Andrew Brugmann-Bott

 (born August 15, 1947) is an American writer best known for being the founder of, a writer for, and the original editor of Coasters.

Early life
Andrew was born on August 15, 1947 in. His parents, Götz Brugmann (1915-2000) and Antje Johanna Bott (1913-2002), were German immigrants. Götz was born in Danzig (modern day, ) and Antje was born in.

Career
Andrew published the first issue of Coasters with his brother Edward Brugmann-Bott (born 1945) and their friend Thom Chondroyannos (born 1946) in October 1971.

Following the move of Coasters to from it's original home of, Andrew moonlighted as a Mormon youth leader for a few years, despite Andrew stating that he is "agnostic, but not an atheist."

His face and his signature "Written and Published by Andrew Willy Brugmann" (italic is cursive) are still on the back of every issue of Coasters to this day.

He has ridden over 1,500 coasters, with around 350 being former (relocated/demolished/SBNO)

Andrew also is the co-creator of the syndicated music show At Last, the Band's Performance, and even hosted the show for a period in the late 70s-early 80s.

Personal Life
Andrew resides in, , 44 minutes away from the Window Lifestyle Media offices in Provo, with his wife. He has 5 children (including Coasters writer Adam B.B. Rodriguez) and 6 grandchildren.

He joined ACE in 1983.

He was semi-retired from 2013 to 2015. He came out of retirement to show his grandchildren what his day job is and to educate them on theme parks.

Top 20 Roller Coasters
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
 * 1) Thunderhawk (Dorney Park) [Favorite coaster of all time & favorite wooden coaster]
 * 2) Colossus the Fire Dragon (Lagoon) [Favorite steel coaster & favorite Schwarzkopf coaster]
 * 3) New Texas Giant (Six Flags Over Texas) [Favorite hybrid coaster]
 * 4) Poltergeist (Six Flags Fiesta Texas) [Favorite LSM coaster]
 * 5) Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster [Favorite Alpine coaster]
 * 6) Supersonic Odyssey (Berjaya Times Square Theme Park) [Favorite indoor coaster]
 * 7) Vapor Trail (Sesame Place) [Favorite family coaster]
 * 8) Wild Chipmunk (Lakeside Amusement Park) [Favorite wild mouse coaster]
 * 9) Giant Dipper (Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk) [Favorite boardwalk coaster]
 * 10) Lightning Run (Kentucky Kingdom) [Favorite 21st century non-hybrid steel coaster]
 * 11) Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (Disneyland) [Favorite Disney coaster]
 * 12) Technic Coaster (Legoland California) [Favorite Lego coaster]
 * 13) Yankee Cannonball (Canobie Lake Park) [Favorite New England coaster]
 * 14) Vampire (Chessington World of Adventures) [Favorite British coaster]
 * 15) Vuoristorata (Linnanmäki) [Favorite Mainland European coaster]
 * 16) Mindbender (Galaxyland) [Favorite Canadian coaster]
 * 17) T3 (Kentucky Kingdom) [Favorite Vekoma thrill coaster]
 * 18) Cannon Ball (Lake Winnepesaukah) [Favorite 60s PTC coaster]
 * 19) Tennessee Tornado (Dollywood) [Favorite Arrow Dynamics looping coaster]
 * 20) Kentucky Rumbler (Beech Bend Park) [Favorite GCI coaster]
 * Zippin Pippin (Libertyland/Bay Beach Amusement Park)
 * Bandit (Yomiuriland)
 * Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith (Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World)
 * Space Mountain: Mission 3 (Disneyland Sydney at Disneyland Australia Resort)
 * Batwing (Six Flags Fiesta Georgia) [formerly Skytrak at Granada Studios]
 * Magnum XL-200 (Cedar Point)
 * Texas Cyclone (AstroWorld)

Top 40 Theme Parks
HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
 * 1) Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom (Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.) [favorite theme park]
 * 2) Lagoon (Farmington, Utah, U.S.) [favorite western theme park]
 * 3) Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio, U.S.) [favorite peninsula theme park]
 * 4) Holiday World and Splashin' Safari (Santa Claus, Indiana, U.S.) [favorite independent eastern theme park]
 * 5) Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World (Bay Lake, Florida, U.S.) [favorite Disney park]
 * 6) Palace Playland (Old Orchard Beach, Maine, U.S.)
 * 7) Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (Santa Cruz, California, U.S.)
 * 8) Dollywood (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, U.S.)
 * 9) La Ronde (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
 * 10) Epcot at Walt Disney World (Bay Lake, Florida, U.S.)
 * 11) Beto Carrero World (Penha, Santa Catarina, Brazil)
 * 12) Hopi Hari (Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil)
 * 13) Hersheypark (Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S.)
 * 14) Knoebels Amusement Resort (Elysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.)
 * 15) Sesame Place (Langhorne, Pennsylvania, U.S.)
 * 16) Lotte World (Seoul, South Korea)
 * 17) PortAventura World (Salou & Vila-seca, Catalonia, Spain)
 * 18) Lake Compounce (Bristol, Connecticut, U.S.)
 * 19) Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Blackpool, Lancashire, England, U.K.)
 * 20) AstroWorld (Houston, Texas, U.S.)
 * 21) Tokyo Disneyland at Tokyo Disney Resort (Urayasu, Chiba, Japan)
 * 22) Fuji-Q Highland (Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan)
 * 23) Parque Plaza Sésamo at Fundidora Park (Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico)
 * 24) Universal Studios Singapore at Resorts World Sentosa (Sentosa Island, Singapore)
 * 25) Happy Valley Beijing (Beijing, China)
 * 26) Universal Studios Japan (Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan)
 * 27) Six Flags New England (Agawam, Massachusetts, U.S.)
 * 28) Six Flags Magic Mountain (Santa Clarita, California, U.S.)
 * 29) Morgan's Wonderland (San Antonio, Texas, U.S.)
 * 30) Six Flags Fiesta Texas (San Antonio, Texas, U.S.)
 * 31) Dreamworld (Coomera, Queensland, Australia)
 * 32) Drayton Manor (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, U.K.)
 * 33) Star City (Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines)
 * 34) Kentucky Kingdom (Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.)
 * 35) Whalom Park (Lunenburg, Massachusetts, U.S.)
 * 36) Carwardine Colony (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.)
 * 37) Playland at the Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
 * 38) Silverwood Theme Park (Athol, Idaho, U.S.)
 * 39) Busch Gardens Tampa (Tampa, Florida, U.S.)
 * 40) Knott's Berry Farm (Buena Park, California, U.S.)
 * Parc Astérix (Plailly, France)

Trivia

 * He and Thom Chondroyannos are the only Coasters writers who started with Issue 1 in 1971 to be still actively working for it, albeit Thom stopped writing for a period in the 90s since he hated the "Hip" route it was taking and ABB semi retired for 2 years.
 * His favorite type of water slide is the ProSlide Tornado "Rattler" slide.
 * His favorite type of flat ride is the HUSS Ranger.