To be fair, at this point it’s several mornings after. But there’s good reason for that. As we mentioned in our previous post about the official announcement, despite the fact that we all knew this was coming – eventually – it’s hits different when it really happens. Getting into the weeds a bit, we’ve contemplated […]

Silverwood surprised the theme park industry with a major announcement that our beloved home park will be acquired by Herschend Family Entertainment. In this post, we’ll share the announcement, a bit of background and history, as well as our initial thoughts. We’ll start with the official press release from Herschend: “Atlanta, GA & Athol, ID […]

The Roller Coaster Alley crew made our annual pilgrimage to Scarywood Theme Park this past weekend, and it was quite an adventure to say the least! In this post, we’ll share photos, details about our experience, and our commentary about everything this “Bigger and Badder” version for 2025 has to offer! We’re going to try […]

A few new surprises have been added to the lineup for Scarywood for 2025. In this post, we’ll cover the details (at least, what we know so far!) and share our thoughts on these offerings. Let’s start with the info from the press release – it’s a long one, so we are only including the […]

2025 marked the 125th Anniversary of the Washington State Fair held annually in Puyallup, Washington. For the big milestone, several big changes were made to the fairgrounds and surrounding infrastructure. In this post, we’ll share some photos and our thoughts on each. In the spirit of being fully transparent here: one of us lives literally […]

The Roller Coaster Alley crew made a recent visit to Silverwood and Boulder Beach, and we’ve got a lot to share, so let’s jump right in! TREMORS 2.0 REVIEW We’ll start off with the big news for 2025: the seismic upgrades made to Tremors roller coaster! You can read our previous article for all the […]

Corkscrew is a steel roller coaster at Silverwood Theme Park that was built in 1975 and relocated to Silverwood in 1990.  In this review, we’ll share ride stats, background info, and our thoughts on this ride. Quick Facts Type: Steel Corkscrew Year Built: 1975 First Year at Silverwood: 1990 Designer: Arrow Dynamics, Clearfield, Utah Height: […]

The fan favorite Tremors roller coaster at Silverwood Theme Park is getting some significant upgrades in 2025. In this post, we’ll cover the official park announcement, share some history and background, as well as our thoughts and comments on this long-awaited, and very welcome news! Tremors was built back in 1999, and was Silverwood’s second […]

The Roller Coaster Alley team made our annual pilgrimage out to Scarywood for the 2024 season this past weekend. We’re excited to share all the details of what’s new, what’s returned, and everything in between…so let’s jump right in! The biggest change for 2024 is the addition of the new haunt – The Swine. This […]

Last week we had a chance to finally visit Playland at the PNE for 2024, to check out the new ThunderVolt launch coaster. In this post, we’ll share photos, our review of the new attraction, and our overall impressions of Playland from our visit. We’ll also share tips, suggestions, and lessons learned, in case you […]