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Saturday, August 3, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) City Mayor Announces Intent to Demolish Long-Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans » What spot on earth has more standing-but-not-operating roller coasters than any other? Hurricane Katrina flooded New...
Saturday, August 3, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Northern Ohio: North Coast Con 2019 » Photo: Scott Short. View full-sized image . With the park season well under way, it was time for ACE Northern Oh...
Saturday, August 3, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) Hersheypark Announces Tasty 2020 Project » Photo: Courtesy Hersheypark. View full-sized image . Hersheypark (Hershey, Pennsylvania) had teased fans with re...
Saturday, August 3, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) Nuts & Bolts - July-August 2019 » h6 { font-size: 16px; color: #353535; } POSTED AUGUST 3 You Can Stop Dreaming — Nickelodeon Unive...
Saturday, July 27, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) The Steel Curtain Rushes Into Kennywood for an Epic Touchdown » Photo: Courtesy Kennywood. View full-sized image . Nothing beats the moment when the skyline of Kennywood appear...
Saturday, July 27, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Untamed — Rocky Mountain Construction’s Newest Showpiece » Photo: Chris Talone. View full-sized image . It’s easy for any coaster manufacturer to slip into an avoidable tr...
Saturday, July 27, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: West Texas Roundup » Photo: David Lipnicky Collection. View full-sized image . Every other year, a familiar event in the unpopulated...
Saturday, July 27, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Conservation Corner - July-August 2019 » Photo: Adrian Lloyd. View full-sized image . Montezooma’s Revenge at Knott’s Berry Farm Named ACE Roller Coast...
Saturday, July 20, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) A Special Coaster Milestone » Photo: Horwood Collection. View full-sized image . What makes ACE such a great and unique organization? For star...
Saturday, July 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Southern California: Coaster Con Add-on Day at SeaWorld San Diego » Photo: Harris Lanum. View full-sized image . Saturday, June 22, 2019, was the Coaster Con 42 add-on day at SeaWo...
Saturday, July 20, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Southern California: Add-on Day at Castle Park » Photo: S. Madonna Horcher. View full-sized image . On the day after an action-packed week at Coaster Con 42, 88...
Saturday, July 20, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) Wilkolak (Werewolf) Woodie Howls at Majaland » Photo: Courtesy Majaland Kownaty. View full-sized image . Only two wooden roller coasters are newly built this y...
Saturday, July 20, 2019 (3 Comments - view/add) A Dozen Things Members Missed If They Weren’t at Coaster Con 42 » View full-sized image . Fantastic host parks, world-class coasters, photo and video contests, Midway Olympics, E...
Friday, July 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) June Executive Committee Meeting Highlights » The Executive Committee (EC) met on June 16, 2019, in Valencia, California. Listed below are some of the meeting highlight...
Friday, July 12, 2019 (4 Comments - view/add) A New Dueling Dragons Takes Flight » Photo: Courtesy Intamin. View full-sized image . For coaster fans who still lament the tragic loss of the Bolliger...
Friday, July 12, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) Maxx Force Blasts Through Records at Six Flags Great America » Photo: Courtesy Six Flags. View full-sized image . "I feel the need … the need for speed!" So the saying go...
Saturday, July 6, 2019 (6 Comments - view/add) Universal Orlando Opens Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure » Photo: Courtesy Universal. View full-sized image . On May 28, 1999, Universal opened what it is considered to be b...
Saturday, July 6, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) From The President - July-August 2019 » Travel expands your imagination. Robert Louis Stephenson said, “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.” I k...
Saturday, July 6, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) Lakemont Park Reopens With a New Direction » In 2019 there has been no shortage of great new and exciting rides to enjoy. But in the midst of all the fastest and talle...
Saturday, July 6, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Canada: ACE Western Canada Roundup » In an effort to entice more Americans to come to the ACE Western Canada Roundup, the event was held this year on the U.S....
Saturday, July 6, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Florida: White Lightning 10K Marathon – Fun Spot America » Photo: Peter Pellegrino. View full-sized image . On June 1, 2019, 30 ACE members and guests from three states met...
Friday, June 14, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Crazy Flips and Cutting-Edge Technology: Batman: The Ride Opens at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom » The Joker , Harley Quinn and Penguin have terrorized Six Flags Discovery Kingdom for far too long. It’s about time the Cap...
Friday, June 14, 2019 (3 Comments - view/add) Obituary: David Cornell, 1963 – 2019 » Born December 12, 1963, David Cornell, 55, of Cincinnati, Ohio, passed away at his home unexpectedly of natural causes on...
Friday, June 14, 2019 (2 Comments - view/add) In the Midst of Playland’s Management Troubles, Could a New Aeroplane Have Been in Rye’s Future? » In May 2016, the Westchester County’s Board of Legislators voted to give control of the operation of Playland Park, (Rye,...
Friday, June 14, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Mid-Atlantic: ACE Dives » Photo: Jill Ryan. View full-sized image . Storms, rain and overcast skies greeted 92 ACE members and their guest...
Friday, June 14, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Southeast: Spring Fling » Photo: Josh Herrington. View full-sized image . On Saturday, June 1, 53 ACE members and their guests gathered at...
Friday, June 14, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Nuts & Bolts - May-June 2019 » h6 { font-size: 16px; color: #353535; } POSTED JUNE 14 First B&M Coaster Rises Again as Firebird...
Friday, June 7, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Conneaut Blue Streak Develops Tunnel Vision » Blue Streak’s third hill received major track work. Photo: Bill Linkenheimer III. View full-sized image . Work...
Friday, June 7, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Conservation Corner - May-June 2019 » Sometimes the right people connect at the right time. In making preparations for ACE South Central’s off-season event...
Friday, June 7, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) Tidal Twister Opens at SeaWorld San Diego » Photo: Derek Perry. View full-sized image . Tidal Twister, the first Skyline Attractions Skywarp Horizon model,...
Friday, June 7, 2019 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE South Central: Rocks at Schlittercon 16 » Photo: Jay Jacobs. View full-sized image . The annual tradition of Schlittercon at Schlitterbahn, New Braunfels,...
Friday, June 7, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: Memorial Day Madness » Photo: Jay Jacobs. View full-sized image . On Memorial Day, in the central Texas town of Seguin, nearly 50 ACE m...
Friday, May 31, 2019 (4 Comments - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones - May-June 2019 » 25 — Ewan Driscoll, Kentucky Flyer. View full-sized image . 250 — Jason Nickey, Expedition Everest. View...
Friday, May 31, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) New Wooden Coaster Announced for 2020 » Announcements of roller coasters planned for 2020 continue to trickle out. Martin & Vleminckx (M&V) has recently revealed...
Friday, May 31, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) El Loco Incident at Circus Circus’s Adventuredome in Las Vegas Keeps Coaster Closed » On March 25, 2019, a woman fell from her seat while riding the El Loco steel coaster at the indoor Adventuredome park wi...
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