This is certainly a sad thing to hear. Dania Beach Hurricane, one of the few wooden coasters in the state of Florida, closed abrubtly this week. According to SunSentinel.com: “The wooden roller-coaster in Dania Beach visible from the Interstate-95 since...
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Gwazi to reopen with Millennium Flyer trains
This should come as good news to anyone who has previously ridden Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa: Gwazi will reopen on January 22nd, 2011 with sleek new Millennium Flyer trains. Busch Gardens Tampa released the following press release: “In 1999,...
Continue reading...Texas Giant construction photos
Six Flags over Texas continues to keep us up to date on the construction of Texas Giant’s massive rennovation. The project is quickly nearing completion. Let’s hope everything goes smoothly from this point on! “The final piece of track is...
Continue reading...GCI’s Knight Valley Construction Photo
The guys at Great Coasters International recently posted a construction photo from their massive Knight Valley wooden coaster project. The unnamed terrain coaster will stand 147 feet tall stretch an unheard of 4871 feet long. Click here to follow GCI on...
Continue reading...Animated POV of GCI Knight Valley coaster
GCI recently posted an animated video of their unnamed giant Knight Valley coaster which is a part of the OCT East resort. The coaster which will stand 147 feet tall will be an unheard of 4871 feet long. The video...
Continue reading...Help rebuild the Starliner in Panama City
The Pepsi Refresh project is supporting another effort to rebuild a classic wooden rollercoaster. This time it’s the Starliner which was originally built in Panama City at the Miracle Strip Amusement Park. The coaster was moved to Cypress Gardens and...
Continue reading...Geauga Lake’s Big Dipper to be demolished
Unfortunately, it looks as if Geauga Lake’s historic Big Dipper rollercoaster’s days are numbered. While Big Dipper might seem like a minuscule ride to some, it is always sad to see a historic ride go. “Although no date has been...
Continue reading...Blue Streak ride review
Forum member “FeelTheFORCE” took a ride on the newly-reopened Blue Streak roller coaster at Conneaut Lake Park and shared his thoughts about the ride with us on the forums: “I’d like to start with saying that there are NO SEAT...
Continue reading...Blue Streak is now open
The historic Blue Streak wooden coaster at Conneaut Lake Park has reopened for the Labor Day weekend! After so many closure announcements over the past few years, it’s great to hear that people have worked together to reopen such a...
Continue reading...Blue Streak may reopen soon
An update was posted on Conneaut Lake Park’s Facebook page concerning the possible reopening of the historic Blue Streak wooden coaster: “Test runs of the coaster have begun. If all goes well, the Blue Streak will be open to the public...
Continue reading...Zippin Pippin construction to begin soon
We are very happy to see that progress is being made on rebuilding this historic rollercoaster: With an eye on beating the winter frost, construction crews will start work Aug. 16 on pouring the concrete foundation for the Zippin Pippin...
Continue reading...High Five element to debut in 2011
This should be an interesting addition for future racing rollercoasters! “The latest Wood Roller Coaster element HIGH FIVE will be delivered by Martin & Vleminckx to the new OCT Park in Wuhan, China. This is the second delivery for MVR...
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