After 26 weeks featuring 26 different roller coasters, each starting with a different letter of the alphabet, we finally wrapped up our 2016-2017 version of our A-Z Coaster of the Week series, and I thought it would be interesting to...
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A-Z Coaster of the Week: Zeus at Mt. Olympus
We’ve reached the end of another installment of A-Z Coaster of the Week! We’re concluding this cycle with Zeus at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells. Photo © Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park Zeus stands 90...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Outlaw Run
In 2009, Silver Dollar City solicited proposals from roller coaster manufacturers for the theme park’s next big coaster. A then-young Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) submitted plans for what would become Outlaw Run, the company’s first built-from-scratch wooden coaster. Four years later...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Kentucky Rumbler
In May 2006, Beech Bend, a small, unassuming park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, made the leap onto the coaster scene with the debut of Kentucky Rumbler, a twisted Great Coasters International (GCI) wooden coaster. Kentucky Rumbler stands 96 feet tall...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Thunderhead
This week’s A-Z Coaster is none other than Thunderhead at Dollywood — which is celebrating its 10th year of operation in 2014. Opened in 2004, The twisted wooden coaster is a product of Great Coasters International (GCI). Thunderhead’s debut marked...
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