Coaster Radio: The Original Theme Park Podcast

The 4th of July is a special time in America. It signifies the middle of summer. Of course, it also means that the theme park season is in full swing! Join us as we celebrate this classic summer holiday by shooting off some of the very lame "legal" fireworks that you can buy in the state of Virginia. Of course, we'll also have discussion about theme parks. We'll talk about how one county in Maryla...

Think about the last time you visited a theme park. If it was a good trip, what made it memorable? If it was a bad trip, what made it terrible? Whatever type of trip you had, odds are it was affected by the employees at the park. Think about it! Were there long lines at your favorite roller coaster because the trains weren't being loaded fast enough? Or were the lines constantly moving because the...

When you were a kid, did you ever dream of building a theme park in your own backyard? Maybe you turned an old wagon or a Big Wheel into the roller coaster of your dreams? This week on CoasterRadio.com, we'll be taking a look at three very different thrill rides that have been built in backyards across the world. We'll talk about a guy in Germany who has created his very own log flume. We'll also...

This week, we took the show on the road and set up our broadcast at Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, PA. We got a chance to record our broadcast right in front of Dorney Park's new floorless roller coaster, Hydra: The Revenge. On this week's show, we'll review the ride and give you our thoughts about the park's other attractions. We'll also talk with park guests to get their reactio...

We've been working really hard on the show since it premiered six weeks ago. We've taken two road trips - one to Busch Gardens Williamsburg and one to Six Flags Great Adventure. We've also been hard at work recruiting new correspondents from all over the world. If that wasn't enough, we've also been hard at work developing new content and ideas for the CoasterRadio.com website. So, we decided to t...

This week, we broadcast from the Media Day of the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster - Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure! Join us as we talk with park officials, engineers and coaster enthusiasts about the new ride. We'll also give you our review and let you know if it's worth traveling from your hometown for a ride. We'll also put a wireless microphone on E.B so you can hear exactly...

Anytime you visit a theme park message board on the internet, you're bound to run into "Conspiracy Theories" about your favorite park or ride. People post the most outrageous claims and it's difficult to figure out what's true and what's not. For instance, is your favorite roller coaster going to be torn down because it's sinking into the ground? 

This week, CoasterRadio.com returns to our Washington, DC studios. We start off the show by answering listener e-mails about Italian Job Stunt Track and our Park Pet Peeves segment about line cutting. We'll also wrap up last week's trip to Busch Gardens Williamsburg and give our final reviews of their new attraction "Curse of DarKastle." Then, we'll talk with Kristin Siebeneicher, the Public Relat...

Busch Gardens Williamsburg  has just unveiled their newest dark ride and it looks like it is going to be one of the top new attractions in 2005. "Curse of DarKastle: The Ride"  is a dynamic, motion-based, 3D attraction that sends guests on a terrifying, gravity-defying ride through the mysterious corridors of a Bavarian Castle. Across the country, teams of animators, engineers and designers worked...

Welcome to the premiere show of CoasterRadio.com! We'll kick off the 2005 Summer season by reviewing many of the new rides and attractions that will be headed to theme parks this year. Will they live up to the hype? Or, will we all end up suffering from "antici-pointment?" (A combination of too much anticipation that eventually leads to disappointment.) We'll talk about the newest attraction to hi...

CoasterRadio.com is a half-hour podcast dedicated to roller coasters, theme parks and thrill rides. Podcasting each week from our studios in Washington, DC and from theme parks around the country, the CoasterRadio.com crew gets you ready for your day at the park!