While researching the 20 coasters on our list that would turn (or would have turned) 20 in 2020, I wanted to do a deep dive on several coasters in my region that were no longer with us, but that I...
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How Every Modern Wooden Roller Coaster Traces Back to One Company
For the last 20 or so years, there have been two primary wooden roller coaster maker: Great Coasters International and the Gravity Group. Custom Coasters International dominated the wooden coaster market in the 1990s. Before CCI, names like Dinn and...
Continue reading...20 in 2020: Boss at Six Flags St. Louis
As announced last week, this year we’re featuring 20 roller coasters that opened 20 years ago in 2000 (that’s a lot of 20s). The year 2000 was arguably one of the most exciting for the roller coaster community, with iconic...
Continue reading...19 for ’99: Tremors at Silverwood Theme Park
Coming off a tremendous year in 1998 with 4 world renowned coasters, Custom Coasters International was not stopping in 1999 with the creation of Tremors at Silverwood Theme park in Athol, Idaho. The design itself was started in house by...
Continue reading...19 Coasters from ’99
When we ranked the Top 5 years for new coasters in 2015, 1999 just missed the cut, coming in as an honorable mention. In honor of the 20th anniversary of a pretty solid year for coasters (with a few real...
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