theme park news, roller coaster reviews, our opinions, theme park trip reports and top tips for riding coasters all around the world.
Eating gluten free in PortAventura World, Spain
We’ve recently come back from our first visit to PortAventura in Spain. We had a really great time and the gluten free food I was able to find was a big part of the positive experience for sure!
A Q&A with National Coasters
If you’re looking to learn about weird and obscure roller coasters from around the world, content creator Jesiah Olson has you covered! Jesiah started his YouTube channel, National Coasters, back in early 2019. Since it has amassed over 10,000 subscribers and close to 4 million views.
Hakugei: A Whale of a Ride
In the late 1990’s, the coaster wars were in full swing across the globe. Every park was striving towards building the tallest, fastest and longest thrill rides to outdo the competition and attract an ever growing audience either seeking for their next rush or to spend their vacation time.
2022 Photo Competition Results
Over the past few weeks we’ve received close to 250 fantastic photos! Thank you to each and everyone of you that entered our photo competition this year. It was amazing to see such a wide range and variety of roller coasters and theme parks being captured.
Coaster Bot 2022 Photo Competition
It’s time for our 4th annual photo competition! Now’s the perfect time to have a look through your own fantastic collection of theme park related photos and choose your favourite to submit in this year’s competition!
Yukon Striker: Diving From Greater Frontiers
Dive Coasters, love them or hate them, are rising to be one of B&M’s more popular models with six being installed across the world since 2016. Known for their impressive scale, towering vertical drops…
Your VERY controversial theme park opinions
Last month we asked you on our social media what your most controversial theme park opinion is and you really delivered. Some of your answers were so outrageous we decided we had to pick out our favourites for a blog post.
Have you overcome a fear of roller coasters?
We’re working on a video about how to overcome a fear of roller coasters. We’ll be sharing tips, tricks and practical advice to help people build confidence and overcome their fear.
2021 Photo Competition Results!
Over the past few weeks, close to 250 people sent in their best theme park related photos. We selected 10 of our favourites and handed it over to you to select the winning photo. More than 400 of you voted to crown this year’s winner.
Q&A with Harry & Zoe - get to know us
Hi there, Harry and Zoe here! We thought we’d do a quick get to know us Q&A of all our most frequently asked questions so they’re all in one place. If you want more, we’ve linked a few of our previous Q&A videos at the bottom of the post too!
Coaster Bot 2021 Photo Competition
Ready, aim, snap! It’s time for our 3rd annual photo competition! This year we’ve moved the competition back three months to January, after the results of Vote Coasters. Now is a perfect time to have a look through your own fantastic collection of theme park related photos and choose your favourite to submit in this year’s competition!
What’s our plan for 2021?
We like to start each year by setting out our plans for the year ahead (this year our plans are very rough for obvious reasons). Last year, we introduced the concept of giving each year a theme - an idea or aim which will help
How to become a roller coaster enthusiast
So, you want to be a roller coaster enthusiast? Well, you’ve come to the right place. As enthusiasts ourselves, we’ve put together a short guide to becomming an enthusiast including tips from our community of followers.
Planet Coaster Bot Competition - Winter Edition Results
It’s finally time for us to reveal the top 5 entries for the Planet Coaster Bot: Winter Edition competition! We received so many amazing entries…
10 things we've learnt as coaster enthusiasts
We’ve been in the coaster enthusiast community for a while now and we’ve learnt a lot over the years. We wanted to share some of the things we’ve learnt with you here.
Your recipe for the perfect roller coaster
We’re always saying how important it is for everyone to have their own opinions about roller coasters. Without different opinions the theme park community would be boring!
Office / Video Studio Tour - Coaster Bot HQ
Most people have a spare/guest bedroom in their house. Not us. Our second bedroom is set up as Coaster Bot HQ and it’s the room Harry spends most of his time in. Over the past year of living here
Our Favourite Roller Coasters: Updated
What’s your favourite roller coaster? That's got to be our most asked question. Everyone wants to know