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Monday, April 28, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones » 100 — John Gray, Flash Vertical Velocity . View full-sized image . 3...
Monday, April 21, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) Flash: Vertical Velocity: Backward or Forward — Which Will You Prefer? » Photo: Matthew Kaiser. View full-sized image . Flash: Vertical Velocity brings a new style of fun and thrills...
Monday, April 21, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Georgia Gold Rusher: There’s Gold in Them Thar Hills! » Photo: courtesy Six Flags Over Georgia. View full-sized image . Prospectors have long been obsessed with the pur...
Monday, April 21, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Pacific Southwest: West Coast ACEers 2025 » Photo: Jackie Edwards/Don Palmer Collection. View full-sized image . Nearly 70 ACE members from the ACE Pacific...
Monday, April 21, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Spring 2025 Executive Committee Recap » Photo: courtesy ACE Collection. View full-sized image . The Executive Committee (EC) met in Nashville, Tennessee...
Monday, April 14, 2025 (3 Comments - view/add) Oakwood Theme Park Closes… Forever » Megafobia . Photo: Alex Rigsby. View full-sized image . Years from now, enthusiasts will remember the mid-20...
Monday, April 14, 2025 (9 Comments - view/add) ACE Digital Event: The Legacy of Schwarzkopf Online! » View full-sized image . ACE members were treated to a free online showing of the newest ACE documentary, “The L...
Monday, April 14, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE South Central: Splash Into Spring » Epic Waters’ Michael Wampler and ACE South Central Assistant Regional Reps Chip Sieczko, Donnie Ratliff and Brian Schri...
Monday, April 14, 2025 (4 Comments - view/add) Thoughts From Seat 1.3 — April 2025 » Spring is near, and soon another year of traditions begins for coaster enthusiasts living in areas with seasons (those in...
Monday, April 14, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) NRCMA Update — April 2025 » Over the past few months, the National Roller Coaster Museum & Archives (NRCMA) has been actively working on several...
Monday, April 14, 2025 (5 Comments - view/add) Relocating a Wood Coaster Part 2: Preparing the Coaster for the Move » Six Flags Great Escape Comet . Photo: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image . Once it's been decided that a co...
Monday, March 31, 2025 (4 Comments - view/add) Rapterra Soars at Kings Dominion, Marking a Milestone for the Park » Photo: Shawn Montano. View full-sized image . Kings Dominion (Doswell, Virginia) has unveiled its newest roller...
Monday, March 31, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE South Central: Fiesta Fest 2025 » Photo: Xander Lee. View full-sized image . On Saturday, March 1, the phrase "laissez les bons temps rouler&...
Monday, March 31, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Pacific Southwest: ACE Day at Playland Fresno and Blackbeard’s FEC Fresno 2025 » All photos: Jackie Edwards. View full-sized image . March 8 was a beautiful day in Fresno, California. It has b...
Monday, March 24, 2025 (5 Comments - view/add) Herschend to Acquire Palace Entertainment » Iconic parks Kennywood and Silver Dollar City will soon be under the ownership of Herschend. Photo: Mike Matscherz....
Monday, March 24, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE New England: The Great Nor’Easter » Photo: Rus Ozana. View full-sized image . ACE New England’s annual off-season event, The Great Nor’Easter, took...
Monday, March 24, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: Eastcoaster 2025 » Eastcoaster presenters. Photo: Adam Ahmed. View full-sized image . Winter nonriding events in cold climates...
Monday, March 24, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) SeaWorld San Antonio Opens Its Newest Coaster: Beach Rescue Racer » Photo: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image . SeaWorld San Antonio (Texas) opened its gates for the first time in...
Monday, March 17, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) Peppa Pig Theme Park Adds a New Coaster to Texas » Photo: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image . The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is becoming a little hotbed of coas...
Monday, March 17, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Mid-Atlantic: Jeepers! It’s Winter! » Photo: Grant Haynes. View full-sized image . After a multiyear hiatus, ACE Mid-Atlantic hosted the Jeepers! It’...
Monday, March 17, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) Digital Event: ACE Preservation T-Shirt Gala » Celebrating and advancing a message of preservation is essential to ACE’s purpose. On February 14-16, 2025, ACE volunteers...
Monday, March 10, 2025 (3 Comments - view/add) Recognizing Outstanding Regional Representatives » Every ACE member belongs to a region, fostering a local community within the organization. Led by dedicated volunteers,...
Monday, March 10, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Warner Bros. Movie World Opens Two New Coasters (or Three, Kind of) » Flight of the Wicked Witch . Photo: courtesy Vekoma. View full-sized image . Mere days before the world was...
Monday, March 10, 2025 (3 Comments - view/add) Letter From the President — April 2025 » ACE is a member-driven organization. As our club continues to grow, your Executive Committee and many of ACE’s volunteer...
Monday, February 24, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Nuts & Bolts – February 2025 » Photo: Lisa Scheinin. View full-sized image . Kuwait’s B&M Lightning Now at Wonderla Amusement Park Chenna...
Monday, February 24, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE News Switchback — February 2025 » View full-sized image . View full-sized image . As I dig in...
Monday, February 24, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) NRCMA Digital Tour: A Virtual Tour of the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives » Photo: courtesy NRCMA. View full-sized image . Celebrating more than 150 years of history, the National Roller...
Monday, February 24, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones » 50 — Melissa D'Auria, Iron Menace . View full-sized image . 500 — Fr...
Monday, February 24, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Construction Zone February 2025 » Alpen Fury , Canada's Wonderland Photos: courtesy Canada's Wonderland. View...
Monday, February 17, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE and the NRCMA: Two Nonprofits, One Mission » American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) and the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives (NRCMA) are independent 501(c)(3) o...
Monday, February 17, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) Preservation Director’s Update, February 2025 » Photo: Jill Ryan. View full-sized image . ACE Roller Coaster Landmark Plaques Explained Many members have b...
Monday, February 17, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) NRCMA: Preserving History, One Piece at a Time » All Photos: Courtesy NRCMA. View full-sized image . The National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives (NRCMA) has...
Monday, February 17, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Western Great Lakes: No Coaster Con 2025 » No Coaster Con crew: Front L-R: Randy Geisler, Bob Prenki, Marty Moltz, Bonnie Heck, Jordan Ferris, Tom Rebbie (hanging...
Monday, February 10, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Pacific Southwest: Gills and Thrills at SeaWorld San Diego » Photo: Jackie Edwards. View full-sized image . January has been tough on the Southern California region. While...
Monday, February 10, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE South Central: Winterfest 2025 » Landry’s on Kemah Boardwalk played host to Winterfest. Photo: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image . One of th...
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