Coastin' with Dan

This past August (2019), I was able to visit Dollywood, which is highly regarded as one of the best amusement parks in the world. The park contains world class coasters such as Lightning Rod, Thunderhead, Tennessee Tornado, and Wild Eagle, but is also home to many unique experiences for crafts and shopping. Dollywood was unlike any other park that I have visited before. Its location is filled with luscious trees and greenery, and the employees are some of the nicest I've experienced in a park! Below I'll be talking about some of the most noteworthy attractions and experiences at Dollywood! Tennessee Tornado is the parks Arrow Looping Coaster, and it was fantastic! This ride had everything you could want in a coaster, including breathtaking inversions, quick transitions, and large drops. The ride is also incredibly smooth, which is something I did not expect from an Arrow Looper. ---- Mystery Mine is the parks Gerstlauer Eurofighter. This ride was d

On August 7th I had the pleasure of visiting Six Flags Over Georgia for the first time! I had heard many good things about this park regarding rides, operations, landscaping, and more, so I was excited to see how it stacked up to other parks in the chain that I have visited. Below are some photos of the most noteworthy attractions and areas of Six Flags Over Georgia! Georgia Scorcher is the parks B&M Stand Up coaster, and it was great! It's actually the newest stand up coaster to be built, but is most similar to the early designs, staying low to the ground with only two inversions. The ride was smooth, forceful, and just a whole lot of fun. It was also sporting a bright new paint job, which looked great near the front of the park. ---- Goliath is Six Flags Over Georgia's B&M Hyper. While the name may be overused by Six Flags, this layout is absolutely unique to this park. The coaster travels outside the park and over a road, and provides a long ri