CoasterRadio.com #104 - Conspiracies, Road Trips and Modesty

05/15/05 • 40 min

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Coaster Radio: The Original Theme Park Podcast

Anytime you visit a theme park message board on the internet, you're bound to run into "Conspiracy Theories" about your favorite park or ride.

People post the most outrageous claims and it's difficult to figure out what's true and what's not.

For instance, is your favorite roller coaster going to be torn down because it's sinking into the ground?

Anytime you visit a theme park message board on the internet, you're bound to run into "Conspiracy Theories" about your favorite park or ride.

People post the most outrageous claims and it's difficult to figure out what's true and what's not.

For instance, is your favorite roller coaster going to be torn down because it's sinking into the ground?

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CoasterRadio.com #103 - Kingda Ka and Las Vegas

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This week, CoasterRadio.com returns to our Washington, DC studios. We start off the show by answering listener e-mails about Italian Job Stunt Track and our Park Pet Peeves segment about line cutting.

We'll also wrap up last week's trip to Busch Gardens Williamsburg and give our final reviews of their new attraction "Curse of DarKastle."

Then, we'll talk with Kristin Siebeneicher, the Public Relations Manager from Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. She'll let us know what's going on with their record-breaking roller coaster "Kingda Ka." She'll also tell us what we can expect from the new "Golden Kingdom" area of the park.

Mike will re-cap his trip to Las Vegas. In-between sessions at the blackjack tables, Mike rode the two newest attractions on top of the Stratosphere Tower: X-Scream and Insanity: The Ride.

What would possess someone to strap themselves into an "invented centrifuge" that is positioned 1,000 feet above the world-famous Las Vegas strip?

Well, Mike will attempt to answer that question as well as review X-Scream, Manhattan Express and Speed: The Ride.

Plus, we'll update you on our Soundwave contest. For two weeks, we have been inviting our listeners to guess a certain roller coaster solely by the sound it makes.

We've had a lot of guesses, but no correct answer so far. This week, we'll give away another clue and add another prize to the Soundwave Prize Pack.

Next Episode

CoasterRadio.com #105 - Kingda Ka Media Day

This week, we broadcast from the Media Day of the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster - Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure!

Join us as we talk with park officials, engineers and coaster enthusiasts about the new ride. We'll also give you our review and let you know if it's worth traveling from your hometown for a ride.

We'll also put a wireless microphone on E.B so you can hear exactly what it sounds like as he gets launched from 0 to 128 mph in 3.8 seconds and then travels up and over a 456 foot tower. Maybe, just maybe, you'll hear some profanity. (You've been warned.)

We'll also tell you all about Great Adventure's new land, The Golden Kingdom.

Also, as if one media event weren't enough, we'll check in with our Florida Correspondent, Will, who will report from the media day of Busch Gardens Tampa's new "Dive Coaster" ShieKra! We'll ask Will if the new roller coaster from B and M lives up to the hype.

It's all coming up on this week's CoasterRadio.com!