Traveling the Globe for the Best Coasters and Theme Parks
We continue our frequent Joker coverage with yet another update! It’s only been a week since our last update, but an entire element has been finished, and half a new element has already been placed. As well as some other noteworthy changes to the ride’s construction. It sure was a wonderful day for Joker pics, here’s our wonderful Joker update! Continue reading “The Joker Update #7”
The saying goes that numbers don’t lie, but they don’t always tell the whole truth. Although a towering giant of a coaster can deliver an unforgettable ride experience, sometimes big things come in small packages.That’s exactly what we’re looking at today. Height is just a number, a ride should speak for itself, and that’s exactly what these five coasters under the height of a hundred feet do. Continue reading “The 5 best Coasters in California Under 100 Feet Tall.”
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is a park ever changing this year. Even while ignoring The Joker (since we published that update yesterday), we’ve seen rides open from and close for maintenance, the construction of new restaurants, and a brand new attraction make its soft debut. With all that in mind, can we really call Discovery Kingdom less than ever changing? Continue reading “Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Update – February 6th 2016”
After the recent behind the scenes construction tour, we had to come back as soon as we could to see the progress on this world class coaster in the making. There has been much track work done since our last visit, including the completion of the world’s first step up under flip , and the pace really seems to be picking up as we inch closer to opening day. Continue reading “The Joker Update #6”
This is the second update from Six Flags Magic Mountain today. With a lot change around the park, and even more around The New Revolution and Six Flags Plaza, I created two updates. This right here is The New Revolution one. We’ve got many angles of a lot of repainted parts as well as more upgrades to the station and the start of landscaping! Continue reading “The New Revolution Update – February 6th”
It seems to be absolutely gorgeous weather out in Southern California this weekend! After the wonderful sun-filled day at Universal Studios Hollywood yesterday, I woke up early to visit Six Flags Magic Mountain today! There are lots of things going on around the park. So many even that this update is separate from today’s New Revolution Update! The New Revolution Update is now LIVE on our site as well. A link is located below this update. Continue reading “Six Flags Magic Mountain Update – February 6th 2016”
On Saturday January 23rd, several ACE Members/ Film makers premiered their newest work, a wonderful documentary telling the story of one of the most influential theme-park ride and rollercoaster manufacturers the world has ever seen, Arrow. On January 30th, a week later, the crew came down south to Six Flags Magic Mountain to show coaster-fans their work. I was there and must say it was wonderful! Continue reading “Legacy of Arrow Documentary – Review”
Not a full Six Flags Magic Mountain Update this time! Just The New Revolution, on which a lot of work has been done already, and continues to be done! In this update we’ll be looking mostly at the ride repaint and station, as well as the Carousel that’s receiving a refurbishment in repaint in the same area. Continue reading “The New Revolution Update – January 30th 2016”
California Coaster Kings is hosting a Q&A session on Tuesday January 26th through a public Skype session. In this Q&A session, we’ll be discussing The Joker (of which we just took a tour) and The New Revolution (on which heavy work has started), as well as any questions our readers may have related to other topics! Below you’ll find more details. Continue reading “Q&A with California Coaster Kings on Tuesday January 26th!”
After being at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom for a Joker Tour yesterday, I drove back down for a Six Flags Magic Mountain trip today. To my surprise there was quite a bit to update on, so in this Six Flags Magic Mountain and New Revolution Update we’ll start off with some general park stuff, then we’ll take an extensive look at the rapid process being made with the upgrades The New Revolution is receiving, and then we’ll have some cool Twisted Colossus news for you! Continue reading “Six Flags Magic Mountain and New Revolution Update – January 23rd 2016”
A magical day it was as we were invited by Six Flags Discovery Kingdom to take an exclusive backstage look at the brand new JOKER! Already a true RMC masterpiece! We collected quite some exclusive RMC information as well as the best shots taken of Joker so far, welcome to our extensive report on the first ever Joker Construction Tour! Continue reading “Backstage Joker Construction Tour at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom”
We were back at Six Flags Magic Mountain today for some quick rides and of course an update including some New Revolution changes. Well quite a few changes actually! The park was surprisingly empty for a Saturday, so I got some rides in, the update in, and was in and out in under 2 hours. Let’s take a look around the park and at The New Revolution! Continue reading “Six Flags Magic Mountain and NEW Revolution Update – January 16th 2016”
Due to OVERWHELMING demand, a second screening of the Legacy of Arrow has been added – this time, in Southern California at Six Flags Magic Mountain. To be held at 4pm on January 30, 2016 in the Gearworks Theatre (near Twisted Colossus), here are some important notes: Continue reading “Legacy of Arrow Screening at Six Flags Magic Mountain!”
The theme-park industry is always changing, every decade again record-breaking coasters push the limits of technology and that of riders in new innovative ways. Coasters become more massive, taller, faster, and longer by the years. A very important transition period in the coaster manufacturing industry was the 90’s, the usual coaster was well-established and the usual coasters were increased in size, new ways of designing them were invented, and new kinds of coasters made the rounds. For example Bolliger and Mabillard seperated from Intamin and created some coaster kinds the world hadn’t seen before, such as the Inverted Coaster. Let’s take a quick look around the state and see what the 5 Best Coasters in California That Opened in the ’90s are! Continue reading “The 5 Best Coasters in California That Opened In The ’90s”
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ sci-fi action adventure “Pacific Rim” is now a pulse-pounding new 5D ride experience at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Presented in Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s Iwerks 5D Theater, in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment, “Pacific Rim 5-D” opens with special limited sneak previews in January, with an official opening in the coming weeks. Continue reading “Pacific Rim 5D – New at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom!”
With The Joker on the horizon, one would think Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is set as far as additions to their already diverse lineup, but this seems as though it may not be the case.The park has strongly hinted at the return of the old 4D Theater. We think this could balance out their lineup in a few ways which we will talk about, as well as the specifics of the theater’s return and what the new attraction could have in store.
Continue reading “Six Flags Discovery Kingdom – Return of the 4D theater?”
We made another trip out to the wonderful Six Flags Discovery Kingdom to check on the progress made on The Joker over the course of these past two weeks, and we were very happy to see that things are indeed moving along at quite a good pace. The drop has been installed and more track has arrived at the park, as well as the installation of cross beams and connector pieces, so with all that in mind, please enjoy another one of our Joker construction updates. Continue reading “THE JOKER – Construction Update #5”
2016 has started, and today marks the last day of Holiday in the Park at both Six Flags Magic Mountain and Discovery Kingdom. In this Six Flags Magic Mountain and New Revolution Update, we’ll be taking a quick look at some minor changes around the park, as well as some of the changes surrounding The New Revolution. Here’s our first Six Flags Magic Mountain Update of 2016! Continue reading “Six Flags Magic Mountain and New Revolution Update – January 3rd 2016”
It’s December 31st 2015. It’s hard to believe that another year has passed. 2015 was one heck of a wild ride, what a year it was for us here at California Coaster Kings, and the amusement industry as a whole. Let’s celebrate the great memories of the year past, while also looking for even better things to come. Please join us as we look back at 2015 and all the amazingness it brought and as we look into the magical future of 2016, which seems to be another amazing year for parks and park-goers in California! Continue reading “A Day Turns Into A Year – 2015 Turns Into 2016”
We told you we would be back to cover more Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, and so here we are, bringing you all the Holiday minutiae you could possibly want for our part two in the coverage of 2015’s magical event. Here’s Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s Holiday in the Park 2015 – PART 2! Continue reading “Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s Holiday in the Park 2015 – PART 2!”