2025 Favorites - Roller Coaster Photography

It’s time for FEBRUARY FAVORITES!

Once upon a time, I used to rush and 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 and get us through this cold, grey, dreary month and onto brighter, warmer days.

And, four years ago while I was writing this series of posts, I realized that I even had a perfect name: FEBRUARY FAVORITES (duh)!

I always break my favorites down into FOUR main categories: roller coasters, portraits, engagements and weddings – and this year, we’re kicking things off with ROLLER COASTERS!

In 2025, we visited 12 amusement parks, explored 8 different states, and stepped foot in one international country!
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 and 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 and 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!)

In year’s past, I’ve randomized my images (because seriously, putting them in any sort of ranking order is straight up impossible), but a few years ago, I decided to group my images by park. That way, if you see a specific ride, you would simply be able to look up at the header to see where it is located (plus, let’s be honest: Google likes when things are labeled with headers!)

Kicking things off with our home park – the park we visit the most..