Kings Dominion announced their newest coaster, a 305 ft. monster. The ride will be built by Intamin and looks very impressive. The full press release is below but here are the quick stats.

5,100 ft. long
85 degree 300 ft first drop!
90 mph
2 trains
A winner (opps that’s a bit early)

“Doswell, VA. (Aug. 20, 2009) – The most exciting ride in Kings Dominion’s 35-year history will debut in the spring of 2010, as the amusement park introduces a mammoth 5,100-foot long steel Giga-coaster. Intimidator 305 takes its name from one of stock car …

Just the other day Busch Gardens held the first ever Pretzel Coaster Build-off Contest. The contest, sponsered by Snyder’s of Hanover in Pennsylvania, was held on the 16th of July and tested six semi-finalist in their pretzel coaster building skills. How one obtains pretzel building skills in beyond me, but the final results were impressive. The full press release is below.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (July 16, 2009) — A 22-year-old man from Lanham, Md. engineered a roller coaster out of crunchy snacks to win the Pretzel Coaster Build-off Contest today at Busch …

Kevin and I are back with another helping of the Kevin & Nate Show. This week we cover the all of the lastest happenings in the news, Kevin shares some fun stories of working at an amusement park, and the Road Trip returns! We are still in Indiana but we vist Holiday World and Indiana Beach. We told you we would be back soon, while this isn’t as soon as we would of liked, it is much better than what it has been. We are hoping to have another show …

OnPoint! the Cedar Point blog just released their PointCast episode 1. Basically it is a video version of what they talk about in their blog. In the first episode they visit Kings Island and talk about Diamondback. There is nothing groundbreaking that they cover, but it is fun to watch Tony and Tyler mess around. There is also a lot of season pass promotion which seems to be a good idea if you live there.

As I am in the process of packing up all of my things for my move to Texas I came across all of my old RCT stuff. I have everything from the orginal to RCT3. I never bothered to get any expansion packs aside from the first series. I remember how much I loved the game when I got it and how great RCT2 was.
Then RCT3 came out and it was a huge bust in my book. The graphics were too cartoony, the game took forever to load, and moving …

In an exclusive to Amusement Today, officials at G. Martin & A. Vleminckx Amusement, Ltd. have confirmed that the Montreal-based company will build China’s first wooden roller. The ride is currently slated to open during the 2009 season.
The recipient of the country’s first wooden coaster is Overseas Chinese Town, a new park being constructed in Sheshan, Songjiang, Shanghai. The coaster will be situated on an island near the park’s main entrance. As guest pass through the front gate, the ride’s structure will appear as a bamboo curtain.
The as-yet-unnamed coaster is …

Our buddy Joel, better known as the Coaster Critic just posted a great interview with Louis Alfieri, the designer of Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit.  A few highlights from the article include:

It’ll feature 30 songs from 5 genres with 3 legacy artists and 3 contemporary artists in each genre. Songs to be announced soon!
A Day Ride and A Night Ride; The track will be eluminated and the LEDs of course will enhance the night ride.
5 cars on the track at the same time (I think he meant 5 trains with two …

Terminator has finally opened up at SFMM. It has been getting some really great reviews, but the theming is so so. Jake was there for opening day and he should be getting on here sometime soon to get some more info and  a review. A few RCPro members have posted some great pictures of the coaster. In particular I love the enterance sign. I’m still not a fan of the stuff they put on the side of the trains.

Cash Cab is one of my favorite dinner time shows. The concept has been expaneded by Cartoon Network to now take place on roller coasters. As of right now I don’t know when the show is actaully going to go live, but they are promoting it as coming this summer. Cartoon Network’s website has this to say:
This is a fast-paced quiz show that puts contestants in a seriously high-pressure situation-they’re on a roller coaster. Scream if you know the answer!

I bet this will be fun to watch as not everyone …

bobaluch93 was the winner of last week’s mystery coaster with the Great Bear. This weeks task is a little tougher, lets see who can get it.