The Roller Coaster Alley team made a visit to Silverwood Theme Park on May 29th and 30th for the Memorial Day Weekend and the grand opening of the new Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) single rail “raptor” coaster, Stunt Pilot. May 29th was a day for the history books at Silverwood.  Clear blue skies greeted guests, […]

Silverwood has announced some fun activities that will be held during the month of October.  The park will be open from 11am to 11pm for each of the four Saturdays, and will feature trick or treating, most of the thrill rides, and the Silverwood Afterparty in the evenings after 6pm.  Here’s the full announcement: October […]

Silverwood theme park has announced “Stunt Pilot”, a brand new, single-rail RMC Raptor-track roller coaster coming in 2021. This will be the first major roller coaster to be added since Aftershock was installed in 2008, and the first major “ground-up” coaster since Tremors in 1999. In this post, we’ll re-cap a bit of park history, […]

In a bit of positive news for Silverwood fans, the park announced a few weeks ago that Timber Terror will run backwards starting September 12th through to the end of the season. We’ve consistently held the view that this is the single best part of Scarywood each year, so we’re thrilled to hear that the […]

Silverwood has announced that its annual Halloween event, Scarywood Haunted Nights, has been cancelled for 2020. In this post, we’ll share the details of the announcement, and offer some thoughts and commentary of our own. Scarywood Haunted Nights at Silverwood has been running for over a decade, and is now essentially just as much a […]

The Mudgy Moose trail is a 2.25 mile trail that follows the path of the title character of a children’s book set in downtown Coeur d’Alene.  The trail passes by a variety of sights and stops along the way, and can be a great way to spend a day down by the water front.  In […]

In the theme park starved Northwest of the United States, all theme parks were ordered to close due to the coronavirus pandemic.  We’ve extensively covered Silverwood’s closure and subsequent re-opening, but we thought it might be helpful to give an update on other parks across the region.  In this post, we’ll share the status of […]

For those who have followed our online efforts for nearly two decades now, you know that we are brothers based in the theme-park starved Northwest corner of the United States.  This is an area that is desperately lacking in rides and attractions, thanks in large part to the relatively cool and wet climate.  Our local […]

Silverwood opened it’s gates for the 2020 season on May 30th, and we were there to experience all the changes that the park has made for the year.  In this post, we’ll share details of how the day went, photos of the new health and safety measures, and offer some of our thoughts and comments. […]

Updated June 13th 2020 Silverwood Theme Park has become the first park in the Pacific Northwest (and possibly even the entire western US?) to announce their official opening date.  They will be opening on May 30th, 2020 with a slew of new safety and health measures, including reduced capacity, and social distancing guidelines.  In this […]