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/ September 12, 2026
Shockwave was a steel stand-up roller coaster that operated at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, from March 23, 1986, until August 9, 2015. Built by the Japanese manufacturer Togo, it was only the third stand-up coaster the company ever installed, and it rose on the
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/ September 12, 2026
The Racer is a classic wooden roller coaster at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, that has been racing riders around its dual track since 1927. Designed by legendary coaster engineer John A. Miller and built by Charlie Mach, it replaced an earlier 1910
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/ September 12, 2026
Hercules was a wooden roller coaster that towered over Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from 1989 to 2003. Built by the Dinn Corporation and designed by Curtis D. Summers, the ride carved its layout into the park’s natural terrain, using the hillside
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/ September 12, 2026
Ninja is a steel looping roller coaster in the Studio Backlot section of the park long known as Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri (rebranded Mid America Adventure in August 2026). Riders climb to just over 108 feet before diving into a course packed
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/ September 12, 2026
Wild Maus was a compact wild mouse coaster that ran in the Oktoberfest section of Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Virginia. It first opened on April 12, 1996 as Wild Izzy, named for Izzy, the mascot of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, which Busch Gardens sponsored
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/ September 12, 2026
Hurler was a wooden roller coaster that operated at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, from 1994 until its closure in 2015. Built by International Coasters, Inc., the ride was one of two identical “Hurler” coasters constructed that year, with its twin opening at sister park
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/ September 12, 2026
Mad Mouse is a steel Wild Mouse roller coaster at Michigan’s Adventure in Muskegon, Michigan. Built by Arrow Dynamics, it opened to the public on August 7, 1999, as the park’s third steel coaster, debuting the same year as the ride now known as Woodstock
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/ September 12, 2026
Wild Mouse is a steel wild mouse coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It opened on May 6, 2000, giving the historic park a compact, family-friendly thrill ride built by German manufacturer Maurer Söhne, known for its classic “Wilde Maus” coaster
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/ September 12, 2026
Roar was a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, that opened on May 2, 1998. Built by Great Coasters International (GCI) and designed by Mike Boodley, it was a custom twister-style wooden coaster set on a sloping hillside in the
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/ September 12, 2026
Laser was a steel looping roller coaster that operated at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from 1986 until 2008. Built by German manufacturer Anton Schwarzkopf and designed by Werner Stengel, the ride was a “Double Looping” model originally engineered as a portable
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/ September 12, 2026
Two-Face: The Flip Side was a Vekoma Invertigo shuttle coaster at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, that let riders race face-to-face through a vertical loop and a boomerang turn, then run the whole circuit backwards. Opened in 1999, it was one of the
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/ September 12, 2026
Thunderhawk is a wooden roller coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania, that has been carrying riders since March 30, 1924. Originally opened simply as “The Coaster,” it was designed by legendary coaster architect Herbert Paul Schmeck and built by Philadelphia Toboggan
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/ September 12, 2026
Hypersonic XLC was a launched roller coaster that operated at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, from March 24, 2001, until its closure on October 28, 2007. Built by S&S Worldwide, it made history as the first roller coaster in the world to use a compressed
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/ September 12, 2026
Backlot Stunt Coaster was a steel launched roller coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, built by Premier Rides and designed by Werner Stengel. It first opened on May 20, 2005 as Italian Job: Stunt Track, themed to the climactic chase scene from the 2003
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/ September 12, 2026
Batwing was a steel flying roller coaster that opened on June 16, 2001, at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma as one of only three “Flying Dutchman” models ever produced, Batwing launched riders backward out of the station in
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/ September 12, 2026
Vertical Velocity opened at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, on May 18, 2001, introducing park guests to Intamin’s Impulse Coaster concept: a shuttle-style ride that uses linear induction motors instead of a chain lift to fire trains along a U-shaped track. Riders are
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/ September 12, 2026
The Joker’s Jinx was a steel launched roller coaster in the Gotham City section of Six Flags America in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Built by Premier Rides and designed by Werner Stengel, it opened on May 8, 1999, using linear induction motor (LIM) technology to
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/ September 12, 2026
Head Spin was a steel shuttle boomerang roller coaster that operated at Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, one of several thrill rides that defined the park’s later years before its 2007 closure. Built by the Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, the ride launched riders backward and forward
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/ September 12, 2026
Theme park news today is led by Six Flags Magic Mountain’s announcement of Thrill Glider, a new Vekoma-built coaster set to open in 2027 as a world-first ride category combining flying, motorbike, and suspended-coaster technology. Beyond today’s theme park news, the roundup also covers stadiums
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/ September 12, 2026
The Dragon Coaster is a wooden roller coaster at Playland amusement park in Rye, New York, that has been sending riders through the open mouth of a dragon since it opened in 1929. Designed and built by amusement ride pioneer Frederick Church, co-inventor of the
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