Roller Coasters Archive
Deja Vu to be moved from Six Flags Magic Mountain to Six Flags New England
Expected to close in October the 1,200 foot long track is to be relocated to replace the water ride Shipwreck Falls at Six Flags New England. The ride will be given a new name once it arrives at its new home and will join... [More]
Leviathan to open in 2012 at Canada's Wonderland
The ride opens in May of next year and will have a record breaking climb up it's first hill of 306 feet. This is followed by a 80 degree drop. The ride will be 5,486 feet long and will include giant camelback hills reaching... [More]
Still questions after vet falls to his death from coaster
James T. Hackemer, 29, fell to his death Friday night off of the Ride of Steel at Darien Lake Theme Park Resort located in Corfu, New York. Hackemer was an Iraq War veteren and also a double amputee. Now questions about ride safety have... [More]
Wooden Warrior at Quassy Amusement Park bringing in the visitors
The ride opened April 23 and has been bringing in riders as far away as Great Britain, according to Ron Gustafson, Quassy's director of marketing and public relations. The coaster is 1,250 feet long and is found in a corner of the 103-year-old amusement... [More]
Blitz Falls opens at Shlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark
The Blitz Falls tube chute opened Thursday before noon. It is an Aqua Veyer ride that that elevates riders to a slow moving tube chute that connects Kristal River to Torrent Beach. This tube chute ride finishes the parks Transportainment circuit that allows you... [More]
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The Green Lantern to open at Six Flags Magic Mountain tomorrow
Six Flags Magic Mountain has announced that it will open its latest coaster, The Green Lantern, on Friday, July 1. The new ride has a vertical zigzag pattern track that has never been done before. Riders will sit in eight-person vehicles as they traverse... [More]
Zoo Miami may be new home for The Hurricane
The 100-foot-tall, 3,200 foot-long coaster may have a new home at Zoo Miami. County commissioners have been discussing plans to move the coaster to the entertainment district at the zoo. The coaster went out of commision last April after operating for 11 years at... [More]
Fun Spot USA opening new coaster
Th Kissimmee based park will be having a ribbon cutting ceremony for it's newest coaster, Power Trip Roller Coaster, on Saturday, July 2. The cermony will begin at 10 a.m. amd free coaster rides will be offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There... [More]
New coaster in Japan to be 'world's steepest'
The Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park, located in Yamanash, is to unveil the record breaker on July 16th. The people at the Guiness Book of World Records have been called to ratify the 121 degree drop which would be the steepest in the world. The... [More]
7 injured in Cedar Point WildCat crash
Seven riders recieved minor injuries after one of the WildCat's cars crashed into a stopped car at the loading station Sunday. Luckily no one suffered serious injuries but three of the passengers were taken to the nearby Firelands Regional Medical Center as a precaution.... [More]
Bay Beach's Zippin Pippin off to great start
The coaster is located at the Bay Beach Amusement Park in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It's a 70-foot-tall attraction that is also a replica of a coaster operated in Memphis Tennessee, known to be Elvis Presley's favororite amusment park ride. The city of Green Bay... [More]
Six Flags opens revamped Texas Giant
Six Flags has opened its newly-revamped Texas Giant. After enhancing the ride, Six Flags hopes to claim the title of "best wooden roller coaster in the world." With trains that pay homage to the 1961 Cadillac Deville, the ride will have a record-breaking bank... [More]
Six Flags New England announces new coaster
Gotham City Gaunlet Escape from Arkham Asylum will be Six Flags New England's newest roller coaster. The 1,213-foot ride will be located in the DC Super Hero Adventures section next to the ride Bizarro, and will have four person cars that start by going... [More]
Six Flags Great Adventure's new attractions
Six Flags Great Adventure has some new attractions for 2011. They are going to reveal a new animal nursery along with a new stand-up roller coaster. Opening Saturday, visitors to the animal nursery will get to see two European brown bear cubs that are... [More]
Testing on Busch Gardens' Cheetah Hunt
The newest roller coaster of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay has begun testing. Starting by pulling a couple cars at a time around the track, the engineers are testing everything to make sure the ride will go as smooth as possible upon opening. Slated to... [More]
Top Thrill Dragster
Top Thrill Dragster is Cedar Point's tallest and fastest roller coaster. This launched coaster accelerates riders from 0-120 mph in only four seconds, then sends them straight up a massive 420 foot tower, only to spiral straight down back towards the ground. Enjoy the... [More]
Maverick
The Maverick is an aggressive thrill ride located at Cedar Point. The coaster is launched through a 400 foot long tunnel two stories above the ground. The 95-degree first drop is just the beginning of the exhilarating experience on this low-to-the-ground coaster.... [More]
California Screamin’
California Screamin' is a launched coaster found in the Paradise Pier section of Disney's California Adventure theme park. It opened with the park in 2001, and although it is themed as a wooden coaster, it is in fact steel. It also features an iconic... [More]
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster with Aerosmith
As Walt Disney World's only launched coaster, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith also holds the distinction of being the only one with an inversion. Riders hop into custom limos for a race against time to get to an Aerosmith concert on time, and... [More]
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - WDW
Dubbed "The Wildest Ride in the Wilderness," Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was the second mountain to rise above the Magic Kingdom in Florida, and at 197 feet above sea level was, for a long time, the tallest "mountain" at Walt Disney World. Guests board... [More]
Space Mountain - WDW
A fast paced indoor roller coaster ride, Space Mountain was opened at the Magic Kingdom in 1975. The ride, placed in the park's Tomorrowland area, sits inside a 183 foot white metal mountain, in which the steel coaster resides. The spatial-effects include lighting which... [More]
Expedition Everest
The newest addition to Disney's Animal Kingdom, Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain stands tall at just under 200 feet, becoming the second "icon" for the park along with the Tree of Life. Along with the heavy theming of the mountain and... [More]
The Italian Job: Stunt Track - PKI
Kings Island's newest ride, The Italian Job: Stunt Track, is based on the closing scenes from the 2003 film "The Italian Job," taking riders on a high-speed car chase sequence. The cars, designed to look like the souped-up MINI Cooper automobiles featured in the... [More]
Vortex
Vortex is Kings Island's big, looping steel coaster. Custom-designed for the park, it features six inversions, and was the first coaster in the world to do so. It features a distinctive blue-and-orange paint job, and sits towards the back left corner of the park.... [More]
Top Gun - PKI
Top Gun is a suspended coaster that was designed to create the sensation of flight through a wooded area. The ride, hidden deep in the corner of the park's Action Zone area, unfortunately doesn't share the inverted design of its California counterpart, which continues... [More]
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