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RollerCoaster! 2018 - 2023


RollerCoaster!
2018 - 2023

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Issue #144, Winter 2018 (Vol. 39, No. 2)
  • Mystic Timbers: Kings island Turns to Wood Once Again
  • InvadR Conquers Busch Gardens Williamsburg
  • Mine Blower Brings Back Another Wooden Coaster to Florida
  • OWA — America’s Newest Park
  • New Coasters Revitalize Jersey Shore
  • Australia Gets Hyper
  • Lech Coaster Premieres a New Style of Coaster From Vekoma
  • Heide the Ride Brings New Wooden Coaster to Europe
  • Star Trek: Operation Enterprise

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #145, Spring 2018 (Vol. 39, No. 3)
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom — 20 Years of Conservation, Innovation, Education
  • Start Your Engines — Ferrari Land
  • Lagoon — Utah’s Fun Spot
  • Remembering — Chicago’s Riverview Park: Home of the Most Wooden Roller Coasters Ever
  • Riverside Reflections
  • Skewed Signs, Strange Souvenirs and Other Silly Stuff

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #146, Summer 2018 (Vol. 39, No. 4)
  • Richard Munch and Jerry Willard: The 40th Interview
  • ACE Special Funds: What Have We Done With That Money?
  • Coaster Definitions: What Does Hybrid Mean?
  • Kennywood’s Thunderbolt Celebrates a Golden Anniversary
  • Reflections on ACE and the Roller Coaster
  • Trek for the Tough Credit: Himalayan Hills
  • IAAPA 1918 — 2018: 100 Years of Fun
  • Remembering — AstroWorld
  • Places of ACE HQ
  • Growing Up ACE
  • Industry Profile: David Mandt
  • ACE Profiles: Vassilios Ringas and Cassie Titko

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #147, Fall 2018 (Vol. 40, No. 1)
  • Coaster Con 1’s 40th Reunion Party: 600 ACE Fans Show Up to Celebrate
  • A Twisted Tale of Apples
  • Remembering — Opryland
  • Happy 175th Birthday Tivoli Copenhagen!
  • Coastin’ in the U.S. — Small Parks, Small Coasters
  • Industry Profile: Tony Johnson
  • Coaster Con Photo Contest Winners

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #148, Winter 2019 (Vol. 40, No. 2)
  • Silver Dollar City Successfully Dabbles in Time Travel
  • Take a Ride on the Wildest Side: Cedar Point’s Steel Vengeance
  • Wicker Man
  • Rocky Mountain Construction Blazes New Rails
  • Knott’s Berry Farm’s HangTime Adds to Park History
  • Pioneer Cracks the Whip on a Creative Idea
  • No Need to Be Grouchy — Oscar’s Wacky Taxi is Fun!
  • Icon — Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s Newest Signature Attraction
  • Twisted Cyclone — The New Georgia Creation
  • Hyper Coaster Raises the Bar in Europe
  • The Gravity Group and Martin & Vleminckx Blaze a Jungle Trail in China
  • Hyperion Debuts as Energylandia’s Tallest Roller Coaster
  • More New-for-2018 Coasters: Valkyria, Merlin’s Mayhem, Slinky Dog Dash, Wood Express, Adrenaline Peak, Tantrum

Price $10.00

 


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Issue #149, Spring 2019 (Vol. 40, No. 3)
  • East Meets ACE (tour of Japan)
  • S&S Worldwide — A Quarter Century of Thrills!
  • Motiongate
  • Remembering Miracle Strip
  • A Blast From the Past (Scenic Railway at The Prater)
  • Industry Profile: Pete Barto, S&S Worldwide

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #150, Summer 2019 (Vol. 40, No. 4)
  • Remembering Robert M. Cartmel
  • The 2,000 club
  • The opening of Gemini
  • Brace for Impact
  • Cheers to the Piers Morey’s Piers marks a half century of boardwalk fun
  • Remembering Myrtle Beach Pavilion
  • Capturing Coaster History in Miniature
  • Turkish Delights
  • Memories from the Inside
  • RCDB from the Beginning
  • East Meets ACE (tour of Japan) part 2

Price $15.00

 


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Issue #151, Fall 2019 (Vol. 41, No. 1)
  • Coaster Con 42
  • Martin & Vleminckx Rides: A History of Collaboration and Expertise
  • Coasting in Turkey: Large Parks, Large Shopping Centers
  • Hong Kong Ocean Park
  • Rocky Glen Park — 101 Years of Fun
  • Coaster Con and Summer Conference Group Photos

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #152, Winter 2020 (Vol. 41, No. 2)
  • The Steel Curtain — a Win for Kennywood
  • Flying High at Low Altitude
  • Dynamite
  • Zadra
  • Fury and Mystic — Gerstlauer Takes its Coasters in New Directions
  • Wilkolak — Howling Good Ride
  • Maxx Force Delivers Punchy, Powerful, Pithy Thrills
  • Feel the Love: Untamed at Walibi Holland
  • Copperhead Strike Adds a New Bite to Carowinds’ Coaster Lineup
  • Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure Rises from the Ruins of Dragon Challenge
  • Yukon Striker: A Return to Canada’s Wonderland’s Roots

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #153, Spring 2020 (Vol. 41, No. 3)
  • An American Dream Comes to Life
  • Shanghai Disneyland
  • Remembering Bell’s Amusement Park
  • Emerson Park: The Forgotten History
  • Arnolds Park: Reinvigorating the Future by Preserving the Past

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #154, Summer 2020 (Vol. 41, No. 4)
  • Knott’s Berry Farm at 100
  • The Coasters of Cedar Point: 150 years of Thrills on Lake Erie
  • Interview with Author Gary Kyriazi
  • Planet Coaster: A Coaster Designer’s Dream

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #155, Fall 2020 (Vol. 42, No. 1)
  • Remembering Elitch Gardens
  • Elitch Gardens After Closure: A Final Look
  • A Catalonian Adventure 25 Years in the Making: From Tibi Gardens to Port Aventura World
  • Arrow Huss and Dramamine Team
  • Recycled Amusement Rides and Attractions

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #156, Winter 2021 (Vol 42, Issue 2)
The Coasters of 2020
  • Orion: Kings Island’s Newest Star
  • Texas Stingray Brings the Wooden Coaster back to San Antonio
  • European Coasters of 2020 — Part 1: Come F.L.Y. With Me
  • European Coasters of 2020 — Part 2: Everything Else
  • Photo Finish! Six Flag Magic Mountain Launches West Coast Racers
  • Candymonium
  • Greatest Coaster Year Ever? Part 1
  • Industry Profile: Mike Koontz, Vice President and General Manager, Kings Island

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #157, Spring 2021 (Vol 42, Issue 3)
  • Greatest Coaster Year Ever? — Part 2
  • One-Track Minds — Part 1
  • Ten Unique Coasters in the United States
  • The Era of Vortex
  • Cascade Park: An Encounter of a Different Kind
  • Industry Profile: Jeff Pike, President and cofounder, Skyline Attractions LLC

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #158, Summer 2021 (Vol 42, Issue 4)
  • Coaster Con 43
  • ACE Commemorates a Leap the Dips Anniversary
  • One Track Minds — Part Two
  • "The Woods by the Sea" — Waldameer Park Celebrates 125 years
  • Remembering New Orleans — Part One

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #159, Fall 2021 (Vol 43, Issue 1)
  • Walt Disney World: The 50th Anniversary
  • Remembering New Orleans — Part Two
  • Boomerang: How Two Seaside Parks Threw Caution to the Ocean Winds
  • One Track Minds — Part Three

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #160, Winter 2022 (Vol 43, Issue 2)
The Coasters of 2021
  • Universal Creative Hypes, Delivers Jurassic World VelociCoaster
  • The Ride to Happiness by Tomorrowland — Mack Rides Amps Up the Extreme Spinning Coaster
  • French Trio
  • “Let It Be the Devil”
  • Abyssus
  • Stunt Pilot Flies Close to Home
  • Kondaa
  • Phoenix — A New Coaster Takes Flight at Coney Island
  • Monster
  • More New-for-2021 Coasters

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #161, Spring 2022 (Vol 43, Issue 3)
  • Paultons Park: The Jewel of England's South Coast Crown
  • The Puritas Spring Cyclone: A Man, a Model, and the Ride
  • The Evolution of ACE News
  • Skewed Signs, Strange Souvenrs and Other Silly Stuff: Second Edition
  • Americana Was "All the Fun Things You Love to Do"

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #162, Summer 2022 (Vol 43, Issue 4)
  • Kings Island Turns 50
  • Industry Profile: Chad Showalter
  • Catching Fire
  • Remembering Kobe Portopialand
  • Coasters Ahoy!
  • Then and Now (Dragon Mountain)

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #163, Fall 2022 (Vol 44, Issue 1)
  • Coaster Con 44: “Always Good Time”
  • Industry Profile: Tony Clark
  • The Evolution of Zamperla: From Kiddie Rides to Thrill Coasters
  • Remembering White City
  • Getting Lost in Iowa

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #164, Winter 2023 (Vol 44, Issue 2)
  • Two Long-Delayed Coasters Wow Florida: Iron Gwazi and Ice Breaker
  • Creating the Perfect Potion: Dr. Diabolical's Cliffhanger
  • Fønix — Denmark's Newest, Absolute Biggest, Fastest and Highest Roller Coaster
  • Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park Gets Defiant
  • Pantheon
  • After 40 Years Epcot Gets a Coaster
  • Coaster Paradise
  • Emperor Dives Into SeaWorld San Diego
  • Wonder Woman Flight of Courage Gives Magic Mountain a 20th Coaster
  • Tumbili and the Future

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #165, Spring 2023 (Vol 44, Issue 3)
  • Carl E. Phare
  • Consequences of Strong Airtime on Phare's Coaster
  • Design Imperfections or Airtime Perfections (by design)?
  • Australia's Sea World Unleashes Leviathan
  • Preserved Relics of the Past: Camden Park
  • Remembering Old Chicago
  • Trek for the Rough Credit: Mongolia

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #166, Summer 2023 (Vol 44, Issue 4)
  • Carowinds Celebrates 50 Years
  • Thunder Road
  • The Coasters of Bill Cobb
  • Love Roller Coaster
  • Coasting in Cairo

Price $8.00

 


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Issue #167, Fall 2023 (Vol 45, Issue 1)
  • Coaster Con 45 Sets ACE Records
  • Five Decades of Fun: Worlds of Fun at 50
  • Gröna Lund (Green Grove) — A Brief History
  • The Heroes of Today Spark the Heroes of Tomorrow: Fire in the Hole
  • 100 years of Fun: A Look Back on Big Dipper's Legacy

Price $8.00

 


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