Cole

Theme Park Content Creator. My thoughts on roller coasters, the attractions industry and content creation.

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

Introducing: New England 🦞 Available in Brick, Khaki and Print. Shop Now at United States of Amusement: https://t.co/T6rkLJ8kCm

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

Freddy has found the Burger King roller coaster 😭

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

I’m surprised. I thought it would just be the waterfalls, but the whole city is like one giant amusement park. There’s even a roller coaster on top of Burger King.

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

Whether someone was hosted or not matters a lot less to me than whether they've actually experienced what they're talking about 🤷‍♂️

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

I find it pretty lame and reactionary.

The same thing happened during Epic Universe previews when people came out in droves online to criticize a park they'd never even stepped foot in. Now it's a universally (no pun intended) loved park.

[Andrew Hyde @OnlineHyde]

The juxtaposition of tweets from everyone hosted by Universal vs everyone speaking freely is quite entertaining.

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

@OnlineHyde I was there too!

[Sloan @ATLSloan]

Regarding Clermont Steel and them sourcing from Europe the coaster rails for B&M, as a steel component manufacturer, developer, and someone who sources raw material and components all over the world, I will attempt to clear some of this confusion up once and for all:

We in the US are absolutely capable of mill producing the seamless DOM rails per B&M's specs/EU specifications. In truth, the USA has the best metallurgy know how in the world (thank you Military Industrial Complex..) The notion that we would not be able to produce steel rails that would meet a combination of yield strength, toughness (especially at lower temperatures), weldability, and dimensional consistency that B&M's design/engineering was built around is simply not true.

The reality is and this comes back to the comment I recently made on the coaster industry being very niche and frankly "the juice not being worth the squeeze.." The volume requirements for coaster track is relatively low and sporadic (a few major coasters per year at best). Mills prioritize high-volume orders, and sourcing the specialized European pipe was more reliable than trying to get a custom run stateside. Plus, that custom mill run at those large profile sizes would have had a minimum mill run requirement of at least 150-300 tons (the bigger the profile, the larger the minimum mill run requirement)

When it comes down to it, it wasn’t that we couldn’t produce B&M/Euro Spec rails/DOM tube; it was that we didn’t at the time make the exact specialized DOM seamless grade tube in the form B&M needed without major changes to their proven EU/TUV design vs a USA/ASTM spec/design.

This is a classic case of an engineered system being optimized around a particular material source and getting "married to with little to no options of a divorce/separation" from your core from the beginning supply source.

@Blueambient87 is spot on with his assessment on the sheer logistical challenges that led to B&M's decision to abandon what historically was an integral fabricator/supplier that was very much key to B&M's success. Clermont ultimately fell victim to increasing challenges of Global logistics/supply sources in a what is one of the most unique and arguably challenging markets out there: Roller Coasters....

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

@ZippinPackers GOAT thank you for the support man 🤝

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

My favorite invert in the world

[Theme Park Worldwide @ThemeParkWW]

WOW! Storm - The Dragon Legend is absolutely amazing 🔥

#tusenfryd #themepark #rollercoaster

[Clint Gamache @iamcg83]

Jerendelle is one of the best most genuine TikTok content creators out there. The Disney content creator community needs more people like him. He made a mistake. He doesn’t deserve this. I’ve been following him for a while. Get over it people. Good lord.

[Brian Eskow @brianeskow]

It is RUDE to lean your seat back on a flight.

I'm dying on this hill.

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

Austin is the GOAT of layout analysis.

[Amusement Insider @AmusementInside]

What if this moment is another direction change of vehicles on the Fast & Furious coaster coming to Universal Orlando? I have some other guesses in the full-length construction video update: 🤷‍♂️
Click: https://t.co/SdJq9pkd2Q

[Alicia Stella @AliciaStella]

Just a few *blue* coaster supports, you say?

[Gary @thatfloridaguy1]

Love it when the sun beams through the stained glass windows on Constellation carousel.

[ska girl summer @skagirlsummer]

me jumping into poseidon’s rage at mount olympus after 12 beers

[Drew Smith @DrewDisneyDude]

Hi, everyone. I’m heartbroken to share that on April 20, my dad, Todd, passed away due to a heart attack.

My mom and I recorded this video to be fully transparent about why we need help as we look to our future without him.

Thank you,

Drew ❤️

(https://t.co/TaqgsIrxHv)

[Andrew Hyde @OnlineHyde]

There is so many talented people on the creative side of the industry. It sucks to see parks going the AI route.

Pay a graphic designer. Or at least someone who knows to remove the AI watermark from your photo. Bottom right corner.

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

Honestly looks better.

[Dueling Park News @DuelingParkNews]

Most of the queue for Hiccup’s Winged Gliders has switched to chain instead of rope.

Just a little detail I noticed. 🤔

[𝙋𝙃𝙊𝙏𝙊 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙆𝙎 @photo_parks]

"El cliente siempre tiene la razon"

Lo que pasaría si se hiciese siempre lo que el cliente pide:

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

@SabineVdL @KBobTech @JigsawYessir @JayViruet AI slop.

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

Again, only Great Adventure fanboys could be spoiled enough to complain about a 400-foot version of the best roller coaster model in existence.

[Jay Viruet 🦆 @JayViruet]

this is apparently the kingda ka replacement. not gonna lie, this is a bit disappointing. this seems to be another low capacity shuttle coaster. jay viruet will forgive it if the green lantern replacement is high capacity

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

@KBobTech @JigsawYessir @JayViruet Bro it's a literally a family coaster 😭

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

https://t.co/FIfanekXPT

[Cole @ParkProsCole]

One thing that hasn’t changed in my 15+ years of being an enthusiast is the Great Adventure fan boys being the most spoiled/delusional park base.