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East Meets ACE – Part 1: Tobu Zoo Park

East Meets ACE – Part 1: Tobu Zoo Park / 東武動物公園 After checking in Saturday evening, East Meets ACE officially kicked off with our trip Sunday morning, September 23 to Tobu Zoo Park in Minami, Saitama, Japan. We had three hours that morning including an hour of ERT on Kawasemi and Regina. Operating since 1981,Continue reading “East Meets ACE – Part 1: Tobu Zoo Park”

East Meets ACE – A Journey to the Land of the Rising Sun – Prologue: Tokyo

East Meets ACE – A Journey to the Land of the Rising Sun East Meets ACE – Prologue: Tokyo When I first joined ACE in 2003 I was fascinated by the article in Roller Coaster about ACE’s European Coaster Odyssey in 2002. I thought how interesting it would be to go on an international tripContinue reading “East Meets ACE – A Journey to the Land of the Rising Sun – Prologue: Tokyo”

ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Epilogue – Ocean City, MD

ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Epilogue – Ocean City, MD On Saturday, June 23 and Sunday, June 24 the ACE Mid-Atlantic Region held Ocean Fest at the parks of Ocean City, MD. We left the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg Saturday morning headed for Ocean City. We arrived around noon for theContinue reading “ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Epilogue – Ocean City, MD”

ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Part 3- Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Busch Gardens Williamsburg On Thursday Coaster Con 41 moved to the location of Coaster Con 1, some 40 years earlier. Back then there were four coasters. Busch Gardens Williamsburg is an absolutely beautiful park; it is easy to see why it has been voted the most beautiful theme park so many years. It is filledContinue reading “ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Part 3- Busch Gardens Williamsburg”

ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Part 2 – Kings Dominion

Kings Dominion On Tuesday, June 19 ACE Coaster Con 41 moved to Kings Dominion in Doswell, VA, beginning our trek to return to the roots of ACE. It was here at an event to publicize the 1977 movie Roller Coaster that ACE founders Roy Brashears, Paul Greenwald and Richard Munch would meet and come upContinue reading “ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Part 2 – Kings Dominion”

ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Prologue – Adventure Park USA

ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Prologue – Adventure Park USA This year ACE is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and it decided to return to its roots. ACE was born out of Coaster Convention 1 at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. The idea of this convention and of a club itself was born from aContinue reading “ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Prologue – Adventure Park USA”

ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Part 1 – Six Flags America

Six Flags America While the rest of my group was going to a concert Saturday evening, July 16, I decided to get in a little extra time at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, MD, where Coaster Con 41 would start the next day, joining John Allen for dinner and a few rides. I haveContinue reading “ACE Coaster Con 41 – Maryland & Virginia: Part 1 – Six Flags America”

ACE Spring Conference 2018 -Silver Dollar City

The ACE Spring Conference 2018 was held at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO on Friday, May 4 through Sunday, May 6. I decided to drive, so I left after work on Thursday. I spent the night in Arkansas just west of Memphis before completing the journey, arriving Friday morning around 11:30. I met upContinue reading “ACE Spring Conference 2018 -Silver Dollar City”

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”