Captain Coaster News & Improvements – April to Early May 2025

Spring is in full swing, and so are the updates on Captain Coaster! We’ve rolled out some exciting new features, minor tweaks, and a couple of bug fixes to improve your experience. Let’s take a look at what’s new 👇

April 2025

🚀 Custom display names are here!

This long-awaited feature has arrived: you can now change your first and last name as displayed on your profile — even if you use Google to sign in. More flexibility to show up how you want!

👉 To do this, head to your profile settings, which now live on a brand-new dedicated page, accessible from the Profile menu:

📝 Note: the profile page URL has changed to /profile.

🚀 Park former names now visible

Following the addition of coasters former names earlier in April, we’re now showing former names of parks too! These appear just below the current park name. For example, here’s Holiday Park, which used to be Pfälzer Märchenpark, and has recently become Plopsaland Deutschland:

🕵️‍♀️ These former names are also searchable! Here’s how it looks when searching for "Holiday Park":

🚀 Captain Coaster Blog now live!

As you can see, we’ve launched the Captain Coaster Blog 🎉 You can access it directly from the main site menu — a new space to share stories, updates, and insights from the coaster community!

🚀 Discord notifications for new reports

All new content reports now get posted to a dedicated Discord channel, helping the moderation team stay informed in real-time.

🐛 Missing Spanish translations

Several pages were missing Spanish translations, especially the How does the ranking works? and Terms & Conditions pages. These have now been fixed — and a few translation tweaks were made across other languages as well.

May 2025

🚀 Search page now available!

You’ll now find a “See all results” link in quick search results!

Clicking it takes you to a dedicated search results page showing all matching coasters, parks, and users related to your query — a much easier way to explore everything connected to your search terms.

📝 Note: The old search page — the one that lets you find coasters near your location — has a new home: you’ll now find it at /nearby.

That’s all for now — but we’ve got more in the pipeline, so stay tuned for upcoming features and improvements. Until then, happy riding! 🎢

— The Captain Coaster Team