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Friday, November 10, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Pacific Southwest: Viva Las ACEers 2023 » Photo: Jackie Edwards Collection. View full-sized image . Eighteen attendees from four different states includin...
Friday, November 10, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Northern California: Tricks and Treats With ACE 2023 » Photo: Robert Ingle. View full-sized image . On October 14, ACE Northern California members gathered at Californ...
Friday, November 10, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE New England: ACE Screeems at Canobie Lake Park 2023 » Photo: Chris Nicoli. View full-sized image . A long-range weather forecast for finicky fall weather turned out t...
Friday, November 10, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: ACE-DAFE Phantom Fright Night » Photo: Keith Humbel. View full-sized image . The weather was brisk and the leaves were almost at their peak on...
Friday, November 3, 2023 (10 Comments - view/add) Breaking News: Cedar Fair and Six Flags Announce “Merger of Equals” » Photos: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image . View full-sized image ....
Friday, November 3, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE South Central: Fright Bash at Fiesta Texas Throws in an Eclipse » Photo: Xander Lee. View full-sized image . One of the most welcoming parks to ACE is Six Flags Fiesta Texas (Sa...
Friday, November 3, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE North Central: ACE Goes on a Fall Adventure » All Photos: Tom Nickerson. View full-sized image . On the day of the eclipse of the sun, there was an eerie fee...
Friday, November 3, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Zokkon Brings New Coaster Fun to Fuji-Q Highland » All Photos: Courtesy of Intamin. View full-sized image . Fuji-Q Highland (Fujiyoshida, Japan) is no stranger to...
Friday, October 27, 2023 (3 Comments - view/add) Maintaining Ravine Flyer II, Part 1: When the Season Ends… » All Photos courtesy of Waldameer. View full-sized image . Guests (and even some enthusiasts) visiting Waldameer...
Friday, October 27, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Nuts & Bolts » Photo: Courtesy of Six Flags St. Louis. View full-sized image . Six Flags St. Louis Opens Rookie Racer Th...
Friday, October 27, 2023 (4 Comments - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones » 100 — James Iverson, Rougarou . View full-sized image . 200 — Ewan...
Friday, October 20, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) Primordial — Finally! » Photo: Vejas Belzinskas. View full-sized image . There are coasters that take a little longer than anticipated...
Friday, October 20, 2023 (5 Comments - view/add) ACE Honorary Member: Scott Short » Photo: Sean Flaharty. View full-sized image . On Saturday, September 30, ACE presented the newest honorary membe...
Friday, October 20, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) The ACE Fall Conference Was a Crowd-Pleaser in Utah » Photo: Alex Rigsby. View full-sized image . As attendees started arriving at Lagoon, located in Farmington just...
Friday, October 13, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and SeaWorld Orlando to Debut New B&M Family Coasters in 2024 » Courtesy of Busch Gardens Tampa. View full-sized image . Following the 2023 debuts of thrill rides at its centra...
Friday, October 13, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Mid-Atlantic: Wild West Fun Day 2023 » Photo: Evangelos Ringas. View full-sized image . Fifteen ACE members and three guests attended Wild West Fun Da...
Friday, October 13, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: CocoaCon 2023 » Photo: Joshua Grayson. View full-sized image . On Saturday, September 9, ACE Eastern Pennsylvania held its fourt...
Friday, October 13, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: Mayhem in Wonderland 2023 » Photo: Courtney Burkarth. View full-sized image . On Sunday, September 10, 57 ACE members and guests visited Dut...
Friday, October 6, 2023 (5 Comments - view/add) Palace Entertainment’s Jerry Brick Discusses Lake Compounce’s Wildcat and More » Updated 10/10/23. All Photos: Jerry Brick. View full-sized image . While not as large or as w...
Friday, October 6, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) From the President » Since becoming president of ACE, I have noticed a recurring theme in many interactions and conversations that I have shar...
Friday, October 6, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Cloud Shuttle Debuts as Vekoma's First Super Boomerang » All Photos Courtesy of Vekoma. View full-sized image . Those old enough to have been in ACE much of their lives...
Friday, October 6, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE New Jersey: Seaside Hangover 2023 » Photo: Bret Ulozas. View full-sized image . On Saturday, September 16, 64 ACE members and their families and fri...
Friday, October 6, 2023 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Canada: Roller Coasters, Eh? 2023 » Photo: Ken Jones Collection. View full-sized image . Roller Coasters, Eh?, ACE Canada’s signature event, was hel...
Friday, September 22, 2023 (4 Comments - view/add) Dollywood’s Lightning Rod Converting to a Chain Lift in 2024 » Photo: Rob Ascough. View full-sized image . When Lightning Rod opened in 2016, it wowed the audiences who rode...
Friday, September 22, 2023 (7 Comments - view/add) Thoughts From Seat 1.3 » A few weeks ago, Six Flags theme parks across the United States made announcements of additions for the upcoming 2024 sea...
Friday, September 22, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Midwest: Rumble at the Beech ‘23 » All Photos: Bob Redman. View full-sized image . On Saturday, September 2, seven ACE members from four states (K...
Friday, September 22, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: BahnCon 2023 » All Photos: Jason Knutson. View full-sized image . Schlitterbahn welcomed American Coaster Enthusiasts to the a...
Friday, September 15, 2023 (6 Comments - view/add) Lakeside Amusement Park Debuts a New Roller Coaster » All Photos: Amber Lightbody. View full-sized image . In May 2018, ACE Rocky Mountain enthusiasts got a huge sur...
Friday, September 15, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE New Jersey: ACE Day at Nickelodeon Universe Theme Park » Photo: Mark Davidson. View full-sized image . The ACE New Jersey region hosted its first event at Nickelodeon Un...
Friday, September 15, 2023 (7 Comments - view/add) Historic Coasters Were at the Forefront of the 2023 ACE Preservation Conference » Photo: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image . For decades, ACE has hosted an annual Preservation Conference, whic...
Friday, September 15, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: West Texas Roundup » All Photos: Jeff Braziel. View full-sized image . ACE partners with many nonprofit organizations, and ACE South...
Friday, September 8, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE New England: A Dark Knight With ACE » Photo: Fahad Rahmat. View full-sized image . On August 19, Six Flags New England (SFNE, Agawam, Massachusetts) h...
Friday, September 8, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: Sunny Days With ACE » All Photos: Sue Yekel. View full-sized image . View full-sized i...
Friday, September 8, 2023 (4 Comments - view/add) Fun Spot America and Rocky Mountain Construction Join Forces to Improve Mine Blower » Photos: John Chidester. View full-sized image . View full-sized image ....
Friday, September 8, 2023 (2 Comments - view/add) Six Flags Announces 2024 Park Additions and Improvements » For many years, the melancholy accompanying the end of the summer season was mildly offset by Six Flags announcing the de...
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