The Coaster101 Podcast

Coaster101 is celebrating 15 years of news, interviews, reviews, attraction science and engineering breakdowns, and more.We're celebrating with a new Coaster101 podcast. In our inaugural episode we talk about some of our favorite attractions of the last 15 years.

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This week we're talking about the COVID-19 pandemic and park closures, as well as park re-openings. We're also joined by Chris Foshee from Worlds of Fun, who talks about what they've been doing to get ready for their re-opening.

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This week we're talking new for 2020 coasters! By that we mean we're talking the ones we were most excited about back when the world was normal. We also talk about whether we think parks that aren't open yet will open their 2020 rides, and whether they even should open them.

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This week on the Coaster101 Podcast we've got reviews of TWO new roller coasters. First, Andrew and Eric are joined by Coaster101 writer Nick Weisenberger, who rode Orion at the First Rider Auction for the new giga coaster at Kings Island. Then, Kyle Lindner and Shane Joseph give their review of Candymonium, the new B&M hypercoaster now open at Hersheypark!

For more info, check out the our full review of Orion: https://www.coaster101...

After discussing Candymonium last week, Kyle and Shane are back on to talk about their (re)opening day experience at Hersheypark. Learn about the new health safety measures, some other nice touchups Hershey did last offseason, and what Kyle and Shane's new favorite flat ride is!

For more on Hershey, check out our review of Candymonium and why Reese's Cupfusion is one of our favorite dark rides:
https://www.coaster101...

This week Kyle is back on the show to talk about his visit to Kennywood for their re-opening, with thoughts on their new Dark Ride, Old Mill, and Jack Rabbit at 100 years old.

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This week we're finally off the topic of coronavirus and park re-openings, and instead we're just chatting roller coasters. Eric, Andrew, and Shane get into a lengthy discussion about coasters that we think are overrated and underrated...

This week we shift from discussing rides to our other favorite thing at theme parks: FOOD! We discuss both some theme park restaurant mash-ups we'd love to see, as well as our Mount Rushmores of theme park restaurants and dishes.

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Thanks to JM Music Designs for providing our music...

This week, we’re talking about one of America’s most unique themed destinations, Give Kids The World. Andrew is joined by GKTW President Pamela Landwirth and Director of Development Steven Amos to learn more about the history of the Village, how they’re operating in times of COVID-19, and how we can all support GKTW through their annual “Coasting For Kids” event. For more information about Give Kids The World, be sure to visit their website at www.gktw.org...

With the pandemic keeping us from riding rides, we've been writing a lot about roller coaster history on the website. This week on the podcast, we dive into our recent list of the oldest roller coasters in every state (https://c101.co/2FzjNFb), and talk about some of our favorite rides from our list of the best operating roller coasters over 50 years old (https://c101.co/311oW0G).

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