaster Con at Home Approaches: All Members Encouraged to Participate » View full-sized image . Coaster Con is about coming together to interact, build friendships and celebrate rolle...
Friday, June 12, 2020 (9 Comments - view/add) Signs of Life Return to the Industry » Wildcat — Frontier City Photo: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image . There is no doubt that the world is living t...
Friday, May 29, 2020 (9 Comments - view/add) Obituary: Ann Marie Robinson 1949 - 2020 » Photo: B. Derek Shaw. View full-sized image . Longtime ACE member Ann Marie Robinson passed away on May 11, age...
Friday, May 29, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Iowa’s Adventureland Retires Dragon, Hints at 2021 » Photo: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image . Adventureland (Altoona, Iowa) is more than halfway through the proc...
Friday, May 29, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Pacific Park Revs Up a New Spin on Santa Monica West Coaster » Photo: Bobby Nagy. View full-sized image . Pacific Park in Santa Monica, California, has been featured in numerou...
Sunday, May 17, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Obituary: Robert Api 1952 - 2020 » Photo: Richard Munch. View full-sized image . On April 13, one of ACE’s longtime members lost his battle with th...
Sunday, May 17, 2020 (5 Comments - view/add) My Most Difficult Coaster Credit » ACE members shared some of their most difficult coaster credits to attain. Want to share yours? Send your story to acenew...
Friday, May 8, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Book Review: Cedar Point Rolling Through The Years: A Cedar Point Atlas & Chronology » Cedar Point Rolling Through The Years: A Cedar Point Atlas & Chronology, by Ken Miller. View full-sized image ....
Friday, May 8, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) Coaster Con 43 Postponed Until 2021 » View full-sized image . Even a few months ago no one could have imagined this, but after consultation with the h...
Friday, May 8, 2020 (3 Comments - view/add) Obituary: Ken Riling-Brewton 1964 - 2020 » Photo: Joel Brewton-Riling Collection. View full-sized image . In this time of terrible losses, ACE Western Pen...
Friday, May 1, 2020 (14 Comments - view/add) Indiana Beach Rescued » Photo: S. Madonna Horcher. View full-sized image . It was the story so needed during these unprecedented and c...
Friday, May 1, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Bravo! The Industry Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic » Photo: Courtesy Six Flags America. View full-sized image . “In the amusement industry, we deal with risk every...
Friday, May 1, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) Obituary: Bill Werth 1933 - 2020 » Photo: Elizabeth Werth Collection. View full-sized image . William (Bill) Werth passed away on April 10, 2020....
Friday, May 1, 2020 (2 Comments - view/add) From the President - May-June 2020 » I am personally saddened that the Executive Committee has made the appropriate decision to postpone ACE Coaster Con 43 to...
Thursday, April 16, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) EC Meeting Highlights – March 2020 » Owing to safety and travel concerns and restrictions, the Executive Committee met digitally on March 21 and 22, 2020, usin...
Thursday, April 16, 2020 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones - March-April 2020 » 100 — Gray Dellinger, Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster. View full-sized image . 100 — Zach Lewis, Wonder...
Thursday, April 16, 2020 (5 Comments - view/add) Nuts & Bolts - March-April 2020 » h6 { font-size: 16px; color: #353535; } POSTED APRIL 16 OCT Plans Ninth Happy Valley Theme Park...
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