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Saturday, October 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Canada: Roller Coasters, Eh?? 2019 » Photo: Ken Jones. View full-sized image . On September 14, ACE Canada held the 2019 version of the very popular...
Saturday, October 12, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: CocoaCon » Photo: Brian Watts. View full-sized image . On Saturday, September 21, 2019, 60 ACE members and guests descended...
Saturday, October 12, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: Flying High With a Blue Streak » Photo: Ken Riling. View full-sized image . Summer may have been winding down, but it’s not over until ACE Wester...
Saturday, October 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Accelerate Over to Italy’s Mirabilandia and Motorcycle Ride on a World’s First » Photo: Courtesy Mirabilandia. View full-sized image . Mirabilandia (Savio), Italy’s largest amusement park, open...
Saturday, October 12, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) The Return of Coasting for Kids Is a Huge Success in 2019 » Photo: Courtesy Coasting for Kids. View full-sized image . Coasting for Kids is a partnership in the amusement p...
Saturday, October 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Celestial Gauntlet Debuts High Thrills for New Park » Photo: Courtesy Vekoma. View full-sized image . Vekoma is beginning to build not only a formidable lineup of hig...
Saturday, October 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Ohio’s Coney Island Giving Up Its Rides, Again » Photo: S. Madonna Horcher. View full-sized image . The good news, Cincinnati Ohio’s Coney Island, which opened i...
Saturday, October 12, 2019 (4 Comments - view/add) Conservation Corner - September-October 2019 » ACE Archives Update Close on the heels of returning from Southern California, the euphoria of Coaster Con 42 was damp...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) Kings Island to Remove Vortex » Photo: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image . After 33 seasons, Vortex at Kings Island (Mason, Ohio) is bidding...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) New Jersey’s Clementon Unexpectedly Shut Down, Raising Concerns About the Park’s Future » Photo: Torrence Jenkins. View full-sized image . Clementon Park and Splash World (Clementon, New Jersey), one of...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 (3 Comments - view/add) Lakemont Park Unable to Reopen Leap The Dips This Season, but Plans to by Next Year » Photo: Dave Hahner. View full-sized image . The exciting news has been that Lakemont Park (Altoona, Pennsylvania...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Southeast: Carolina Coaster Classic » Photo: Josh Herrington. View full-sized image . On a beautifully hot late summer day (September 7, 2019), 116 AC...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: BeachCon » Photo: David Lipnicky. View full-sized image . For many, Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer. This year, n...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Mid-Atlantic: Wild West Fun Day » Photo: Bill Griswold. View full-sized image . Adventure Park USA in New Market, Maryland, is a treat to visit fo...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Mystic at Walibi Rhône-Alpes Casts a Spell » Photo: Courtesy Gerstlauer. View full-sized image . Walibi Rhône-Alpes (Les Avenières, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) wen...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Texas Stingray Sets Records and Brings New Wood to the United States » Photo: Courtesy SeaWorld San Antonio. View full-sized image . Announcements of new coasters are always great new...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) Florida Welcomes Two New Coasters in 2020 — Iron Gwazi and Ice Breaker » Photo: Courtesy Busch Gardens Tampa. View full-sized image . For three solid years, coaster fans dreamed and won...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE New England: ACE Day At The Lake » Photo: Maryann Smith. View full-sized image . Lake Compounce (Bristol, Connecticut) was the location on a gorgeo...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Mid-Atlantic: Celebrate America » Photo: Elizabeth Ringas. View full-sized image . A gathering of ACE members can only be enhanced by hospitality...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE North Central: Riding in the Bold North » Photo: Tom Nickerson. View full-sized image . With National Roller Coaster Day being on Friday, August 16, ACE N...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) Poland’s Energylandia Opens Three More Coasters in 2019, Including the RMC Zadra » Photo: Courtesy Energylandia. View full-sized image . Energylandia amusement park (Zator, Poland) opened its new...
Friday, September 6, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) From The President - September-October 2019 » Thankful for Volunteers ACE is a unique enthusiast club in a number of ways, and one is that it is an all-volunteer...
Friday, September 6, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) New Coasters Announced in Six Flags’ 2020 North America Lineup » Photo: Courtesy Six Flags. View full-sized image . Six Flags has recently announced its 2020 offerings within it...
Friday, September 6, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Fury Launches at Bobbejaanland – a Coaster That Lets You Decide Which Way to Go » Photo: Courtesy Gerstlauer. View full-sized image . On June 24, Bobbejaanland theme park (Lichtaart, Belgium) op...
Friday, September 6, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: ACE Day at Typhoon Texas » Photo: David Lipnicky. View full-sized image . ACE South Central made a big splash at ACE Day at Typhoon Texas h...
Sunday, August 25, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Orion to Shine Bright at Kings Island in 2020 » Photo: Courtesy Kings Island. View full-sized image . It was speculated for some time. Secrets are hard to keep...
Sunday, August 25, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Southeast: Rip Roarin’ Rampage » Photo: Josh Herrington. View full-sized image . On Saturday, August 3, 20 ACE members and their guests descended...
Sunday, August 25, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Midwest: ACE Hoosier HurriCon » Photo: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image . Sporting a new name for ACE Midwest’s annual visit to Indiana Beach...
Sunday, August 25, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: Gary Baker Memorial Day » Photo: Bill Linkenheimer III. View full-sized image . Gary Baker Memorial Day (GBMD) closed out a big ACE Wester...
Saturday, August 17, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) A Great New England Welcome Greeted the 2019 ACE Summer Conference » Photo: May Reinert-Ubinas. View full-sized image . The 2019 ACE Summer Conference closed out the year’s national...
Saturday, August 17, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: KennyKon XXX, July 20, 2019 » Photo: Garrett Sauers. View full-sized image . Will it or won’t it be open? The KennyKon event web page promised...
Saturday, August 17, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) Taiga Flies at Finland’s Linnanmäki » Photo: Courtesy Intamin. View full-sized image . Ask an ACEer to name the steel coasters on his or her Top Ten l...
Saturday, August 10, 2019 (6 Comments - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones - July-August 2019 » POSTED AUGUST 10 150 — Ben Chappell, Fury 325. View full-sized image . 200 — Jorgen Forsaker, V...
Saturday, August 10, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Pantheon Challenges Visitors in 2020 at Busch Gardens Williamsburg » Logo: Courtesy Busch Gardens Williamsburg. View full-sized image . In Rome, Italy, the Pantheon is a temple with...
Saturday, August 10, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Northwest: ACE Day at Silverwood » Photo: Lisa Zigweid Collection. View full-sized image . The ACE Northwest region held its annual ACE Day at Silv...
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