California’s Great America shared some excellent construction pictures of Gold Striker, which is due to open in a few months. The 100-foot-tall wooden GCI coaster features a nearly 3,200-foot-long layout.
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The coaster is looking great. I look forward to hopefully seeing some testing videos in the not too distant future.
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John Stevenson
John Stevenson founded Coaster101 in 2005 and travels across the country visiting theme parks and riding roller coasters. In addition to blogging, he's a published author, having written a history book about his hometown amusement park, Libertyland, which was the home of Elvis Presley's favorite roller coaster. John currently lives in Nashville and considers Dollywood his "home away from home" park.
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New Gold Striker video showing the construction progress on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFj1_XOva8A