There’s a new coaster coming to Washington State this year, and during a recent spring break excursion, we were able to check out the current progress. In this post, we’ll share some background, photos, commentary, and the current opening timeline. (Updated May 26, 2023) Situated in the foothills of the cascade mountains lies the Bavarian […]

After a couple years’ hiatus, the Roller Coaster Alley team was able to make it back to Scarywood this past Saturday for opening weekend. In this post, we’ll review all of this year’s haunted attractions, share photos, and offer commentary on how things shaped up compared to previous years. For those of you who have […]

The Roller Coaster Alley team headed to Silverwood on Saturday September 25th for the final “normal” operating weekend of the 2021 season.  There were some familiar sights, as well as some new ones (maybe just to us), on this gorgeous, yet extremely crowded final Saturday. Welcome to Silverwood!  Nothing like a skyline of coasters to […]

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 […]