Coaster Radio: The Original Theme Park Podcast

In the mid-1990's, Mike's wife Molly worked at Walt Disney World as a Skipper on the Jungle Cruise and as a Buccaneer on Pirates of the Caribbean. We've been trying to get her on the show for over a year and this week, she finally gave in! We'll grill her about her days working at The Mouse and what it was like to work on these two world famous attractions. She'll even tell us the story about her...

A video podcast to enhance CoasterRadio.com episode #207. Take a ride on the Jungle Cruise with Molly at the helm!

As most of you know, CoasterRadio.com is not our full-time job. Sometimes, the show has to take a back-seat when professional disasters strike! Throughout the past two months, Mike Collins has been working on a major television project at his job. Earlier this week, the storage system that held all of his video files crashed. So, it's taken a lot of extra hours to bring the files back online so th...

This week, we'll tell you more stories from our trip to Holiday World and Splashin' Safari. We'll also comment on a live trip report from Phantasialand's Black Mamba. Plus, we'll give you our take on Cedar Fair buying Paramount Parks. After the show, join us in our forums to talk about your opinions. You can also record your thoughts on the CoasterRadio.com Voicemail Line at 206-339-RIDE (206-339-...

Join us this week as we podcast from Holiday World and Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, IN. We're there to check out 2006's most anticipated roller coaster, The Voyage. The stats on this coaster say it all: * The world's top air-time wooden coaster * Air-time of 24.2 seconds * Track length: 6,442 feet (1.2 miles) * Maximum speed: 67.4 mph * Five underground tunnels * 2 min., 45 sec. ride time * Ei...

These days the cost of entertainment is skyrocketing. Movies, sporting events, theater and yes, even theme parks are more expensive than they used to be. But, your trip to the theme park doesn't necessarily have to blow out your entertainment budget. This week, with the help of our listeners, we'll talk about ways you can have a great time at the theme park while saving a buck or two. You'll be su...

Join us as we start the second season of CoasterRadio.com! As the Ghostbusters once said.... We're ready to believe you. We'll start off the 2006 season by reviewing many of the new rides and attractions coming to theme parks this summer. We'll talk about new roller coasters such as: The Voyage at Holiday World El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure Thunderbird at Power Park, Finland Expedition Ever...

We're on vacation until our Season Two Premiere on May 8th. Until then, we'll be presenting a video podcast each week that takes a look at upcoming attractions for 2006. This week, we'll preview Patriot at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri.

We're on vacation until our Season Two Premiere on May 8th. Until then, we'll be presenting a video podcast each week that takes a look at upcoming attractions for 2006. This week, we'll preview Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia.

We're on vacation until our Season Two Premiere on May 8th. Until then, we'll be presenting a video podcast each week that takes a look at upcoming attractions for 2006. This week, we'll preview El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ.

It's a week of celebration here at CoasterRadio.com! First of all, we're celebrating our 50th episode.  But more importantly, we're celebrating the Grand Opening of Expedition Everest by podcasting from Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Expedition Everest features a perilous journey aboard a runaway train through the Himalayan mountains. Adventurous rider...

If there's one thing we love more than theme parks and roller coasters, it's the movies of the 1980's.  Throughout the past year, we've often said that it would be fun to stop work on CoasterRadio.com and switch to doing a show about 80's movies.  This week, we present The 80's Movie Podcast.  Each week, we're going to talk about movies like The Goonies, Back To The Future, Ferris Bueller's Day Of...

We think Theme Parks are a blast. We're pretty sure you agree with us because you probably wouldn't be a listener of this podcast if you didn't. But there are some really annoying things that always seem to happen whenever you visit a park these days. These things aren't awful enough to make you want to cancel your theme park trip, but they are annoying and have the ability to add frustration to y...

Back in the late 70's, people were crazy for disaster films. There were movies about earthquakes, airplane disasters, war and even one about roller coasters. In 1977, Universal Studios released a film about a madman (played by Timothy Bottoms) who was crisscrossing the country to set off bombs at amusement parks. He wanted the theme park chains to give him one million dollars or he would continue...

Theme parks are designed as a place where friends and family can go and have a good time together. They really aren't set up for people to visit alone. For instance, there aren't any one-seater roller coasters out there. Most times if you're by yourself, there's always that huge empty seat next to you. So, while most people would never consider visiting a theme park alone, there are a lot of advan...

We had a topic lined up for this week's show, but a post on the CoasterRadio.com Forums caught our eye. So, we decided to bump our planned show and talk about the debate. One of our listeners was looking into joining ACE, the American Coaster Enthusiasts. While he was reading their code of conduct, he came upon one part of the code that said... "When interacting with the media, members are expecte...

This is the time of year when all of the different Hollywood blockbusters are being honored at the various award ceremonies. What does this have to do with theme parks and roller coasters? Well, many of the best theme park attractions in history have based upon popular films. Back To The Future, Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye, Jaws, Star Tours, Kongfrontation, Superman Escape, T...

If you're a weekly listener to this podcast, odds are you're passionate about theme parks. You might be a fan of the roller coasters, the scenery or the general ambiance, but most likely your love of theme parks is a big part of your life. Some people are so passionate that they include a theme park experience as part of their wedding. We've all seen video of people "taking the plunge" on board a...

We get a lot of questions sent our way through e-mail, the forums and the voicemail line. But because our show is set up the way it is, we don't get a chance to answer them as quickly as we'd like. So, every few months we save them all up and answer them in one show. We'll talk about a lot of different things... including Flava's HUGE MISTAKE with an Oscar nominated actress. After the show, join u...

Our review of Final Destination 3.

This is our video preview of Final Destination 3!

Theme parks seem to be a popular place to shoot movies. They're colorful, loud and full of perpetual motion. Roller Coasters, in particular, seem to be something that Hollywood likes to use in its films because of the perceived danger and what seems like out of control speed. We haven't had a major studio thriller based around a roller coaster since the 1977 classic "Rollercoaster" (which we'll ta...

We'll kick off this week's show with a look ahead at some of the upcoming episodes of CoasterRadio.com. In the next few weeks, we'll preview and review the new Final Destination 3 movie, we'll talk with couples who have tied the knot theme park-style, we'll unveil a new contest and we'll finally bring you our commentary on the movie "Roller Coaster". After that, we'll go through some of your e-mai...

Let's face it, one of the worst things about visiting a popular theme park are the long lines. Unless you're lucky enough to be waiting in a well themed queue like the one for Dueling Dragons at Islands of Adventure, you're probably going to be miserable. But one of the newest innovations in the amusement industry has been the how the various theme park chains have introduced ways that guests can...

One of the fun things about having an on-line community of theme park fans around the world is that there is an abundance of information about current parks and attractions. What's even more fun is that there is also a lot of information about proposed parks and attractions that never quite made it to the construction stage. On this week's show, we're going to talk about the rides and attractions...