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When you sit yourself down in that roller coaster car and pull the lap bar into place, what's going through your mind? All of the work at school or the office? That guy who cut you off on the highway? Actually, you're probably mulling over the fact that you're about to get blasted like a cannonball at 128 miles an hour with the wind trying to rip your face apart as you rocket straight up 456 feet.
Now when you sit yourself down in that computer chair and log onto COASTER-net, we want a similar thrill to be rushing through your brain - the thrill of knowing that you're about to experience the biggest, most diverse, most comprehensive resource for thrill rides and thrill parks out there!
We invite you to join the nearly 100,000 other people who take the most intense thrill ride online every month and experience your guide to ride on the wild side - COASTER-net! |
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> NoLimits competition to be featured in Download Extras
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Heads up all your No Limit Coaster fans! The company Intamin AG is having trouble with the placement of their new roller coaster design for HersheyPark and they've chosen you to help them pick the layout for their track including a new name! They also laid out a few rules for the new coaster:
1. Cannot exceed a height of 125.33 feet (38.20 meters).
2. Cannot exceed speeds of 75 miles per hour.
3. It's G-Force's must remain in the green/yellow area, it cannot turn red.
4. The coaster must feature a chain lift (no launches).
5. The coaster must also feature a drop at a 80 degree (or more) angle.
Don't procrastinate, the due date is Friday, May 23, 2008. NO LATE ENTRIES!
WINNERS RECEIVE A FRONT PAGE RECOGNITION.
Contact MadObject if your up to the challenge. I will also post a thread for this competition soon so keep your eyes peeled.
Only 25 people can join, so hurry up!
Click here to sign up!
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> Three new videos posted for Knott's Berry Farm and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
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Three new videos have been posted onto the Video Downloads section of the site.
These music videos highlight Knott's Berry Farm and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom from our West Coast correspondent Matt Wakefield.
Explore the rides that these two parks have to offer from Silver Bullet and GhostRider at Knott's Berry Farm to Medusa and Roar! at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
To check these out, just click on the Download Extras section of the site!
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> New pictures show off 'Dominator' a month before opening
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If you want the latest from Kings Dominion as Dominator prepares to open next month, head over to the ride's preview page.
We've just added a dozen new pictures of the completed ride as it enters the final stages of pre-debut work: painting, testing, and landscaping.
Check back as the summer nears for updates and reports from the biggest new rides and parks out there this year!
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> Try to tame the new Beast in the new article
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With the new coaster season is warming up and getting started, our own Mike Strobel brings us a new and more beastie Beast page. Now, the old records being broken by new coasters, this article takes a look at the vivid history of this mammoth coaster. With almost a mile-and-a-half of track, you will be reading this ride-through for hours.
Don't forget to check out our other updates as the new coaster season keeps on and rides into the summer. With dozens of new coasters this year, you will not be disappointed!
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> Get off to a sizzling start this summer at Hersheypark
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Last season, Hersheypark kicked off its 100th-anniversary celebration in style with a new waterpark to cool off guests on those hot Pennsylvania summer days.
Now, the park has taken a turn towards the sky with a birthday present big enough to make the Boardwalk expansion look like icing on the HERSHEY'S®-brand chocolate birthday cake –– and hot enough to melt it.
Fahrenheit is Hersheypark's newest strategy to put all past additions to shame, with its exaggerated vertical 2,700-foot layout packed into the front corner of the park.
We want to show you everything you'll have to look forward to on this ride with our new Ride Gallery preview page for the 2008 coaster, complete with the ride's history and an in-depth look at its most unique aspects.
Look for more 2008 pages on the way as the current park season continues to heat up!
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> Webmaster's Choice from February and March
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 Welcome back to another Download Extras award ceremony where your best creation is featured on our front page! COASTER-net's Download Extras Webmaster, Keith Gadawski, accumulates February's and March's greatest uploads. Though many outstanding rides were uploaded, only one can be crowned with the Webmaster's Choice award.
COASTER-net is proud to announce that Scrubs' No Limits creation,Maal is February's and March's Webmaster's Choice!
 Other rides that were close to making to the award were:
-Maverickfan's TimerTrouble
-Silver Swordsman's Carnage
To download Scrubs' Maal, click here.
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> March into April with quiz that may baffle you
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Eight new pictures, eight new questions, and thirty-two new possibilities are ready to challenge you down to your smallest brain cell this month in our Coaster Quiz!
It wouldn't be proper not to start off by congratulating our visitor Jon on his grand-prize finish for the month of March! Jon will receive a copy of the first DVD in our Digital Delirium series.
Now, join the dozens who have already attempted the quiz this month in challenging our eight questions ranging from easy to challenging!
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> Domination almost complete at Kings Dominion
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A graceful new steel coaster has taken shape at Virginia's Kings Dominion over the past several months, and John Thompson brings us an entire gallery showing off current progress straight from the park.
In his new picture gallery on the park page, check out glamor shots of the completed four inversions -- including the world's largest loop at 135 feet tall -- and 4,210 track feet making Dominator the world's longest floorless coaster.
In addition, check out updates for the rest of the park and the various visible changes this season, the most notable being the loss of the world's first pneumatically-launched coaster, HyperSonic XLC, that once stood between the Rebel Yell wooden racing coaster and Xtreme SkyFlyer vertical ride.
Thanks to John for his update!
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> Nickelodeon's new theme: the theme park industry
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Nickelodeon Universe was just recently unveiled at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, and we have all the vital info on it in our new Park Gallery page!
The newly redesigned park features 20 new attractions and Nickelodeon themed entertainment. Two notable new roller coasters include a new drop tower, a coaster with a SpongeBob Square Pants theme and Avatar: The Last Airbender, a half-pipe-style coaster. Avatar: the Last Airbender is the named after of a Nickelodeon show. Although the names may appeal to children who enjoy the watching the shows, the rides are designed to be enjoyed by all ages.
To get the whole picture of Nickelodeon Universe, visit the Park Gallery page. You'll learn about all of the new attractions as well as all other pertinent info concerning the park.
We hope you all enjoy!
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> Work for the team that dreams the screams!
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Come one! Come all!
COASTER-net is holding its Staff Fair this week, and we're looking for all the best and brightest fans of the scream machines we all love so much!
As a member of the staff, you will receive:
- Free web space for a personal site
- Rewards system based on quality and quantity of contributions
- Ability to earn access to media events at parks around the world
- A valuable addition to your résumé and references for job applications
- Experience in professional web site design and maintenance, graphics, photography, videography, feature-writing, journalistic writing, leadership, advertising, marketing, communication, and other areas
To apply for one of our wide variety of positions, visit our Staff Application page or email The Griffon to talk about possibilities.
*The only thing required is a love of scream-machines. No experience necessary.
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> 'Hollywood Rip, Ride' rockets into Ride Gallery
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Nineteen years after its debut, Universal Orlando Resort's original theme park will unveil its first major, outdoor roller coaster experience –– an enormous 167-foot-tall ride to redefine the park's skyline forever.
COASTER-net brings you your most in-depth preview of the ride and look back at the ride's history as the park prepares to construct its 2009 steel coaster over the next few months.
Find out how Universal transformed from a park limited to the sensory experiences the experts say would overtake the roller-coaster itself eventually to the gut-wrenching coaster experiences of today, exemplified by next year's new star attraction: Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit!
Next week, look for one of the hottest new ride experiences on the block for this season in the Ride Gallery!
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> Dorney Park's 'Voodoo' begins working magic in Ride Gallery
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Dorney Park visitors will rejoice at seventy miles an hour in the summer days of 2008 when a sixth major player arrives on its coaster scene.
Visit the Ride Gallery to read everything you ever wanted to know about this theme-park-hopping, LIM-launched, inverted, 360-degree-twisting steel coaster –– and more.
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Find out how this U-shaped beast of a coaster came to find its way into a park's collection as its second inverted coaster, fifth major steel coaster, and sixth major coaster overall.
Voodoo stands as whole and complete as a shuttle coaster can over the Allentown skyline as of the end of last week, and now, as testing ensues and a grand opening occurs this summer, get the jump on the crowds and learn everything there is to know about Voodoo!
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