Rocky Mountain Construction is designing and building the hottest new roller coasters these days. They’ve produced the incredible Outlaw Run at Silver Dollar City and Goliath at Six Flags Great America. They’re a small, family owned business that’s always been very...
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Guest Photo Update: Twisted Colossus Construction
One of our readers, Keith, was at Six Flags Magic Mountain over the weekend, and took a bunch of photos of the Rocky Mountain conversion of Colossus to Twisted Colossus. Some Comments From Keith: -Clearly the issues associated...
Continue reading...Six Flags New England Announces Wicked Cyclone
The second RMC transformation announced today might not be one of the biggest hybrid transformations, but it’s certainly one of the most compact and thrilling done to date. Wicked Cyclone takes William Cobb’s Riverside Cyclone layout and lets famous roller coaster designer Alan Schilke have his...
Continue reading...A Goliath Music Video
Since Goliath’s opening last month, I’ve accumulated a collection of video clips showing the record-breaking wooden coaster in action. Rather than let them fade into the vast depths of my hard drive, I decided to mesh them together to the...
Continue reading...5 things we know about Holiday World 2015
It’s no secret Holiday World is building something BIG for 2015. They’ve even gone so far as to make a special website counting down the days until the official announcement that supposedly has been riddled with clues. We’re two-thirds of...
Continue reading...Cyclone at Six Flags New England Closing
Another one bites the dust — for now, at least. Only a few weeks after Six Flags Magic Mountain announced Colossus’ forthcoming closure, Six Flags New England has announced that the park’s Cyclone wooden coaster will also “close” this summer. © Six...
Continue reading...Goliath Opening Day Photo Gallery
Yesterday, Six Flags Great America’s triple world-record-breaking wooden roller coaster opened to the public. While I rode Goliath the day prior at the coaster’s media preview, I was really excited to see true park guests’ reactions to Rocky Mountain Construction’s...
Continue reading...Goliath at Six Flags Great America Opens Today
The wait is over. Today, Goliath will officially open for everyone to conquer. Six Flags Great America’s triple world-record-breaking Rocky Mountain Construction wooden roller coaster makes its grand debut. A press release from the park states: “Six Flags Great America...
Continue reading...Goliath Review and Media Day Coverage
Murky skies, fat rain drops and a wheel malfunction didn’t dampen the mood at Six Flags Great America as the coaster enthusiast and media masses gathered for a preview of Goliath, the park’s triple world-record-breaking wooden roller coaster. After months of...
Continue reading...Goliath On-Ride Video Released
Six Flags Great America today released a first-person point-of-view video of Goliath. Crews have been testing the Rocky Mountain Construction wooden coaster sporadically over the past week, and luckily now we know what it looks like to be on one...
Continue reading...Goliath Six Flags Great America Testing Video
After hours of waiting and watching wood and steel rise into place, I finally caught a glimpse of Goliath making several test cycles at Six Flags Great America yesterday evening. Watch the video of the testing below: The park has...
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