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Monday, December 23, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: ACE Day at ZDT’s 2024 » All Photos: Jason Knutson. View full-sized image . On a bright and cheerful Sunday morning, 34 ACE members gathe...
Monday, December 23, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) Q&A with R&R Creative Amusement Design » View full-sized image . November’s ACE Digital Event hosted Rick Bastrup, president of R&R Designs, a leade...
Monday, December 23, 2024 (5 Comments - view/add) Helen Marion Fluharty » Photo: Debbie Kidd Collection. View full-sized image . Helen Marion Fluharty beloved mother, sister, grandmother...
Monday, November 18, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: HalloThriller » Photo: Dalton Crider. View full-sized image . On October 19, 199 ACE members and friends from 11 states came tog...
Monday, November 18, 2024 (3 Comments - view/add) ACE Premieres “The Legacy of Schwarzkopf” Documentary to Huge Applause » View full-sized image . Photo: Tim Baldwin. View full-sized image ....
Monday, November 18, 2024 (3 Comments - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: ACE Phantom Fright Night » The Phantom’s Revenge . Photo: Lee Ann Draud. View full-sized image . Although the focus during ACE Western...
Monday, November 18, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) Executive Committee Meeting: November 2 and 3, 2024 » Of all the Executive Committee's responsibilities, its primary ones are leading and guiding the direction of ACE's strate...
Monday, November 18, 2024 (5 Comments - view/add) Six Attractions Will Retire From Six Flags Great Adventure » Photo: Courtesy Intamin. View full-sized image . Photo: Matthew Kaiser. View full-sized image ....
Monday, November 18, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) A Billion-Dollar Trip for Six Flags » Improvements at parks like Six Flags Over Texas spelled the end of the road for La Vibora . Photo: Michael Horwood. V...
Monday, November 11, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: Mayhem at Wonderland » Photo: Mike Matscherz. View full-sized image . On Sunday, September 8, 61 ACE members and guests visited Dutch W...
Monday, November 11, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Mid-Atlantic: Six Flags America Celebrate America » Photo: CJ Redden-Liotta. View full-sized image . ACE Mid-Atlantic members got into the patriotic spirit at the r...
Monday, November 11, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE Europe: Scarefest 2024 » Photo: Jan Liebrecht. View full-sized image . Halloween season has some of the most fun and scary events at them...
Monday, November 4, 2024 (3 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Pennsylvania: CocoaCon » Photo: Connor Dea. View full-sized image . On Saturday, September 7, the ACE Eastern Pennsylvania region held it...
Monday, November 4, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Heart of America: Daredevil Daze » Daredevil Daze is always a wonderful time to visit Six Flags St. Louis (Missouri), and for 2024 it was bigger and better...
Monday, November 4, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Mid-Atlantic: Fall Thrillfest » Photo: Evangelos Ringas collection. View full-sized image . As crisp fall weather started to creep into the fadi...
Monday, November 4, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) NRCMA Board Adds Two Members » Mark Rosenzweig (left) and Kris Rowberry (right). View full-sized image . At its annual board meeting in Pla...
Monday, November 4, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: Fright Bash 2024 » Photo: Jeff Braziel. View full-sized image . Six Flags Fiesta Texas (San Antonio) is always willing to host ACE...
Monday, October 28, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Western Pennsylvania: SplashBash! on the Mon » Photo: Stacey Singer. View full-sized image . The Pittsburgh metropolitan area is home to three parks owned by...
Monday, October 28, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Eastern Great Lakes: Picnic at the Grove IV » Photo: Tim Stradtman. View full-sized image . (A note: An organization dedicated to a hobby that’s a prime exam...
Monday, October 28, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) ACE New England: Festival of Screeems » Photo: Miranda Winward. View full-sized image . Mother Nature smiled down on Salem, New Hampshire, on Saturday,...
Monday, October 28, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Nuts and Bolts October 2024 » Midnight Flyer . Photo: Courtesy Santa's Village. View full-sized image . Santa’s Village Coasts Through Chr...
Monday, October 28, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Member Coaster Milestones » 200 — Allison Krentz, Tornado . View full-sized image . 400 — Craig...
Monday, October 28, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE News Switchback » View full-sized image . View full-sized image ....
Monday, October 28, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Construction Zone » Flash: Vertical Velocity , Six Flags Great Adventure Photos: Courtesy Six Fl...
Monday, October 21, 2024 (3 Comments - view/add) ACE Pacific Southwest: ACE Day at Wild Rivers » Photo: Derek Perry. View full-sized image . Those who live in Southern California know that the month of Septemb...
Monday, October 21, 2024 (4 Comments - view/add) Archive Dive With S&S Worldwide » View full-sized image . For the second time, S&S Worldwide was kind enough to offer ACE members visual acce...
Monday, October 7, 2024 (6 Comments - view/add) ACE Founders Honored as Legends at 2024 Golden Ticket Awards » Photo: Courtesy AT -Dan Feicht. View full-sized image . Amusement Today presents the Golden Ticket Awards ea...
Monday, October 7, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE South Central: Second-Annual Aloha Con Provides Break From the Heat » Photo: Jeff Braziel. View full-sized image . As August begins to wind down, Texans are more than ready to say g...
Monday, October 7, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) ACE Canada: Roller Coasters, Eh! » All photos: Ken Jones. View full-sized image . As September rolls around for ACE Canada, that can only mean one...
Monday, October 7, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Preservation Con 2024 » Lost Island Theme Park. Photo: Jill Ryan. View full-sized image . Preservation can mean many things to coas...
Monday, September 30, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) Lake Erie’s Sirens to Curse Cedar Point in 2025 » All Renderings: Courtesy Cedar Point. View full-sized image . For years, coaster fans have salivated over footag...
Monday, September 30, 2024 (1 Comment - view/add) Busch Gardens Williamsburg Teases a New Inverted Coaster for 2025 » In the summer of 1984, a wolf loomed near a tiny German village nestled at the edge of the Black Forest. Every so often i...
Monday, September 30, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) Letter From the President » 2024-26 Executive Committee Announced Because ACE is a 100-percent volunteer organization, its members make an incre...
Monday, September 23, 2024 (3 Comments - view/add) Thoughts From Seat 1.3 » Last month, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Florida) announced that its classic Anton Schwarzkopf Scorpion would be closing fo...
Monday, September 23, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) ACE Cares: Coasting for Kids 2024: The Inversion Tour » Photo: Melinda Gaspari. View full-sized image . Life can be turned completely upside down when a critical illnes...
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