Coaster Radio: The Original Theme Park Podcast

This week, everyone was shocked when they heard the news about SeaWorld Entertainment making a bid for Cedar Fair. It made us all think "What if that really happened?" "What if" is such an intriguing question. So we asked our audience to send in their own "What If" scenerios to us. We spend the show exploring what might have been in the amusement industry.

We're joined by Theme Park Expert (and writer for USA Today) Arthur Levine. We'll preview all of the major new attractions coming to the parks in 2022!

We talk with Taylor Bybee, Sarah Anderson and Scott Schaffer.... creators of a new documentary about Rocky Mountain Construction. We discuss a lot... coasters, internet fame and what Taylor has to do to maintain such perfect hair.

It's one of our favorite episodes of the year! CoasterDamus is here! We'll start by going back in time and take a look at last year's predictions.  Which ones came true?  After that, we'll see what crazy things you guys think will happen in 2022.

Happy New Year! It's our first show of 2022 and a lot happened during the holiday.  We'll kick off the new year by catching you up on all of the stories and headlines that you might have missed.

It's our final show of 2021! To celebrate, we welcome Neil Patrick Harris back to CoasterRadio.com! In an uncut, hour-long conversation, we talk about everything from theme parks to movies to magic. You'll hear Neil's takes on the latest theme park attractions and also where he thinks the industry is headed in the future. We also talk about some of his latest projects, including "The Matrix Resurr...

It's the time of year when our favorite parks are decked out for the holidays. This week, Mike talks about his trip to WinterFest at Kings Dominion. The guys also have the latest news from around the industry and some interesting items in the Listener Mailbag.

EB and Mike have spent weeks searching the internet to create the PERFECT list of holiday presents for that special park enthusiast in your life.  Or, let's face it, maybe you just want to buy this cool stuff for yourself.

Happy Thanksgiving! This week, EB and Mike take a look at all the headlines and new attractions from the 2021 IAAPA Expo in Orlando. They also talk with a listener who represented the show and saw everything the show floor had to offer!

It's the FASTEST 20 minutes in Theme Park Podcasting! We'll tackle eight hot topics in the amusement industry while trying to get in all of our hot takes before being cut off by the buzzer.

A helicopter sees something weird at Cedar Point, Knott's Mystery Lodge might give way to a major attraction, an ICON rises in Orlando and the drones have their day at Valleyfair. We talk about it all on this week's show!

We're in that weird two or three week period where the parks close down after Halloween to get ready to reopen for Christmas. So it's the off-season… but not really the off season? We'll try to make sense of it all… while having some great theme park talk.

Halloween is here and we have an epic show! We start off by talking with Tarah Chieffi, a theme park journalist who became a ghost hunter...at Disneyland's Haunted Mansion. She attempted to count all of the ghosts in the attraction to see if there were really 999 Happy Haunts. We also talk with Tony Turner, the man responsible for the terrifying attractions at Kings Dominion's 20th Halloween Haunt...

We talk with the owner and creator of "The Terrortorium," a Halloween attraction in the southeast. What makes this attraction unique is that it features "The Haunted Castle," the original Bill Tracey dark ride from the Miracle Strip Amusement Park in Panama City Beach! We'll hear the story of how the famous ride was saved and brought back to life for a new generation.

We've been on a six-week vacation and we're back with an EXTRA LONG show! This week, we'll catch up on the news...including an article that broke down how much parks across the world cost "per-ride." We'll find out what parks make the "most expensive" and "least expensive" lists. We'll also take you behind-the-scenes of our show and let you know what we found out from the 2021 Listener Survey. You...

While the CoasterRadio.com podcast is on hiatus, check out the "Weekend Edition" of Theme Park News from CoasterRadio.com! We'll be back with all-new episodes in October!

While the CoasterRadio.com podcast is on hiatus, check out the "Weekend Edition" of Theme Park News from CoasterRadio.com! We'll be back with all-new episodes in October!

While the CoasterRadio.com podcast is on hiatus, check out the "Weekend Edition" of Theme Park News from CoasterRadio.com! We'll be back with all-new episodes in October!

While the CoasterRadio.com podcast is on hiatus, check out the "Weekend Edition" of Theme Park News from CoasterRadio.com! We'll be back with all-new episodes in October!

While the CoasterRadio.com podcast is on hiatus, check out the "Weekend Edition" of Theme Park News from CoasterRadio.com! We'll be back with all-new episodes in October!

While the CoasterRadio.com podcast is on hiatus, check out the "Weekend Edition" of Theme Park News from CoasterRadio.com! We'll be back with all-new episodes in October!

We've reached the end of the 15th Season of our podcast!  As they say at your favorite bar… it's time for LAST CALL!  We'll take care of all your last-second requests on the season finale of CoasterRadio.com!

This week hasn't been a great one for the amusement industry.  There are a bunch of stories that are difficult to discuss. But we'll do our best and also bring you some of the good stuff too!  We have in-park trip reports, ride reviews and fun discussion.

New rides are being announced… and old rides are being removed! We'll tell you all about it. Plus, we have your Live Trip Reports, an interactive topic and the official schedule of events for the Listener Meet-Up in Las Vegas!

The guys have news from all over the industry, including details on Disneyland's new "Dream Key" pass. Plus, one of our listeners attempts to win a bunch of prizes by beating our latest game show. Whether he wins or not depends on how well he listened to last week's interview with Universal Creative's Shelby Honea.