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As a quick forward, appreciate everyone's patience for waiting for this year's Top 10 coaster rankings! Reading through will explain some of the delay, and fun new insights we will be bringing. 2024 has come and gone, and with it @Pokemaniac returned back to the Top 10 thread to wrangle and...

I had the pleasure to visit Busch Gardens Tampa during a November December work trip, arranging a park afternoon in as part of my "travel" day to the City. I will always celebrate a chance to do some roller coasters while traveling for business, and having it be a Busch Gardens an even sweeter...

2024 has emerged as a landmark year for the amusement park industry. Two major rivals, Cedar Fair and Six Flags, have finally merged to form a monolithic conglomerate. World record roller coasters are encountering various fates: some are inching closer to fruition, like Falcon's Flight; others...

Six Flags Great America A few buddies and I had the chance to visit Six Flags for a Chicago buddies weekend. If I’m honest, I have tried versions of this trip for years: get a few friends, go to Chicago, hang out around town, and go to SFGA. But if we’re honest, a comedic number of hangovers...

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I had the pleasure to visit Atlanta for work last month, and finally a good excuse to climb aboard ArieForce One as part of a long weekend stayover. SFOG visits were also merited, albeit on a very hot weekend! Fun Spot Atlanta Having wrapped up work obligations and picked up a visiting friend...

My wife and I recently had the pleasure of visiting Denmark and Sweden, skipping between Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Gothenburg. We originally planned a Covid trip for 2020, and we were excited to finally get it back on the books for a change of scenery and fun metropolitan travel. Being the good...

It isn’t every opening day that you get to ride a new roller coaster. And it’s not every opening day where you get to ride a renovated roller coaster. But to do both, -ish, at the same time? That’s something special. We started our morning with a quick coffee stop in downtown Sandusky, being...

April Fool's. ;)

As we close the books on the year 2023, so too has @Pokemaniac been beckoned back to the Top 10 thread to peruse and aggregate reported rankings across all members who have shared their tiering throughout the year. All-in, 62 CFers participated - one of our largest turnouts ever! And so without...

Preface I was recently reflecting in a separate thread on how life has moved on, my coaster enthusiasm, or at least the pace at which I can consume new coaster credits, dramatically decreasing to make room for other hobbies, pursuits, and work. This has especially been the case for those more...

2024 will prove an interesting year for significant modifications, all in the name of reliability. In one corner, TT2 will be a magnetic, swing launch conversion swapping TTD's hydraulic launch following the 2020 accident. In the other, Lightning Rod shall swap it's magnetic launch (ironic) for...

Be careful what you buy while drinking at the bar... For those not familiar, Hot Ones is a Youtube TV show with an amazing concept; sit down with celebrities who are asked increasing probing questions about their life and career while eating increasingly hot wings. I've always loved the...

(Apologies for the delay on this trip report - alas had my previous one accidentally deleted, so it's taken the better part of the month to get back together!) As some may have followed, I had the chance to visit Abu Dhabi for work last month, for work we are wrapping up with the Emirate. After...

2022 proved to be quite a year between the world getting ever more back out to amusement parks, and enthusiasts catching up on rides they had been missing during quarantine. And it showed: this year's tabulation was the largest ever of CFer entries! What's more, this also marks the fifth year...

Latest news from Kings Dominion has revealed Grizzly is undergoing extensive refurbishment to "re-emerg sometime next season" with an entirely new track set: You can find the full blog write-up, alongside photos (sampled below) here...

Had the chance to visit Valleyfair as part of the Drunk Riders gang this past June; while I have been to St. Paul/Minneapolis for work a few times over the last few years, it has never been with the chance to actually visit this elusive Cedar Fair park. While I won't recount every element of the...

Was recently in discussion on top favorite GCI coasters, and realized that I still have Ghostrider classified as a CCI in my rankings. While I typically air on the side of keeping a roller coaster category to its original designer unless significantly and purposely rebuilt or re-designed, ala...

Had the chance to swing by Michigan's Adventure on the way back down from a long weekend of camping, hiking, kayaking, and biking for Memorial Day weekend. A couple quick rides to pick up on the 5 hour drive home! Arrival and Entry We were actually camping 8 minutes next to the park; had to...

I received last minute notice that a staffer had to back out of a work trip to Orlando. And so it was with 2 days notice I found myself on a flight out to Orlando for a two day trip, which (luckily) extended into a weekend trip to visit Busch Gardens and SeaWorld. The trip was extended thanks in...