Once Upon A Coaster

We end season 2 with an episode on an underrated coaster design - the classic bobsled coaster.  Listen in as we look at this fun and quirky roller coaster style, a rarity in today's coaster world.

Raise your hand if you wish Volcano was still running today.  Yeah, us too.  This week we'll be taking a look at Volcano: The Blast Coaster at King's Dominion, an Intamin LIM prototype coaster that offered its riders a unique adventure during its 20 year life.  

It's so rare to find a steel coaster that lives to celebrate its 50th anniversary, but we're here to celebrate one - or maybe two?? - coasters that have done just that.  This episode we'll take a look at Cedar Creek Mine Ride at Cedar Point, the oldest steel coaster in the park.  We'll look at how the ride came about, and what the chances are that it will see its 60th birthday and beyond.

Ok, this episode title was tricky this week - what do you call the episode when the name of the coaster and its home park have changed so many times over the years?  We went with the OG, hope you understand.

Join us as we look at one of the original standing roller coasters in the United States, and the crazy journey it went on from popular ride to scrap yard.  The fall from grace this coaster had was one for the record books!

What's going on with Blue Streak, a classic out and back roller coaster located at Conneaut Lake Park in Conneaut Lake, PA?  Since a new owner purchased the park the ride has been sitting but not operational, even though it was operating up until the sale of the park.

In today's bonus episode we take a break from our regular season to take a look at a pressing matter that hits close to home for a lot of coaster fans out there - what can we do to save a beloved ride from (possibly) being torn down??

This week we're looking at the Comet at Hersheypark, a coaster celebrating 75 years of operation.  That's right, 75 years of thrills and screams at America's sweetest park.  Listen in as we look at how this coaster came to be built, why it wasn't torn down during the massive expansion Hersheypark went through starting in the late 1990s, and how long we think this ride will continue to operate (hint: we think this one's a keeper!).

A rare active coaster from a defunct park episode for you today!  Join us as we journey to San Antonio, Texas to take a look at Playland Park, which closed its doors in the early 1980s.  The main coaster of the park, The Rocket, managed to survive the wrecking ball and now lives on thrilling coaster fans in Pennsylvania.

Ok, we know what you're thinking - Time Warp is awful, right?  Yeah, it's not the best coaster out there for sure.  And it's probably living on borrowed time.  But while it's still operating, we thought we'd take a look at some of the good things to come out of this very, um......painful ride experience.  Strap in, we're headed to Canada for this week's episode of OUAC!

Did you miss us?  We missed you! We're back with a quick preview of Season 2 for you, updating you on when new episodes will be releasing.  A little teaser to get you excited to talk about some more classic roller coasters.