Six Flags Fiesta Texas announced Thunder Rapids as its new addition for 2017. This 924-foot-long water coaster features an advanced loading system that allows guests to quickly and easily board their water ride vehicle at ground level from a moving station. Guests...
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Coasters-101: Launch Systems
In the last edition of Coasters-101 we discussed how roller coasters are raised to their highest point via lift hills. Today we’re going to examine a more thrilling alternative to the traditionally slower lift hills: launch systems! Limitations like height...
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The A-Z Coaster of the Week is Outer Limits: Flight of Fear found at Kings Island and Kings Dominion. Both roller coasters opened in 1996 and were the first to use Linear Induction Motors (LIMs) instead of the traditional chain...
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