Dear Listeners of CoasterRadio.com,

Thank you so much for being a part of our lives during the past two years. It was a great experience producing the show and we couldn't have done it without the support of the thousands of you who came along for the ride every week.

Working on this show reminded us of how much fun it is to go to an amusement park with your friends and forget about everyday life for awhile. We hope that listening to this podcast did the same thing for you.

There were a lot of great moments both on-air and off-air, but here are some of the highlights:

* We produced 80 original shows (about 48 hours of podcasting!) * We produced 13 on-location shows at The Walt Disney World Resort, Holiday World, Hersheypark, Six Flags Over Georgia, Kennywood, Busch Gardens Europe, Knoebels, Paramount's Kings Dominion, Six Flags Great Adventure and Dorney Park. * We were the only non-official podcast invited to the grand opening of Expedition Everest at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom. * We were Commissioned by the State of Pennsylvania Office of Tourism to produce a "road trip podcast" to four of its amusement parks. * We interviewed Disney Imagineers Joe Rohde (Expedition Everest), Eric Jacobson (Rock 'n' Roller Coaster) and Mike Lentz (Mission: Space). * We interviewed Holiday World's Will Koch and several of the designers from The Gravity Group (The Voyage / Hades). * We were featured on Adam Curry and iTunes' Podfinder podcast. * We were featured in a July 2006 article about theme park podcasting in the amusement trade publication Funworld.

All of these things happened because we were able to point to an large, active and loyal group of listeners. Without you guys, the show would have never taken off.

This week, we present our series finale. It clocks-in around two hours long because we wanted to get in as many of your e-mails, voicemails and questions as possible.

We also have a few surprises in there for you as well, including an original song written for the end of our show by Deidre Rodman of the Lascivious Biddies.

Even though this is the end of the weekly version of CoasterRadio.com, we're hoping to keep this site alive to continue the friendships we have made while doing the show. We'll probably even produce new "special" episodes of the show during holidays and other times when it makes sense. So make sure you stay subscribed to our RSS feed!

We're also working on a new podcast that will hopefully premiere sometime in 2007. While it won't be strictly about coasters, I'm sure we won't be able to go very long without mentioning them once in awhile.

Thanks again for listening! We'll see you at the parks!

Your friends, Mike, Mario, Flava, EB & Greg

This week, we had originally scheduled our Series Finale. But so many of you have been sending in messages and other things for our final show, we decided to bump it back one week so we could fit everything in.

So for this week's Bonus Episode, we're going to talk about our last-second trip to "Hersheypark In The Dark". It was the first time in over two years that we've been to an amusement park without taking along all of the audio equipment.

We'll also be joined by Mike and Greg's brother Ryan, who spent the weekend at Busch Gardens Europe's Howl-O-Scream. He'll tell us what the event was like from a "General Public" perspective.

After the show, join us in our forums to talk about your opinions.

You can also record your thoughts on the CoasterRadio.com Voicemail Line at 206-339-RIDE (206-339-7433).

Let us know what you think by e-mailing us at feedback[@]coasterradio.com.

We've all had the experience of standing in line at a park and having to wait an extra cycle while a disabled guest is loaded into the row for which you were waiting.

Most of us have no problem with this. But have you ever wondered how the parks decide who gets to jump to the front of the line and who doesn't? What constitutes a reasonable accommodation?

This week, we'll talk about the different physical and mental challenges that people face and how it affects their trip to the theme park. We'll also talk about how some people try to abuse and cheat the system.

After the show, join us in our forums to talk about your opinions.

You can also record your thoughts on the CoasterRadio.com Voicemail Line at 206-339-RIDE (206-339-7433).

Let us know what you think by e-mailing us at feedback[@]coasterradio.com.

We've always said that Cast Members in a theme park can make or break your trip.

They're the hardest working people at the parks. So, the least we can do is dedicate one of our last shows to them and their stories.

Thanks to our friends at StupidGuestTricks.com, we have some fantastic stories about what Cast Members have to put up with each and every day.

This week, we're joined by Mike Collins' wife Molly, who was a Cast Member at the Walt Disney World resort in the mid-90's.

If you're a fan of theme parks, October is one of the best times of year.

Halloween is right around the corner, and most parks are open for special "scare-fests" where you can ride all day and scream all night.

Most parks have to create artificial ghosts, but it turns out one park doesn't have to. Six Flags Over Georgia recently played host to the Atlanta-based Ghost Hounds, who spent several hours after the park closed searching for signs from the beyond.

Guess what... they found something.

This week, Christy Poore from Six Flags Over Georgia joins us to talk about what they found. She'll also tell us about last week's "Ticket to Terror" promotion where 28 lucky guests volunteered to eat a live Hissing Madagascar Cockroach in order to skip to the front of the line of their new roller coaster, Goliath.

We'll also have a series of reports from EB, who spent the weekend at Knoebels Phoenix Phall Phunfest. It's one of the most anticipated coaster enthusiasts of the year and EB was there! He'll give us his unqiue spin on what he saw.

Plus, we'll tell you about our upcoming shows, all leading up the the big series finale on October 30th.

After the show, join us in our forums to talk about your opinions.

You can also record your thoughts on the CoasterRadio.com Voicemail Line at 206-339-RIDE (206-339-7433).

Let us know what you think by e-mailing us at feedback[@]coasterradio.com.

We're looking forward to talking with you guys after this show.

After the show, join us in our forums to talk about your opinions.

You can also record your thoughts on the CoasterRadio.com Voicemail Line at 206-339-RIDE (206-339-7433).

Let us know what you think by e-mailing us at feedback[@]coasterradio.com.

Back in December of last year, we did a show about Extreme Rides where we talked about the different attractions that truly frighten us.

One of the best stories to come out of that show is when we talked about how Mario had to ride Drop Zone on a cold, rainy April day...several times... alone!

We were all working on a Washington, DC based television show for kids and this particular episode was about new thrill rides. Drop Zone at Paramount's Kings Dominion had just opened, so they invited the host of our show to give their new ride a try.

Mario was the host of the show, but is very afraid of heights. However, he but on a brave face and took the ride on.

But during television shoots, you often have to videotape the same action several times from different angles to make sure you have enough footage to complete the segment. So, Mario had to ride Drop Zone four or five times for us to get all the shots we needed.

Also, since the show was produced daily, we had no choice but to shoot on a rainy Friday afternoon, before the park opened to the public the next day. That helped to add to the fear.

This week, we present a video podcast where you finally get to see what that segment looked like!

Don't forget to nominate your favorite park or attraction in our 2006 CoasterRadio.com Awards!

Back by popular demand, it's the EB and Mike Morning Zoo!

OK, the guys aren't exactly back doing a duo-show because of popular demand..... Flava, Greg and Mario were away this week.

But this week, EB and Mike get to finally tell you guys about their trips to Las Vegas.

They'll talk about the city, the casinos, the lights and of course... the thrill rides.

They'll talk about:

* X-Scream, Insanity: The Ride and Big Shot at the Stratosphere. * The Roller Coaster at New York, NY * Speed: The Ride at the Sahara * Canyon Blaster at Circus Circus * Star Trek: The Experience at The Las Vegas Hilton * Desperado at Buffalo Bill's.

Don't forget to nominate your favorite park or attraction in our 2006 CoasterRadio.com Awards!

After the show, join us in our forums to talk about your opinions.

You can also record your thoughts on the CoasterRadio.com Voicemail Line at 206-339-RIDE (206-339-7433).

Let us know what you think by e-mailing us at feedback[@]coasterradio.com.

This is the time of year when many of the different theme parks and amusement parks all over the country announce their new attractions and additions for the 2007 season.

During this week's show, we'll talk about two of the most recent announcements:

Maverick at Cedar Point - The Point's 17th coaster will be a terrain-hugging ride that features a 105-foot drop at 95-degrees, three inversions and a 70 mph launch through a dark tunnel

Griffon at Busch Gardens Europe - The 205-foot floorless dive coaster will be the tallest ride of it's kind anywhere in the world. It will feature a 205-foot, 90-degree drop, two Immelmann loops, a second 130-foot dive and a water splashdown effect.

These rides sound pretty cool. right?

Well, there are some members of the coaster enthusiast community who aren't very happy. They expected more and are disappointed that we're not seeing more height and speed out of this year's crop of announcements.

This week, we'll talk about the hype surrounding new and future announcements. Can anything satisfy us anymore?

We're also looking for stories from cast members about their time working at a park. If you have a funny or shocking story from your days on the job at a theme park, e-mail us at feedback [@] coasterradio.com.

Don't forget to nominate your favorite park or attraction in our 2006 CoasterRadio.com Awards!

Is it September already? Where did the summer go?

We'll start this week's show by telling you about some upcoming events happening at CoasterRadio.com. We'll also re-cap some behind-the-scenes stories from last week's podcast at Six Flags Over Georgia.

Then, we'll welcome Kevin and Beth from CoasterFamily.com to discuss the Amusement Today Golden Ticket Awards that were announced recently at Holiday World. The movies have the Oscars and the Amusement Industry has the Golden Tickets!

We'll talk about the Top 10 Wooden and Steel roller coasters, the Top Dark Rides, The Best New Attraction for 2006 and the Best Overall Park.

Plus, we'll announce how you can nominate your favorite park or attraction in our 2006 CoasterRadio.com Awards!

After the show, join us in our forums to talk about your opinions.

You can also record your thoughts on the CoasterRadio.com Voicemail Line at 206-339-RIDE (206-339-7433).

Let us know what you think by e-mailing us at feedback[@]coasterradio.com.