COASTER SEASON IS OFFICIALLY HERE!!!

1. Andrew's News takes a look at a popular Californian coaster that has finally reopened, the tragic continuation of legal issues with the water park disaster, and a new theme park comedy trailer that dropped this week.

2. Andrew interviewed a ride mascot to a coaster that has encountered some problems trying to open.

3. We give you the full review of the media day at Kings Dominion for the opening of Twisted Timbers including an interview with the new Director of Communications and the Marketing Director. We even got to chat with the two masters of RMC!

4. We talk about the rest of our weekend at Kings Dominion.

5. For our ride of the week, Andrew discusses his experiences on one of the tallest flat rides at Cedar Fair parks.

6. Our Tip of the Week examines how to get onto some coasters, with luck, without as much of a wait.

We're back with a jammed packed episode about many people's favorite park- Cedar Point!

1. In our next installment of Andrew's news we discuss new goodies arriving at KD, Cedar Point, and California's Great America. We also discuss Over Georgia's decision to go backwards. Lastly, we look at the opening of a new park, even if it is just a nine acre park on Branson's famous strip.

2. We hear from the listener's first with our second TPF Quest, or interactive question, about what is your favorite Cedar Point coaster and why? Many people participated with a lot of interesting answers!

3. We discuss Andrew's new experiences with Cedar Point coasters, adding the five new 52" coasters to his list. Which did he like best? Andrew and Adam both cast their votes for favorite coaster as the winner was decided with our two votes!

4. We play the little known Top Ten segment from The David Letterman Show which focused on theme parks.

5. We discuss our new experiences at Kings Island with Banshee and Mystic Timbers

6. Andrew updates his top ten favorite coaster list from the beginning of 2017. Radical changes arise as Andrew added many coasters last year to almost reach the 200 level. Did your favorites make the list yet?

7. Our Tip of the Day focuses on ways to make your Millennium Force experience quicker if you want a view but not the wait!

1. With the school year half over, coaster season is less than two months away! Andrew talks about the new 2018 coasters he is looking forward to.

2. In this installment of Andrew's News, we talk about Peppa Pig in Gardaland, the new cages on Dreamworld's log flume, the death of DarKastle, and a milestone number of days until Cedar Point's opening.

3. The boys discuss their two days at Kentucky Kingdom as the prelude to the Missouri trip. Lots of coaster talk from day one and a feat of bravery at the water park during day two.

4. Our ride of the day focuses on a themed family launched coaster at three of the Cedar Fair parks.

5. Our tip of the day looks at using a park's app on your phone.

6. Our next TPF quest, our interactive question, asks what is your favorite coaster at Cedar Point for our next episode on Ohio parks.

After a brief introduction, we leave our regularly formatted show to discuss Tom's trip to Disney World with his wife and parents. Tom gives many great tips and advice on all of the Orlando parks including rides, dining, and transportation. For Disney lovers or novices, it is a great summary of how to navigate the intricate and expansive world of Disney.

We also announce our next TFP Quest in two episodes, which is what is your favorite coaster at Cedar Point and why?

We start with Andrew's News looking at Silver Dollar City, Dorney, Kings Island, and Busch Gardens Williamsburg.

Next, we discuss our trip to Oceans of Fun and Worlds of Fun in Kansas City.

The following day, we go to the underrated Silver Dollar City with the best tour guide in the country, Slater from the Ride this One Podcast.

Our buddy, Tom from Louisville, sends us a recording detailing the plans for his trip to Disney with his parents!

Our ride of the week focuses on a classic ride in heavy "rotation!"

Tip of the Week to make a wet day more enjoyable

We briefly discuss our trip to Great Adventure with Clint and Co. which ended up being an episode on the In the Loop Podcast.

We play a lovely call from the lovely Mrs. Schultz, a listener from Minnesota (hope she's staying warm!)

In this installment of Andrew's News, we cover:

 1. A possible re-theming of a ride at SFNE

 2. Mystic Timber and InvadR both valleying in the same weekend

 3. Holiday World's exciting new additions to their water park and wooden coasters, as well as some new entertainment.

 4. "The World's Largest Snowball Fight" is cancelled due to...

Listeners came out in droves to answer our first TPF Quest(ion) What were some of your most momentous coaster rides or memorable numbered rides?

We discuss the first leg of our Missouri trip from August with a trip to Six Flags St. Louis.

Our Ride of the Day focuses on a ride that sadly closed for good at the end of the summer.

Our Tip of the Day is timely for all of us winter coaster riders!

We received a great call from a dad/daughter combo with her first 54" coaster and what a ride it was (Andrew's jealous)!

Exciting installment of Andrew's News with a big announcements from Central Park Funland, Darien Lake, and American Dreams, and a scary rumor from BGW's Curse of DarKastle.

The family takes its first trip to Busch Gardens Williamsburg on spooky Friday the 13th for the Coasterradio fall meetup.

We go to Kings Dominion the next day to experience a busy day and shockingly get all of the Haunt houses done (with help from coaster celebrity)!

Heading back north on Sunday, we introduce Melissa, Alex, and Maddie to Six Flags America with very little competition from other patrons.

Awesome coaster from Branson for our Ride of the Day and keep those items secure for our Tip of the Day!

Send us an email, record an MP3, or respond on Twitter or Facebook for our interactive question- What momentous numbered coasters stick out to you whether it was number 1, 100, 1000 or any other number that was memorable and why?

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1. After a long hiatus, Andrew and Adam are back for their first installment of their Park of the Month at their "home park" where they discuss the park's history, location, parking, food, employees, rides, and coasters.

2. Two young coaster enthusiasts discuss their trip to Kings Island with a great amount of enthusiasm!

3. For Andrew's News, the guys recorded their reaction to Six Flags 2018 ride announcements on the day the video was released.

4. We interviewed Kristin Siebeneicher, Director of Communications, who fills us in on some tasty morsels for news at Great Adventure.

5. Andrew takes on line cutters in this episode's installment of the Tip of the Day.

6. The family is excited for the Coasterradio.com meetup in Virginia!

After a long break from traveling, Andrew and Adam return with lots to discuss!

-Andrew's news including Great Escape problems and the return of the alpine slide.

-We discuss our first trip to Michigan's Adventure with Eb and kids.

-EB and children provide us some observations and tips including EB's Three Keys!

-We report on our first trip to Six Flags Great America, aided by a new buddy!

- A mole provides us with secretive audio from a Cedar Fair executive meeting!

- We finish with our ride and tip of the day!

- For our first interactive topic, send us an mp3 or message about an important number coaster for you that had special meaning to you, whether it was your 1st, 50th, 100th, or 1000th! You can comment on our Facebook page, Theme Park Families, or send a message or audio to our email address, [email protected].

Thanks for listening!

- We start with Andrew's News

- We report on Coaster Radio's meetup at Carowinds

- We chill with members of the  In the Loop crew at Kings Dominion

- Andrew has an important experience at Dorney Park

- Why is Sting on our podcast?

- Unique Ride of the Day for this week

- Tip of the Day to help the timid

- Goodbye and what's up for the next episode!