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A roller coaster is an amusement park ride consisting of an elevated railroad track that goes around sharp curves, down steep inclines, and/or through loops.
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| x Flight Deck | Steel | Inverted | Lift hill |
Flight Deck is a roller coaster located at California's Great America in Northern California. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, Flight Deck made its debut March 19, 1993 as Top Gun. It is the park's most popular ride. This was Bolliger & Mabillard's...
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| x Stealth |
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Steel | Sit-down |
Stealth is a steel roller coaster built by Intamin of Switzerland. The coaster is located in the Amity Cove area of Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, UK and opened in 2006. The ride reaches a maximum height of 62.5 m (205 ft). When the ride opened in...
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| x Giant Dipper |
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Wooden | Sit-down | Lift hill |
The Giant Dipper is a historic wooden roller coaster located at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, an amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. It opened on May 17, 1924. It is the fifth-oldest roller coaster in the United States; over 55 million...
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| x The Mind Eraser |
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Steel | Inverted | Lift hill |
The Mind Eraser is a steel inverted roller coaster at 4 different Six Flags & PARC theme parks. Built by Vekoma, they are of the most common and standard Suspended Looping Coaster model (689m Standard) that is found in many theme parks; at least...
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| x Magnum XL-200 |
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Steel | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Magnum XL-200 is an Arrow Dynamics steel hypercoaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built in 1989, it was the first complete circuit roller coaster to break the 200-foot (61 m) barrier. It is considered to have started the roller coaster...
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| x Pepsi Max Big One |
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Steel | Sit-down | Lift hill |
The Big One is a steel roller coaster located at Pleasure Beach Blackpool in the United Kingdom.
The ride was originally manufactured by Arrow Dynamics, a now defunct steel coaster manufacturer. Construction of the ride began in September 1993 and...
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| x Batman: The Ride | Steel | Inverted | Lift hill |
Batman: The Ride is a steel inverted roller coaster at Six Flags Mexico in Mexico City. Unlike Bolliger & Mabillard's widely-cloned Batman: The Ride, this coaster was built by Vekoma.
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| x Space Mountain |
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Steel | Sit-down |
Space Mountain is an indoor outer space-themed steel roller coaster at the Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It opened on January 15, 1975 and is the original version of the iconic attraction that...
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| x Space Mountain |
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Steel | Sit-down |
Space Mountain is a steel roller coaster attraction in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. After the success of the Magic Kingdom's Space Mountain, the Imagineers made plans to build another on the United States West Coast. The ride...
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| x Space Mountain |
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Steel | Sit-down |
Space Mountain at Tokyo Disneyland opened with the park on April 15, 1983. It was the first version of Space Mountain to open concurrently with the park. As with the other Space Mountains, this version is also highly popular with young adults and...
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| x Invertigo |
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Steel | Inverted | Lift hill |
Invertigo is a type of shuttle roller coaster manufactured by Dutch company, Vekoma. It is a variation on their traditional Boomerang design.
The first installation of an Invertigo roller coaster occurred at Liseburg in 1997. HangOver was originally...
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| x Whizzer |
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Steel | Sit-down |
Whizzer is the name of two identical roller coasters built for the Marriott Corporation for each of their “Great America” parks at their debut in 1976. One was built in Gurnee, Illinois, at Six Flags Great America and the other in Santa Clara,...
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| x Boomerang: Coast to Coaster |
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Steel | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster is a steel roller coaster of shuttle design currently in use at five different Six Flags & PARC theme parks. The ride was designed and manufactured by Vekoma, and is considered as one of its boomerang models. Each coaster...
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| x Zonga | Steel | Sit-down |
Tsunami is a steel tracked looping roller coaster at the San Marcos National Fair. It was designed by Anton Schwarzkopf. The coaster was previously at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as Zonga, Six Flags Astroworld as "Texas Tornado", and before that...
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| x Flying Fish |
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Steel | Sit-down | Powered |
The Flying Fish is a powered steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The ride was known as Space Station Zero when it was new in 1983 and was re-themed in 1990. It was removed in 2005 to make way for Stealth, a new roller coaster...
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| x Mission Beach Roller Coaster |
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Wooden | Sit-down | Lift hill |
The Giant Dipper, also known as the Mission Beach Roller Coaster, is a wooden roller coaster, built in 1925. The Giant Dipper is in Belmont Park, right on Mission Beach in San Diego. The coaster along with its near twin at the Santa Cruz Beach...
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| x Déjà Vu |
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Steel | Inverted | Lift hill |
A Giant Inverted Boomerang is a type of steel shuttle roller coaster manufactured by Vekoma. The ride is a larger, inverted version of Vekoma's popular Boomerang sit down roller coasters. There are currently only 5 installations of the model...
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| x Steel Dragon 2000 |
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Steel | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Steel Dragon 2000 (スチールドラゴン2000, Suchiiru Doragon Nisen) is a roller coaster at Nagashima Spa Land amusement park in Mie Prefecture, Japan. Built by Morgan Manufacturing, this coaster opened, appropriately, in 2000—"The Year of the Dragon" in Asia....
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| x Millennium Force |
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Steel | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster built by Intamin located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It was the fourteenth roller coaster built at the park since the Blue Streak in 1964. When built in 2000, it was the first roller...
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| x Kingda Ka |
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Steel | Sit-down | Launched |
Kingda Ka is a steel accelerator roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, USA. It is the world's tallest roller coaster, and was the world's fastest until Formula Rossa opened in November 2010. The train is...
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| x Colossus |
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Steel | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Colossus a roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, UK. It was built by Swiss manufacturers Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel as an adaptation of Monte Makaya in Brazil. Tussauds designer John Wardley adapted the project to include an...
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| x Batman: The Ride |
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Steel | Inverted | Lift hill |
Batman: The Ride is a steel inverted roller coaster found in many Six Flags theme parks, as well as other parks around the world, including Six Flags Great America, Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Six Flags Over Georgia, Six...
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| x Vortex | Steel | Stand-up | Lift hill |
Vortex is a stand-up roller coaster at California's Great America. It has a different layout but is generally the same size as Vortex at Carowinds. It was Bolliger & Mabillard's second coaster after Iron Wolf at Six Flags Great America and...
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| x Batman The Escape |
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Steel | Stand-up |
Batman The Escape is a steel stand-up roller coaster currently in storage at Darien Lake Theme Park Resort. It previously was located at Six Flags Magic Mountain from 1986 until January 1989 (where it was known as Shockwave); Six Flags Great...
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| x Georgia Scorcher |
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Steel | Stand-up | Lift hill |
Georgia Scorcher (or simply Scorcher) is a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. The second design from Bolliger & Mabillard to be built at the park, Georgia Scorcher opened in May 1999 as the last new stand-up roller coaster to have been...
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| x The Riddler's Revenge |
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Steel | Stand-up | Lift hill |
The Riddler’s Revenge is a Bolliger and Mabillard stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Opened on April 4, 1998, Riddler's Revenge set stand-up coaster records for height 156 feet (48 m), drop (146 feet...
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| x Big Bad Wolf |
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Steel | Suspended Swinging |
Big Bad Wolf was a suspended roller coaster in the Oktoberfest section of Busch Gardens Williamsburg. First opened in 1984, the ride operated for 25 years and the ride closed on September 7, 2009. The footings, queue line, and station were left...
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| x Roller Soaker |
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Steel | Suspended Swinging | Lift hill |
Roller Soaker is a suspended roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It was manufactured by Setpoint USA, and was the first interactive ride built in the park. It is located in Midway America at Hersheypark, behind Tidal Force. It...
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| x Hydra the Revenge |
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Steel | Floorless | Lift hill |
Hydra the Revenge (also known as Hydra) is a steel floorless roller coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania (USA). It was built where the wooden roller coaster Hercules stood, which was closed for...
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| x Superman: Krypton Coaster |
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Steel | Floorless |
Superman: Krypton Coaster is a Floorless roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, TX. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, it is one of four floorless coasters to open in the year 2000 (the other three were Medusa at Six Flags...
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| x Batman: The Ride |
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Steel | Floorless |
Batman – The Dark Knight is a steel floorless roller coaster located at Six Flags New England. Opened on April 20, 2002, the ride has a purple and blue track with black supports. It was the eighth coaster built at the park, and the only roller...
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| x Invertigo |
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Steel | Inverted | Lift hill |
Stinger is an inverted shuttle roller coaster currently under construction at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom. Manufactured by Vekoma, the ride will open in time for the park's 2012 season.
Stinger was originally located at California's Great...
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| x Grizzly | Wooden | Sit-down | Lift hill | ||
| x BEHEMOTH |
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Steel | Sit-down |
Behemoth is a steel roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is a Hyper Coaster designed and developed by Swiss manufacturer, Bolliger & Mabillard. Behemoth was the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada until 2012...
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| x Gemini |
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Wooden frame/Steel track | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Gemini is a roller coaster with a wooden structure and steel track, located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built in 1978 by Arrow Dynamics and designed by Ron Toomer, it is a racing roller coaster. When the ride opened, it was the tallest,...
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| x Hades |
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Steel frame/Wooden track | Sit-down |
Hades is the name of a wooden roller coaster located at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The train was built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company. It is the largest roller coaster in the park. It was voted "Best New Ride...
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| x Matterhorn Bobsleds |
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Steel | Sit-down | Lift hill |
The Matterhorn Bobsleds or the Matterhorn is an attraction composed of two intertwining steel roller coasters, which opened in 1959 at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. It is modeled after the Matterhorn, a mountain in the Swiss Alps. It is the...
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| x American Eagle |
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Wooden | Sit-down | Lift hill |
American Eagle is a two track racing wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, United States. It was manufactured by Intamin of Switzerland (their first wooden roller coaster ) and built in 1981 by the contracting...
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| x Le Monstre |
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Wooden | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Le Monstre (The Monster) is a wooden roller coaster at La Ronde amusement park in Montreal, Canada. Le Monstre is the largest wooden roller coaster in Canada and is also the tallest two-track wooden roller coaster in the world.
Being only 39.9...
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| x Colossos |
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Wooden | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Colossos is a wooden roller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the first wooden roller coaster to use prefabricated track. Colossos is the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in Europe and the tallest running wooden...
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| x Boulder Dash |
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Wooden | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Boulder Dash is a wooden roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. It first opened in 2000 and was built by Custom Coasters International. The ride's structure was built with Southern Yellow Pine wood and the track is made of...
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| x Son of Beast |
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Wooden | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Son of Beast is a record-breaking wooden hyper roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. Built and designed by the now defunct Roller Coaster Corporation of America, it is themed as a sequel to one of the park's signature attractions,...
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| x Shivering Timbers |
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Wooden | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Shivering Timbers is a wooden roller coaster at Michigan's Adventure in Muskegon County, Michigan. It was developed and built by Custom Coasters International. Opened in May 1998, Shivering Timbers debuted for the park's 30th year in operation and...
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| x Thunderbolt |
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Wooden | Sit-down |
The Thunderbolt is a wooden roller coaster located at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. Originally built by John A. Miller in 1924, the ride's name was Pippin until 1967, when it changed to Thunderbolt beginning with the...
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| x Rebel Yell |
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Wooden | Sit-down |
Rebel Yell is a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. It opened with the park in 1975.
Rebel Yell is a racing roller coaster featuring two individual tracks that parallel each other. Its design was inspired by the...
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| x GhostRider |
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Wooden | Sit-down |
GhostRider is a wooden roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm, a theme park in Buena Park, California. It is located in the Ghost Town section of the park, south of the main entrance. It is the longest wooden coaster on the West Coast.
Riders approach...
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| x El Toro |
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Wooden | Sit-down | Lift hill |
El Toro, meaning The Bull in Spanish, is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure. It opened to the public on June 11, 2006. It was designed by Intamin of Switzerland. It had the steepest drop of any wooden roller coaster in the world,...
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| x Runaway Mine Train |
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Steel | Sit-down | Powered |
The Runaway Mine Train is a powered steel roller coaster made by MACK Rides of Germany. The ride is located in the Katanga Canyon area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England.
The train normally makes two circuits for each ride. On quiet days,...
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| x Superman: The Escape |
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Steel | Sit-down | Launched |
Superman: Escape from Krypton is a launched steel shuttle roller coaster located in the Samurai Summit area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California that opened in 1997. It is similar to Tower of Terror II, which opened two months prior...
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| x Superman Escape |
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Steel | Sit-down | Launched |
Superman Escape is an Intamin Accelerator Coaster at Warner Bros. Movie World in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The ride opened on Boxing Day (26 December), 2005. It is the fourth roller coaster in the theme park. It accelerates from 0 to 100...
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| x Maverick |
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Steel | Sit-down | Launched |
Maverick is an Intamin-built linear synchronous motor-launched blitz steel complete-circuit roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It was manufactured by IntaRide LLC, the United States division of Intamin, and was the five-hundredth...
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| x Thunder Run | Steel | Sit-down | Powered |
Thunder Run is a unique powered roller coaster, themed after a runaway mine train, found at Canada's Wonderland, in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. Rather than having a traditional chain lift hill, the train has an electric motor onboard. The train ...
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| x Thunder Run |
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Wooden | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Thunder Run is a wooden roller coaster at Bluegrass Boardwalk in Louisville, Kentucky. This is a custom designed roller coaster that was originally intended to be used at LeSourdsville Lake (Americana Park). It has 70 degree banked turns. Much of...
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| x Rolling Thunder |
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Wooden | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Rolling Thunder is a racing wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. Rolling Thunder is the park's first wooden coaster, and debuted in 1979 during the park's fifth anniversary season. The line for the ride begins at an...
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| x WildCat |
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Steel | Sit-down | Lift hill |
WildCat was a wild mouse roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio that closed at the end of the 2011 season. It was an Anton Schwarzkopf Wildcat model where small cars (each holding four passengers) take many tight turns and small...
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| x Wildcat | Steel | Sit-down | Lift hill | ||
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| x Big Thunder Mountain Railroad |
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Steel | Sit-down | Lift hill |
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (or for short Big Thunder Mountain) is an indoor/outdoor mine train roller coaster located in Frontierland at several Disneyland-style Disney Parks worldwide. The ride exists at Disneyland Park (California) and the...
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| x California Screamin' |
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Steel | Sit-down | Launched |
California Screamin' is a steel roller coaster located at Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, CA.
This boardwalk-themed coaster was designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, and was built by Intamin. California Screamin' is the 6th longest...
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