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Monday, June 2, 2025 (5 Comments - view/add) Letter From the President » See Something, Say Something: Turning Insight Into Impact At the legacy Six Flags parks, the phrase “See Someth...
Monday, May 12, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) YoY: Walibi Holland's Groundbreaking Dual-Track Roller Coaster » All photos: Jo Pools. View full-sized image . On April 5, Walibi Holland (Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands)...
Monday, May 12, 2025 (5 Comments - view/add) ACE Europe: Springfest 2025 » Photo: Jamey Frank. View full-sized image . Springfest 2025 at Gardaland and Movieland near Verona, Italy, was...
Monday, May 12, 2025 (3 Comments - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: CoasterBash! XXXVI » Photo: Sam Shurgott. View full-sized image . The 2024-2025 winter had been exceptionally cold and snowy in the N...
Monday, May 12, 2025 (6 Comments - view/add) Six Flags America to Close » Photo: B. Derek Shaw. View full-sized image . On May 1, 2025, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced that...
Monday, May 12, 2025 (4 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: Lone Star Coasterthon 2025 » Photo: Jeff Filicko. View full-sized image . The annual event at Six Flags Over Texas (Arlington) had numerous n...
Monday, April 28, 2025 (3 Comments - view/add) Blessing of the Rides 2025 » Photo: Elizabeth Ringas Collection. View full-sized image . Clear blue skies set the stage for the Palm Sunday...
Monday, April 28, 2025 (3 Comments - view/add) ACE Honorary Member Deno Vourderis » Passionate advocate. Innovator. Connector. Community builder. Visionary. Risk taker. These are just a few of the words t...
Monday, April 28, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE News Switchback — April 2025 » View full-sized image . View full-sized image ....
Monday, April 28, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Nuts & Bolts — April 2025 » Timber Wolf . Photo: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image . Timber Wolf Closed for 2025 It’s a trend th...
Monday, April 28, 2025 (2 Comments - view/add) Construction Zone April 2025 » Indoor Coaster, Legoland Florida Photos: courtesy Legoland Florida. View fu...
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...
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