The A-Z Coaster of the Week is Voyage at Holiday World. Opened in the new Thanksgiving section of Holiday World in 2006, the Voyage is still the second longest wooden roller coaster in the world at 6,442 feet (only behind...
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A-Z Coaster of the Week: Quantum Loop
The A-Z Coaster of the Week is the Quantum Loop, a former roller coaster at Seabreeze Amusement Park in Rochester, New York and now currently operating in South America. Quantum Loop was originally built in 1983 by a little known...
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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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The A-Z Coaster of the Week is Leviathan at Canada’s Wonderland. It’s the second week in a row we’ve featured a coaster named after a mythical sea creature. Leviathan is the 306-foot tall giga coaster at Canada’s Wonderland that debuted...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Jet Star 2
Jet Star 2 at Lagoon Park in Farmington, Utah is the A-Z Coaster of the Week! Jet Star 2 was originally built at Riverfront Park In Spokane, Washington for Expo ‘74. It operated from May to November of that year...
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Hoosier Hurricane at Indiana Beach is the A-Z Coaster of the Week. The first wooden coaster built in Indiana in fifty years, the 77 foot tall Hoosier Hurricane opened at Indiana Beach in May, 1994. The out and back layout...
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Goliath at Six Flags over Georgia is this week’s A-Z Coaster of the Week. The 200-foot-tall Bolliger & Mabillard hyper coaster opened in 2006. The coaster features a first drop of 175-feet. One of the coaster’s more noteworthy features is...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Fahrenheit
The A-Z Coaster of the Week for the letter F is…Fahrenheit at HersheyPark! A few stats: Park: HersheyPark Opened: 2008 Length: 2,700 ft. Height: 121 ft. Speed: 58 mph Inversions: 6 Manufacturer: Intamin Fahrenheit uses a vertical lift with...
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