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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
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
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
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 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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/ September 8, 2026
Raging Wolf Bobs was a classic wooden roller coaster that thundered through Geauga Lake amusement park in Aurora, Ohio, for nearly two decades. Built to mark the park’s centennial celebration, it was the park’s first new coaster in ten years when it opened on May…
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/ September 8, 2026
Anaconda was a steel looping roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, built by Arrow Dynamics and designed by legendary engineer Ron Toomer. Opening on March 23, 1991, it replaced the park’s earlier King Kobra shuttle loop and cost around $5 million to build…
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/ September 8, 2026
Big Bad Wolf was a steel suspended roller coaster that operated at Busch Gardens Williamsburg from 1984 to 2009. Built by Arrow Dynamics and designed by Ron Toomer, the ride carried swinging, individually hinged cars through the park’s Bavarian-themed Oktoberfest section, giving riders a pendulum-like…
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/ September 8, 2026
Batman & Robin: The Chiller was a dual-tracked, launched shuttle coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, designed by Premier Rides with layout engineering from Werner Stengel’s firm, Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH. Branded around the 1997 film Batman & Robin, the ride used…
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/ September 8, 2026
Double Loop was a steel roller coaster at Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, that made history in 1977 as the first coaster in the world to feature two consecutive vertical loops. Built by Arrow Dynamics at a cost of $1.35 million, the ride quickly became…
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/ September 8, 2026
T3 was an inverted steel roller coaster at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky, built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma as a Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC). It first opened on April 7, 1995 as T2, becoming the first Vekoma SLC to operate in North America, and spent…
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/ September 8, 2026
Wild One was a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and one of the oldest coasters ever operated in the United States. Built in 1917 as the Giant Coaster at Paragon Park in Hull, Massachusetts, it briefly held the title…
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/ September 7, 2026
Steel Venom was a steel shuttle coaster that operated at Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, opening on May 5, 2000, as Superman: Ultimate Escape under the park’s original Six Flags ownership. Manufactured by Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel, it was one of the earliest…
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/ September 7, 2026
Vortex was a steel looping roller coaster that operated at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, from 1987 until 2019. Built by Arrow Dynamics for roughly $4 million, it opened on April 11, 1987, on the same plot of land once occupied by the original suspended…
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/ September 7, 2026
Wicked Twister was a launched steel coaster that towered over the shoreline at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, from 2002 to 2021. Built by Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel, it used linear induction motors to fire a single train back and forth between two…
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/ September 3, 2026
Texas Cyclone was a wooden roller coaster that opened on June 12, 1976, at Six Flags AstroWorld in Houston, Texas. It was built as a near mirror-image tribute to the original Coney Island Cyclone in New York, after AstroWorld’s operators decided it would be too…
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/ August 31, 2026
Green Lantern was a stand-up roller coaster that operated at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, from 2011 until its closure after the 2024 season. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, it sent riders through five inversions at speeds up to 63…
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/ August 29, 2026
Arrow Dynamics was an American roller coaster manufacturer whose engineering breakthroughs defined the modern steel coaster industry. Tracing its roots to Arrow Development, founded in Mountain View, California in 1946 by Ed Morgan and Karl Bacon, the company reorganized under the Arrow Dynamics name in…
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/ August 29, 2026
Anton Schwarzkopf was a German engineer who took over his family’s business in 1960 and turned it into Schwarzkopf Industries GmbH, one of the most influential roller coaster manufacturers of the 20th century. Based in Münsterhausen, Bavaria, the company built rides that traveled with European…
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/ August 18, 2026
The Great American Scream Machine was a steel looping roller coaster that operated at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, from 1989 until 2010. Designed by Ron Toomer and built by Arrow Dynamics, it stood 173 feet tall and debuted as the…
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