2021 Favorites – Roller Coaster Photography

It’s time for FEBRUARY FAVORITES!

Once upon a time, I used to rush & scramble to pull my favorite images from the past year together in time to post in January. But in 2019, I said: “NAH” and decided it was completely fine to wait until February to post my favorite images – and it just stuck.
February is (traditionally) a fairly quiet month around my blog anyway – not too much is going on, it’s the “off-season”, so waiting until February to post my favorite images from the previous year is the perfect way to fill in the gaps & get us thru this cold, grey, dreary month & onto brighter, warmer days.

And – last week, when I was thinking about it – I realized that I even had a perfect name for this series of posts: FEBRUARY FAVORITES (duh)!

I’m kicking things off with my favorite roller coaster photos from 2021!

In 2021, we visited 19 amusement parks (some more than once).
If you’d like a sneak peek into what our days at amusement parks look like – you’ll want to hop on over to my YouTube channel & check out our “Adventuring Abbey” vlogs!

Just in case you aren’t familiar: my husband is a roller coaster NUT (to put it lightly) and I’ve been taking photos of roller coaster for him since 2009. With the (explosive) growth of his Instagram & YouTube channels, my photos have taken on a whole new role – they’re not just a fun hobby anymore, but a way to continually aid his growing content library.
Of course: I absolutely love it. Roller coaster photography is unlike anything else – it’s challenging, requires a lot of patience, and makes me see amusement parks in an entirely new light – I’m always looking for a new, unique angle on a ride (and I get upset when a train flies by filled with riders who don’t look super thrilled – I LOVE when a train is filled with hands up & screaming faces!)

This is the 5th year that I’ve published specifically my favorite “roller coaster” photos!
If you’d like to see my previous “favorite roller coaster” posts, you can find
2020’s favorite roller coasters here,
2019’s favorite roller coasters here,
2018’s favorite roller coasters here,
2017’s favorite roller coasters here.

In year’s past, I’ve randomized my images (because seriously, putting them in any sort of ranking order is straight up impossible), but this year, I decided to group them by park.
Kicking things off with our home park – the park we visit the most (& that I obviously have the most images of)..

Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, PA

Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ

Sesame Place in Langhorne, PA

Fun Spot America in Kissimmee, FL

Sea World in Orlando, FL

Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL

Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA

Knoebels in Elysburg, PA

Kings Island in Mason, OH

Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, KY

Hersheypark in Hershey, PA

Kings Dominion in Doswell, VA

Carowinds in Charlotte, NC

Dorney Park in Allentown, PA

Playland’s Castaway Cove in Ocean City, NJ

Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH

Stay tuned as I work my way thru my favorite images from 2021! I’m excited to show off my favorite portraits, engagement sessions, wedding images, and I’ll probably cap it all off with my favorite personal photos as well!