World Of Coca-Cola Pictures, Virtually Queued Shirts
Mar 27, 2006This time we’re taking a small breather from the park updates and coming at you with a special feature gallery from the World Of Coca-Cola in Atlanta. If you’re familiar with the special features section of the site, you know you can find stories and photos from different places that vary in their relevance to the amusement park thing and World Of Coke is a pretty good fit. It makes a nice side stop if you’re ever in Atlanta. So check that out for a glimpse of what’s inside.
I also put together a new shirt design. Just trying to add some new items for the 2006 season and a recent discussion on Coasterbuzz on the merits and fairness of the various Virtual Queue systems in place at parks inspired this one. If you’re looking for something new to wear to the parks this year, you could certainly do worse than one of our Virtually Queued shirts. The big plus is that now Cafepress does direct printing on their items so if you were previously turned off by the ‘iron-on’ aspect of their stuff, then maybe a second look is in order. At any rate, you can find the new shirts along with all of the older designs available in the Gear section of the site.
Speaking of Coasterbuzz, be sure to check out the Coasterbuzz Podcast if you haven’t yet. It’s a decent listen and as always, yours truly is a pretty regular voice to be heard. It’s a little different than what you might be used to with less focus on the “I’m an enthusiast and I love coasters” thing and more focus on the industry itself. If that sort of thing interests you, then definitely consider giving it a regular spot in your listening rotation.
That pretty much covers it this time. Check back just before Easter, I still have a few more gallery updates to do before getting into the 2006 season - definitely some Kennywood and Six Flags Over Georgia stuff and maybe even some Geauga Lake pics if I’m feeling froggy. Which, lo and behold, will put us right on the cusp of 2006’s coaster season and all the usual new material coming in. Until then…
Michigan’s Adventure Pictures, Shivering Timbers Video
Mar 13, 2006Geez, load up some ABBA MP3’s and pretty soon everyone is looking at you funny, but the next thing you know you have a whole bunch of new goodies to share on your website. That’s where we stand this time, folks. I’m in a Fernando kind of mood and I have a bunch of new material added for your consumption. Let’s dig in.
First up is the new Michigan’s Adventure pictures - 39 brand new photos of the park. I didn’t realize until now, just how few photos I took that day, but there’s still plenty of the same old quality shots you’d expect. Make sure you give it a look.
I also realized it’s been 5 months since I put together any new wallpaper images, so I sat down and (with the soothing sounds of ABBA filling my head) managed to do two designs I’m pretty happy with. The new Shivering Timbers and Corkscrew desktop images can be found along with all the others in the Downloads section of the site.
But wait! There’s more. I also have a new Shivering Timbers video online and ready for download. Nothing out of the ordinary, but it shows what the ride does in very simple form.
So now I have all of the 2005 videos out of the way. Time to start looking to 2006. I already have a new intro/opening done for this year and will be increasing the size of the videos available yet again in 2006. In addition, I think I’ll be dropping the small size in lieu of an iPod formatted alternative. We’ll see as it gets closer but as of now, that’s the plan. I’d also like to start offering additional sizes for the wallpaper images. It’s all part of the promised evolution of the site.
I still have a few more 2005 updates backlogged that will roll out over the next few weeks (months?), but should have it all cleared just in time to start this year’s adventures. Hopefully, every last one of you stick with me for the ride known as the 2006 season. I enjoy being able to offer all of this up and even though it doesn’t seem possible at times, things will only keep getting better. More parks, more pics, more videos, more downloads and maybe even a little sumpin’ extra this year. We’ll see how things go.
And hey, if you like what you find here, be sure to pass the word along. Just because we remain one of the (if not the) most visited enthusiast media sites around, it doesn’t mean more aren’t welcome.
Last but not least, I just wanted to throw a shout out to the couple of people who picked up merchandise since the last update. It kicks serious ass that you guys like the site enough to support it and I honestly didn’t expect the new Fanboy gear to sell so quickly. Super mad thanks to those of you hitting the parks decked out in our stuff.
Bottom line - thank you all for supporting the site and letting me hang out doing something I really enjoy. The more support I get, the easier it is to bring you even more in return. Coasterimage has done nothing but snowball in the past three years and it shows no signs of slowing down. For that I offer nothing but gratitude.
I’ll have a new update online before the end of the month, keep an eye out for it.
