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/ September 8, 2026
Invertigo is a Vekoma inverted shuttle coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, best known for seating riders in face-to-face rows as the train is launched backward and forward through a vertical loop and a cobra roll. It’s one of only four Invertigo-model coasters Vekoma…
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/ September 8, 2026
Diamondback opened at Kings Island on April 18, 2009, as the park’s first Bolliger & Mabillard creation and, at the time, the largest capital investment in the park’s history at roughly $22 million. Built as a steel hypercoaster with an out-and-back layout, it introduced Cincinnati-area…
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/ September 8, 2026
Corkscrew opened at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, on May 15, 1976, and made history as the first roller coaster in the world to feature three inversions. Built by Arrow Development and designed by legendary engineer Ron Toomer, the steel coaster arrived during the U.S.
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/ September 8, 2026
Valravn is a Bolliger & Mabillard dive coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, that opened on May 7, 2016. Named after the mythical shape-shifting raven of Danish folklore, it was built as the 100th roller coaster produced by B&M since the manufacturer’s founding in…
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/ September 8, 2026
Steel Vengeance is a hybrid roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, built by Rocky Mountain Construction and opened to the public on May 5, 2018. It rose from the bones of Mean Streak, a wooden coaster that had operated since 1991, with RMC’s…
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/ September 8, 2026
Millennium Force opened at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, on May 13, 2000, and immediately redefined what a roller coaster could be. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin, it stood 310 feet tall, a height that earned it the distinction of being the world’s first “giga…
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/ September 8, 2026
Raptor is a Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, that opened on May 7, 1994. Designed by Werner Stengel, it cost between $11.5 and $12 million to build and replaced the park’s old Mill Race water ride. At its…
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/ September 8, 2026
Ascend Amphitheater sits on the west bank of the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville, part of Metro Riverfront Park at 301 1st Avenue South. The city-owned venue opened on July 30, 2015, on the site of a former thermal transfer plant that had been phased…
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/ September 8, 2026
Blackpool Zoo opened its gates on 6 July 1972 on the site of the former Stanley Park Aerodrome in Blackpool, Lancashire. What began as a modest collection has grown into a 32-acre wildlife park that ranks among the northwest of England’s most visited attractions, drawing…
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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 7, 2026
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona is the home of SSC Napoli, rising on a hillside in the Fuorigrotta district of Naples, Italy. Opened in December 1959 as the Stadio del Sole, it was renamed Stadio San Paolo in 1963 and took its current name in December…
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/ September 7, 2026
The Detroit Masonic Temple is a sprawling entertainment complex in Midtown Detroit that has anchored the city’s live music scene since it opened its doors on February 22, 1926. Designed by architect George D. Mason in a Venetian Gothic style, the 16-story building holds the…
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/ September 7, 2026
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts sits on the eastern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., serving as both a national cultural hub and a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy. Opened on September 8, 1971, and designed by…
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/ September 7, 2026
Zoo Zurich has welcomed visitors to the Fluntern quarter above the city of Zurich, Switzerland, since 1929, making it the third-oldest zoo in the country. Spread across roughly 27 hectares (about 67 acres) on a hillside overlooking the city, the zoo has grown from a…
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/ September 7, 2026
Kelly Tarlton’s Sea Life Aquarium sits on Tamaki Drive in Auckland, New Zealand, built into a set of disused sewage storage tanks that marine archaeologist and diver Kelly Tarlton transformed into an underwater attraction. It opened in 1985 after roughly ten months of construction, using…
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/ September 7, 2026
SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium sits on the banks of the Yarra River in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, tucked beneath the Flinders Street Viaduct and King Street Bridge. Opened on 17 January 2000, the building was designed by Peddle Thorp to resemble a ship moored…
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/ September 7, 2026
Jack Rabbit is a wooden roller coaster at Kennywood park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, that has been sending riders down its signature double-dip drop since June 18, 1920. Designed by legendary coaster engineer John A. Miller and built with Harry C. Baker, Jack Rabbit is…
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