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!

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Update frequency: every 7 days
Average duration: 58 minutes
Episodes: 797
Years Active: 2005 - 2025

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CoasterRadio.com #136 - What Might Have Been

One of the fun things about having an on-line community of theme park fans around the world is that there is an abundance of information about current parks and attractions. What's even more fun is …

00:36:17 | Mon 16 Jan 2006

CoasterRadio.com #135 - Great Expectations

This week, we bring you a very special podcast as Mike Collins sits by the fire, sipping brandy and smoking a pipe, while he reads passages from the immortal Charles Dickens classic "Great Expectatio…

00:18:03 | Mon 09 Jan 2006

CoasterRadio.com #134 - 2006 Resolutions

We'll kick off this week's show by going through some some of our listeners' picks for the hits and misses of 2005. Then, we'll talk about what could be the New Year's Resolutions of theme parks and…

00:27:28 | Mon 02 Jan 2006

CoasterRadio.com #133 - Goodbye 2005, Hello 2006!

The year 2005 was pretty good for theme parks across the world. We saw the premiere of record breaking attractions, new high tech thrill rides and traditional forms of amusement park entertainment.

…

00:37:52 | Mon 26 Dec 2005

CoasterRadio.com #132 - Pardon The Ripoff

If you've every spent any time watching ESPN, you've probably seen a program called "Pardon The Interruption" (PTI). It's a daily show where Washington Post columnists Tony Kornhsiser and Michael Wi…

00:17:37 | Mon 19 Dec 2005

CoasterRadio.com #131 - The Gravity Group

This year, Hades, the monstrous wooden roller coaster that opened at Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin won the Amusement Today Golden Ticket Award for Best New Ride in 20…

00:29:42 | Mon 12 Dec 2005

CoasterRadio.com #130 - Our Favorite Interviews

This week, we hit soft-of a milestone and podcast our 30th episode.

To help celebrate, we'll play highlights from some of our favorite interviews that we have done over the past seven months. We'll…

00:24:17 | Mon 05 Dec 2005

CoasterRadio.com #129 - Holiday Gift Guide

In America, the day after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year. Everyone crowds into the shopping malls and collectively spend billions of dollars on holiday gifts.

If you listen to…

00:34:52 | Mon 28 Nov 2005

CoasterRadio.com #128 - What Are You Thankful For?

It's the week of Thanksgiving here in the United States. For most people, that means stuffing themselves full of turkey and then passing out while watching NFL football.

We decided to celebrate the…

00:20:08 | Mon 21 Nov 2005

CoasterRadio.com #127 - Building Your Own Theme Park

If you're a theme park enthusiast, you've probably had a dream of building and owning your own theme park. But odds are, unless you're very well connected or a multi-millionaire, you'll never get to…

00:23:10 | Mon 14 Nov 2005

CoasterRadio.com #126 - Extreme Rides

There really aren't many rides or attractions that theme park fans won't try at least once.

But there are a few rides out there that even the most hardcore enthusiasts think twice about before ridin…

00:16:53 | Mon 07 Nov 2005

CoasterRadio.com #125 - Halloween (with Imagineer Joe Rohde)

All month long, we've been on-location at different theme parks celebrating Halloween. Now that it's finally here, we'll spend this week's show talking about your favorite haunted, spooky or scary t…

00:43:50 | Mon 31 Oct 2005

CoasterRadio.com #124 - Live from Fear Fest at Paramount's Kings Dominion

This week, we're on-location from Fear Fest at Paramount's Kings Dominion. It's the 3rd stop on our month-long CoasterRadio.com Halloween Terror Tour.

Since Paramount is a movie company, Kings Domin…

00:37:36 | Mon 24 Oct 2005

CoasterRadio.com #123 - Live from Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Williamsburg

This week, we're on-location from Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. During the show, we'll talk with park guests and preview the scare zones and spooky attractions at this annual Halloween…

00:40:24 | Mon 17 Oct 2005

CoasterRadio.com #122 - Live From Fear Fest at Paramount's Kings Island

This week, we had originally planned to bring you an on-location show from Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. It was going to be the first broadcast in our month long CoasterRadio.com Hallo…

00:18:53 | Mon 10 Oct 2005

CoasterRadio.com #121 - Coaster Clones

Have you ever been riding on a roller coaster for the first time and sworn that you've ridden it before? It probably wasn't deja vu (the feeling, not the coaster).

Most likely, you were riding an exa…

00:11:06 | Sun 02 Oct 2005

CoasterRadio.com #120 - Theme Park Dating

Theme parks are a great place for families and friends to get together and have a good time. They're fun, loud, colorful and exciting.

But are they romantic?

This week, we'll talk about whether or no…

00:10:49 | Sun 25 Sep 2005

CoasterRadio.com #119 - HOT or NOT

For our first 10-minute show of the Fall, we're going to talk about what's HOT and what's NOT as we finish the 2005 season and head into 2006.

As E.B. said during the pre-show, we're lazy. If you'll …

00:14:13 | Sun 18 Sep 2005

CoasterRadio.com #118 - The 2005 CoasterRadio.com Awards

Labor Day signals the end of summer, the beginning of school and the close of the theme park season.

But before we start to pack away our t-shirts and shorts and pull out our jeans and sweaters, it's…

01:00:28 | Sun 04 Sep 2005

CoasterRadio.com #117 - Listener Controlled Show

As we wind down the 2005 Summer Theme Park Season, we wanted to do something special for the thousands of you who listen each week.

We decided to put you in charge of this week's show.

Over the past …

00:40:28 | Sun 28 Aug 2005

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