Coasting With Culture Guides

Offering ideas of places and activities to enjoy with different theme parks and amusement parks.

A look at different places where you can go to an amusement park and ride a coaster, then head to a nearby baseball stadium for a ballgame.

Cultural Connections

A look at how different Amusement and Theme Parks are connected to local and popular culture!

This Cultural Connections video looks at South Africa's Gold Reef City, and how it sits on the site of a former gold mine, while offering a look back in time and a coaster that used to operate in North Carolina!

In this episode of Cultural Connections, we take a look at Japan's oldest amusement park, Hanayashiki, and share how the park serves as an example of Japan's density, is connected to several popular shows and video games, and offers a unique cultural experience for its guests.

In this episode of Cultural Connections, we take a look at Minnesota's Nickelodeon Universe, which is located at one of the world's largest shopping centers, Mall of America. We'll find out how this park was once themed to a beloved comic strip by a local artist, how it has a ride that still maintains the original theme that is connected to Minnesota, and how it was the location of the start of a television war.​

In this episode of Cultural Connections, we take a look at Parque Diversiones in Costa Rica. We'll find out how this park Was built to help fund a charitable cause, who it gives a look into the past of Costa Rica, and how it is home to a movie star.

This episode of Cultural Connections takes a look at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup and it's role in the rise of one of its popular treats from a prominent local citizen, a place of one of the darkest times in American History, and was a small detail in a hit movie.

Just The Coasters

A look at the ride experience of different coasters from around the world. Content Creators are also welcome to use these videos for their own projects. The only requirement is that credit be given to Coasting with Culture for the clip used.

Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars is a Vekoma designed coaster that offers a ride which feels like a mix of Big Thunder Mountain, Expedition Everest and Country Bears Jamboree. This coaster is part of Hong Kong Disneyland's Grizzly Gulch section of the park.

Corkscrew is a custom designed looping coaster from Arrow Dynamics at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota. In many ways, this coaster feels like it was inspired by it's cousin of the same name at Valleyfair's sister park, Cedar Point. ​

Kráter is a Gerstlauer Eurofighter that is modeled after the layout of Iron Shark at Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier. The coaster is found at Parque del Café in Montenegro, Colombia.

The Incredible Hulk Coaster is Bolliger & Mabillard's first launching coaster that can be found at the Universal Orlando Resort's Islands of Adventure Park. This is the refurbished version of the ride which opened in 2016​.

Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland is the first giga coaster ever designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, and stands as Canada's tallest coaster. It's known for the speed it gives throughout the course mixed in with some large airtime hills.

Monster was the first Gerstlauer Infinity model coaster built in the United States, and is found at Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa. This ride offers a ride that's like a Euro Fighter but larger with great moments of airtime and hang time!

Raptor is a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC) at Fantasilandia in Santiago, Chile. The ride opened in 2008 and coaster had previously operated in Japan at International Dream Exchange Fair.

Roller Coaster was a William Cobb designed Wooden Coaster at Upper Clements Park in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia in Canada. This coaster had a unique setting as the first few drops were up higher on a hill, and it's largest drop came closer to the middle. The ride opened in 1988 as Tree Topper.

Rollin' Thunder can be found inside of the Park at OWA near the Gulf Coast in Foley, Alabama. This was Zamperla's second Thunderbolt Model Coaster, offering a vertical lift and 4 inversions.

Vortex is a standard Arrow Dynamics corkscrew coaster found inside of Calgary's Calaway Park. It first opened in the year 1982 as Turn of the Century, then at one point was renamed Corkscrew before receiving its current name.

Vortex is an Arrow Dynamics suspended coaster found at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It's one of the few suspended coasters made by arrow that remains in operation today.

Yippe is a Gerstlauer family launched coaster that is very similar to Dollywood's FireChaser Express. The coaster can be found at Parque Del Café in Montenegro, Colombia.