John has covered sports, politics, government and health care for a variety of news outlets, including the Illinois Radio Network and Rivet News Radio, as well as freelance work for the Florida Radio Network and contributing to the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast. He is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago. You can find him in the theme parks every chance he gets.
Day 1 of the IAAPA Expo showed coaster trains coming to Cedar Point and Holiday World, along with an animatronic straight out of "SpongeBob SquarePants."