Coaster Radio: The Original Theme Park Podcast
A weekly podcast dedicated to theme parks, roller coasters and thrill rides.
During each show, we talk about the total theme park experience. We'll have interviews with the people making decisions at your favorite park, reviews and ratings of the newest rides and attractions, discussion about everyday park experiences and chances to win tickets and merchandise from parks around the country!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 798
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2025
CoasterRadio.com #1526 - VelociCoaster Reviewed and Disneyland Reopens
This week, we start off with a live call from Islands of Adventure, where one of our listeners has ridden VelociCoaster! He'll have a full review!
Then, we'll talk with Julie Tremaine of the SFGate t…
CoasterRadio.com #1525 - Summer 2021 Know-It-Alls
The 2021 Summer Season is just about ready to begin. But how much do you REALLY know about all of the new attractions that are set to open.
We've designed a new game show that seeks to find the bigg…
CoasterRadio.com #1524 - The Story of Kings Island
We're joined by the author of a new book about the history behind one of America's most famous amusement parks. Kings Island: A Ride Through Time tells the entire story of the park directly from the…
CoasterRadio.com #1523 - More News Than We Can Handle
There are some weeks where we really have to work hard to find news stories to discuss. This week though, we have more stories than we can handle.
We'll talk about big news happening at Universal, D…
CoasterRadio.com #1522 - The Best Attraction Special Effects
The Disney Podcast Guys are at it again!
This week, we break down one of the biggest stories to ever come out of Walt's original park - Disneyland Forward!
Then, we hear from YOU about what you think…
CoasterRadio.com #1521 - Behind-the-Scenes with Zamperla
This week, Mike and EB interview Zamperla CEO Antonio Zamperla and Prototyping Engineer Tim Jacobi.
They learn about the history of this legendary amusement ride manufacturer and talk about the innov…
Coasterradio.com #1520 - Listener Questions
This week, the guys attempt to get through HUNDREDS of questions that have been sent in from listeners for this annual show.
They answer questions about parks, pop culture, the podcast and their pers…
CoasterRadio.com #1519 - Queue-Anon
On this week's show, we'll cover some great news for theme park fans on both coasts of the U.S. Plus, we'll talk about some upgrades that need to happen at our local parks.
Then, we'll go undercover…
CoasterRadio.com #1518 - Make Attractions Great Again
We take a look at 10 Disney attractions that used to be good... but need a little love to become great once again.
CoasterRadio.com #1517 - The Ride to Happiness
There is a TON of news to cover this week, including a popular park changing operators and a former guest of the podcast working in SPACE!
We also take a look at many of the new rides and attractions…
CoasterRadio.com #1516 - Back to the Front of the Line
Throughout this 15th season of the podcast, we're going to take a look at certain topics and find out how our opinions on them have changed over the years.
This week, we'll listen to part of a show r…
CoasterRadio.com #1515 - Last Fan Standing
To celebrate the 600th Episode of our podcast, we played our most ambitious game show EVER! We had 100 listeners take part in a trivia competition LIVE on our show!
CoasterRadio.com #1514 - HOT or NOT 2021
It's our annual HOT or NOT episode! We gave listeners the chance to vote on whether specific rides, parks and amusement industry fads are trending upwards or downwards in 2021. You'll hear the result…
CoasterRadio.com #1513 - 2021 New Attraction Preview with Arthur Levine
Mike and EB are joined by Theme Park Journalist Arthur Levine to discuss all of the new attractions coming to US parks in 2021. A live audience interacted with the show by voting on the "hype-level" …
CoasterRadio.com #1512 - Our New Best Friend at Coney Island
There's a lot of news to cover this week, including our thoughts on what is happening at Disneyland.
But after that, we talk with Deno from Deno's Wonderwheel Park about their 100th Anniversary Seaso…
CoasterRadio.com #1511 - CoasterDamus Returns!
A new year gives us a chance to reflect on the past and look towards the future.
This week, we take a cue from that gnarly, old prognosticator Nostradamus and see if we can predict what will happen a…
CoasterRadio.com #1510 - Go Big or Go Home
The first show of 2021 starts off with some BIG NEWS. We have details on the proposed tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster in the world!
We'll also take a look at USA Today's 10Best list of th…
CoasterRadio.com #1509 - 2020 Holiday Spectacular
It has been a tough year. We decided to use our final show of 2020 to kick back and have a good time. We asked our listeners to program the show! They had a lot of great ideas on how to finish the …
CoasterRadio.com #1508 - Is it a Masterpiece or Just Plain Ugly?
As we get to the end of 2020, there's a lot to talk about. On this week's show, we have news from around the country and details about next week's holiday spectacular!
CoasterRadio.com #1507 - One Giant Leap for Nerd-kind
A park is letting you set up their office inside one of their attractions. Will Star Wars: Galactic Cruiser be our first step towards "Westworld?" We learn more about the Ride Warrior's Choice Awar…