Bob's Coaster Blog

NOTE: This article was originally going to appear in the August issue of The Streak, but I was asked to remove it due to the potential for conflicts of interest. While I disagree with the decision for many reasons that I am not going to go into, I didn't want to not po...

My first vacation of the summer began on Monday, May 27 as I flew into Tampa.  I spent Memorial Day with some friends, taking senior pictures for their son and getting to see the downtown area for the first time.  I truly enjoyed that experience.

Tuesday began my f...

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In my childhood and early adult life, I always admired photography, but I never had a desire to get into it myself.  At least until I took my first trip to Walt Disney World in 2007. I coach high school quizbowl and after my team won the state c...

On Friday, March 15, I had the privilege of attending the media event for Dollywood's opening to their 2019 season. A special thank you to Wes Ramey and Amber Davis for the invite.  I also rented the Nikon D850, widely-considered to be one of the best DSLR's on the mar...

Well hello there, its been over two months since I last posted here.  With minimal things going on and with work being busy, I found it hard to find time to post, plus not much content to really go through.  Now that I've locked down some of my travel plans for 2019, I...

I will be writing an article for the February 2019 edition of The Streak, GOCC's newsletter with much of the same information as provided here, but I wanted to give my thoughts on some of the new attractions announced for 2019.  I will not talk about Cedar Point's new...

Hello there, its been about two months since my last post.  Coaching middle school football, going back to school and everything I do otherwise has kept me ridiculously busy, so I haven't had time to post.

I wanted to post some quick thoughts on Kings Island announcing...

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Everybody knew that the 2018 season was going to be special, and for me, it truly was, in many many ways.

The season started with me winning an invite to Steel Vengeance Media Day, where I not only got to spend seven hour...

For over a year, I had been planning a trip to Texas.  In May 2016, I had the chance to spend a couple hours at SFOT before an event I was attending that weekend. Unfortunately, it poured all morning and with about a half hour to spare, the only thing I was able to get...

All of the below 8.5x11" high quality prints are available for $4.99 each.  A $2.00 shipping charge will apply to all orders.  OR buy all five of them for $22 (shipping included).  The photos are all printed on Canon Photo Paper plus Glossy II. Three of the five prints...