Coaster Kings

S7E166 - Biggest Surprise and Biggest Disappointment of our Korea Trip: E-World and Everland!

Sean and Alex have two Korean parks left to talk about: E-World in Daegu, and Everland near Seoul! One ended up being the biggest surprise of the trip, and the other was

S7E165 - Spillin' the TEA: Analyzing Global Theme Park Performance

Sean and Alex discuss global 2025 theme park performance based on the annual Themed Entertainment Association Global Experience Index!

S7E164 - Seoul vs. Busan - A Lotte World Adventure

Lotte is one of Korea's most recognizable brands, but how does this retail/hospitality/manufacturing giant run its theme parks? The two Lotte parks are more unique than y

S7E163 - Two Castle Parks, One Resort

Part 2 of our 5-park day in Changsha, featuring two of the nicest Fantawild parks we've visited, especially considering the older-generation park concepts of Fantawild Dr

S7E162 - Changsha Power Run

Part 1 of our 5-park day in Changsha, featuring Jungle Mice, the Burger King Beluga, and a looping coaster you can order from TEMU.

S7E161 - Choosin' San Antonio

We're Choosing Texas this week with a visit to San Antonio and Austin. Weather wasn't on our side, but it's always a good time celebrating Fall Festivities like Howl-O-Sc

S7E160 - Heart and Seoul Land

The pressure's off at our three most low-key park experiences in Korea: Seoul Land, Robotland, and Children's Grand Park. We kept it so casual that the latter two parks w

S7E159 - Wuhu Triple Threat - Three Major Parks. One Day.

Wuhu was a spontaneous addition to the last tour through China, but it ended up being one of the best days of the trip: Fantawild Adventure Wuhu, Oriental Heritage Wuhu,

S7E158 - Gyeongju World: Korea's Coaster Capital

We hit the ground running with the biggest coaster park in our Korean podcast miniseries: Gyeongju World. Home to the country's most impressive coaster lineup, Gyeongju W

S7E157 - A Concept Park Perfected: Fantawild Glorious Orient Jining

Glorious Orient Jining is the 4th and final iteration of Fantawild's 20th-century wartime theme parks. Despite its solemn subject matter, Jining's Glorious Orient might b

S7E156 - Racing Season's Over: From Frontier City to Six Flags Great America

Sean and Alex revisit two Six Flags parks sitting on polar opposites of the profile spectrum – Six Flags Great America and Frontier City. Pleasant and unpleasant surprise

S7E155 - Adieu, Loup-Garou! - A Visit to Walibi Belgium

It's last call for Weerwolf/Loup-Garou at Walibi Belgium, the last operating purebred Vekoma Wooden Coaster. Take a tour with us around Belgium's premier park and explore

S7E154 - Trek to Tormenta: A Day at Six Flags Over Texas

Sean and Alex hit up Six Flags Over Texas for a ride on the World's Only Giga Dive Coaster, Tormenta. What other improvements has the park made over the years? And what's

Is Universal Kids Resort Really THAT Bad?

Universal Kids Resort has been a lightning rod of controversy since it opened. We at Coaster Kings couldn't wait to visit the park and see for ourselves, and now it's tim

S7E153 - The Vekoma Hyper Space Warp: Headlining Fantawild's 2nd Generation of Oriental Heritage Parks

Come for the Vekomas, stay for the dark rides: the more we visit Fantawild parks, the more this rings true. Even when we're low on time, Fantawild's newest parks impress

S7E152 - Chimelong Rendezvous: Return to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

A lot has changed at Chimelong Ocean Kingdom – or at least, around it: a new resort name, a new 2nd gate – but is the flagship park still up to snuff despite Chimelong Sp

S7E151 - SoCal Summer Round-Up

Sean and Alex debrief on their two summer visits to SoCal for various parks – Six Flags Magic Mountain, Knott's Berry Farm, Disneyland, California Adventure, and Sea Worl

S7E150 - Emmène-nous à la Ronde

After years of waiting (procrastinating) we finally visited the last of the legacy Six Flags parks that we hadn't experienced: La Ronde! We went in with an open mind and

S7E149 - Enchanted Six Flags St. Louis

Six Flags St. Louis has one of the richest and most fascinating histories of any US regional park. With updated branding from new management on the horizon, we can expect

S7E148 - Is this China's Best Woodie? A look at the Jinan and Tai'an theme parks!

Jinan and Tai'an are easy to visit on the same trip and the region is home to lots of great theme parks. Join us as we discuss Jinan Sunac Land, Fantawild Oriental Herita