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Viper's wooden layout seen from above Six Flags Great America, August 2005

Viper From Above

/ September 16, 2026

Viper from above Six Flags Great America, August 10, 2005. Juno-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Viper at Six Flags Great America.

Photos, Roller Coasters

Viper at Six Flags Great America: the wooden lift hill and structure against the sky in black and white

Viper: The Classic Wooden Twister at Great America

/ September 16, 2026

Viper is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, that opened to the public on April 29, 1995. Designed by Dennis Starkey and built at an estimated cost of $4 million, the ride was constructed as a near mirror image

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Wild One's wooden structure silhouetted against the sunset at Six Flags America, July 2001

Wild One at Sunset

/ September 16, 2026

Wild One silhouetted against the sunset at Six Flags America, July 13, 2001. Juno-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Wild One at Six Flags America.

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A Siren's Curse train curling through the red loop under the sweeping track at Cedar Point, seen from the gravel path below

Siren’s Curse Through the Curl

/ September 14, 2026

A Siren's Curse train curling through the loop under the big track sweep, from the path below, September 13, 2026. Clarendon-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Siren's Curse at Cedar Point.

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A GateKeeper wing coaster train silhouetted through the keyhole tower at Cedar Point, black and white

GateKeeper Through the Keyhole

/ September 14, 2026

A GateKeeper train silhouetted through the keyhole tower at Cedar Point, September 13, 2026. Inkwell-style black and white edit. Original ThrillZing photo of GateKeeper at Cedar Point.

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A Loch Ness Monster train in the interlocking loops seen from the bridge below at Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Loch Ness Monster From the Bridge

/ September 12, 2026

A Loch Ness Monster train threads the interlocking loops, seen from the bridge below at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, July 12, 2001. Amaro-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Loch Ness Monster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.

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A Maverick train cresting a hill beside the station at Cedar Point, riders' hands up

Maverick in Action

/ September 12, 2026

A Maverick train crests the hill beside the station at Cedar Point, September 29, 2007. Juno-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Maverick at Cedar Point.

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Shockwave at Kings Dominion: a train of standing riders going through the vertical loop

Shockwave: Kings Dominion’s Stand-Up Coaster Legacy

/ 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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Hurler at Kings Dominion: a train full of riders heading down the first drop

Hurler: Kings Dominion’s Lost Wooden Coaster That Became Twisted Timbers

/ 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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Roar at Six Flags America: a train on the wooden structure against the clouds

Roar: The Wooden Coaster That Ruled Six Flags America

/ 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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Hypersonic XLC at Kings Dominion: a train climbing the vertical tower after the launch

Hypersonic XLC: The Compressed-Air Coaster That Shocked Kings Dominion

/ 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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Italian Job: Stunt Track at Kings Island: a blue Mini Cooper train bursting out of the tunnel billboard

Backlot Stunt Coaster: Kings Island’s Launched Movie-Chase Ride

/ 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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Batwing at Six Flags America: a train flying through the inversion above the yellow track

Batwing: The Flying Coaster That Soared Over Six Flags America

/ 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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The Joker's Jinx at Six Flags America: a train threading the green track and purple supports

The Joker’s Jinx: Six Flags America’s Launched Coaster

/ 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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A Superman: Ultimate Flight train, riders prone, arcing through the loop at Six Flags Great America, in black and white

Superman: Ultimate Flight in Black and White

/ September 12, 2026

A Superman: Ultimate Flight train arcs through the loop with riders flying prone at Six Flags Great America, August 10, 2005. Inkwell-style black-and-white edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Superman: Ultimate Flight at Six Flags Great America.

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Batman Knight Flight From the Front Row

/ September 10, 2026

The first drop of Batman Knight Flight from the front row, looking out over the lake and the park at Geauga Lake (then Six Flags Ohio), May 7, 2000. Juno-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Dominator at Geauga Lake.

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A Batman Knight Flight train hanging on the yellow track against storm clouds at Geauga Lake, dark supports at the right edge

Batman Knight Flight Against the Clouds

/ September 10, 2026

A Batman Knight Flight train on the yellow track against the clouds at Geauga Lake (then Six Flags Ohio), May 7, 2000. Original ThrillZing photo of Dominator at Geauga Lake.

Photos, Roller Coasters

The Villain at Geauga Lake: the twisting wooden structure seen from across the park

The Villain: The Wooden Coaster That Terrorized Geauga Lake

/ September 10, 2026

The Villain was a wooden roller coaster at Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom in Aurora, Ohio, opening on May 5, 2000 as part of a four-coaster expansion Six Flags rolled out at the park between 1999 and 2000. Designed by Custom Coasters International and built

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Big Dipper at Geauga Lake: a blue train coming down the drop of the 1925 wooden coaster

Big Dipper: The Historic Wooden Coaster of Geauga Lake

/ September 10, 2026

Big Dipper was a classic wooden roller coaster that towered over Geauga Lake amusement park in Bainbridge Township, Ohio, for more than nine decades. It opened in 1925 under the name Sky Rocket, one of many wooden out-and-back coasters built during the golden age of

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A Raging Bull train full of riders with their hands up sweeping through the valley at Six Flags Great America

Raging Bull: Hands Up Through the Valley

/ September 9, 2026

A full train of riders throws their hands up as Raging Bull sweeps through the valley at Six Flags Great America, August 10, 2005. Clarendon-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America.