Cedar Point today announced plans to open Steel Vengeance in 2018, a “hyper-hybrid,” record-breaking steel coaster built from the remnants of the former Mean Streak wooden coaster. Steel Vengeance, a product of Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC), will feature the company’s...
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Six Flags Fiesta Texas adding Wonder Woman RMC Raptor in 2018
As first reported by Arthur Levine for USA Today, in 2018, Six Flags Fiesta Texas is opening one of the first Rocky Mountain Construction “Raptor” coasters; Wonder Woman Golden Lasso. It will be the world’s first single-rail coaster. The trains, which...
Continue reading...New Mean Streak Construction Update 7-8-2017
They’re Rollin’ in Like Thunder. That’s the caption in the latest Cedar Point Mean Streak teaser video released by the park. Check out the 19 second long drone footage of RMC Mean Streak below: #TheyreComing pic.twitter.com/eOZq6bks3C — Cedar Point (@cedarpoint)...
Continue reading...Cedar Point Mean Streak Update – The First Drop is How Steep?!
They’re Wild and Unruly. That’s the caption in the latest Cedar Point Mean Streak update video released by the park. Check out the 18 second long drone footage of RMC Mean Streak below: #TheyreComing pic.twitter.com/pCNm1bzO61 — Cedar Point (@cedarpoint) June...
Continue reading...Speculation on Cedar Fair’s 2018 Mystery Coasters
UPDATE: The 2018 Cedar Fair Coasters have been announced! Our speculations weren’t perfect, but we did come close(ish). The “new type of coaster” is indeed a Raptor, but it’s not coming to Knott’s, it’s coming to California’s Great America as...
Continue reading...Cedar Point Teases Mean Streak Transformation
Cedar Point posted a short video teasing the Mean Streak transformation on their Twitter page today. The video itself is no joke , it does exist, but seeing as how it was released on April 1st, is the content of the...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: New Texas Giant
It’s time for the “N” coaster in this season’s edition of the “A-Z Coaster of the Week,” where we highlight a different coaster with the corresponding letter of the alphabet. We’re headed to the original Six Flags park, Six Flags...
Continue reading...Rocky Mountain Construction Plant Tour
CoasterForce has given us one of the best (and longest) inside looks at how roller coaster track is manufactured. Most roller coaster manufacturers are very secretive about how they bend their steel pipes into twisting track segments. Rocky Mountain Construction...
Continue reading...Kentucky Kingdom Storm Chaser Construction Photos
Kentucky Kingdom is making considerable progress on their new-for-2016 Storm Chaser coaster. The Rocky Mountain Construction project is using the steel support structure of the former dueling Twisted Twins wooden coaster. The crest of the coaster’s 100-foot-tall lift hill has...
Continue reading...Dollywood Announces Lightning Rod Launched Wooden Coaster for 2016
Dollywood unveiled plans today for Lightning Rod, the world’s fastest — and first launched — wooden coaster. Opening in March 2016, Lightning Rod is another groundbreaking Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) wooden roller coaster — themed after a tricked out 1950s-era hot rod. Lightning Rod...
Continue reading...Kentucky Kingdom to Open Storm Chaser Coaster in 2016
Kentucky Kingdom announced plans today for Storm Chaser, the park’s fifth roller coaster. The park has enlisted Rocky Mountain Construction to use portions of the former Twisted Twins coaster to build the new coaster. “Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) is on the leading edge of coaster...
Continue reading...Roar Closing at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom announced today that its Roar wooden coaster will close on August 16, 2015. Big announcement today! We're closing our iconic wooden #rollercoaster Roar on August 16. More to come! https://t.co/PFktlNpe4e — Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (@sixflagsDK) July...
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