1999

For the first anniversary of COASTER-net, the site reopens at its new host, Angelfire.com, and receives a new look vaguely resembling the current site, with left-hand navigation. What is now known as the Ride Gallery is introduced featuring coasters only as the Coaster Gallery, RollerCoaster Tycoon Downloads are added, and a section with links to coaster videos is also added. The daily clicks now average 40-50. Danimation.com offers to host COASTER-net several months later as part of their affiliate community and the site begins to take off, with daily visitors climbing into the hundreds.

2000

At the turn of the new century, a new version of COASTER-net is released, with a number of noticable changes including the first right-hand content tables on the site. August 1st of that year marks the release of more improvements. A new Photo Galleries section is released with COASTER-net's first exclusive galleries of pictures, although at this time it was separate from the Park Gallery. Also, Site Info and Rare Ride Info (which would later become part of the Special Listings) are introduced to the site.

2001

Once again, New Years marks the release of a new version of the site, COASTER-net 2001. A new feature contains sections that would later become Special Listings along with the already vastly-growing Defunct Coaster Index. Custom graphics are first used on the site. The number of daily hits reaches 400. In late 2001, Danimation.com cancels its hosting program and on October 12, COASTER-net finds a new home at CoasterBuzz.com.

2002

For the new year, a new NoLimits section is released to go along with the RCT Downloads. In mid-2002, CoasterBuzz cancels hosting, but COASTER-net reopens once again as a hosted site on another coaster-related site, Megacoasters.com. At this time, the domain name COASTER-net.com is purchased, and visitors are redirected to the pages hosted on Megacoasters. For COASTER-net Version 4 on August 1st, COASTER-net makes its second-to-last move to another free host, Coasterdom.com. At this time, the Discussion Forums are released and by the end of the year, nearly fifty members had joined.

2003

COASTER-net Version 5 celebrates the fifth anniversary of COASTER-net on the web and contains several new features. The Special Listings receives four new sections for Record Holders, Reworked Rides, Ride Debuts, and the Ride Naming feature. The Site Info & Staff section is also added to the site. Moving off of Coasterdom.com, Thrillnetwork.com becomes our final free host. Our two goals for the year are 150 pages in the Ride Gallery, and 20,000 posts in the forums, both of which were reached and passed just before the end of 2003.

2004

August 1st, 2004 marked the release of COASTER-net Version 6, with improvments all around and minor changes to the layout, and vast behind-the-scenes improvments to make updates quicker for the Staff, including an automated Coaster Quiz. A new Special Listings is introduced, the Ride Deaths listings, along with the Site Search and other conveniences around the site. Sections continued their growth, with the Ride Gallery passing 200 pages.

2005

Work on COASTER-net in 2005 focused on improving upon the site throughout the year and expanding COASTER-net beyond simply the website. On January 10th, we announced the acquisition of the Coaster Crew club founded by Clint Novak four and a half years prior. The same day as the Coaster Crew launch, Clint began his daily theme park news show In the Loop with his radio expertise to bring coaster enthusiasts updates in a new type of format. Throughout the summer, Coaster Crew hosted their first events in conjunction with COASTER-net, including an annual Cedar Point trip and July 6th Paramount's Kings Dominion event. On July 11th, COASTER-net made our first appearance on international cable news in a segment for the FOX News Channel. Meanwhile, Clint continued lengthening and improving his show. However, several months later, Clint made the decision to leave the site for personal reasons. Focusing on expanding COASTER-net beyond the internet, president Devin Olson began his first book on July 10th, Tracking the Thrills, as a guide to the top fifty amusement parks in North America. On December 9th, we launched our Affiliate Sites section in order to share some of the best thrills of the web outside of the COASTER-net realm. The next day, we unveiled our "Save Mr. Six" campaign in support of Six Flags' ever-popular mascot. Finally, on Christmas Eve, the C-net Gear section debuted as our official store, featuring a monthly calendar dubbed Months of Mayhem as our first publication along with our first merchandise. 2005 Concluded, by far, as COASTER-net's most successful season yet, with well over 66 million hits.

2006

2006 Began with a new focus on continuing the strengthen COASTER-net as the most comprehensive, reliable source for exclusive news articles pertaining to amusement parks. The Rumors & Reports section was eliminated and staff shifted to features and news writing instead. This spring, Tracking the Thrills will ship, with many more projects of larger and larger scale in store for the year ahead at COASTER-net.