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/ September 16, 2026
The Count Basie Center for the Arts is a landmarked performing arts venue at 99 Monmouth Street in Red Bank, New Jersey. It opened on November 11, 1926 as the Carlton Theater, one of several ornate Keith-Albee-Orpheum vaudeville houses built along the East Coast, drawing…
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/ September 16, 2026
The Agora Theatre and Ballroom is a concert venue on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, carrying a name and legacy that trace back to 1966, when promoter Hank LoConti opened the first Agora club near Case Western Reserve University. That original club became a launching…
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/ September 15, 2026
Shock Wave opened on April 22, 1978, at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, built by German manufacturer Anton Schwarzkopf and designed by engineer Werner Stengel. Standing 116 feet tall, it briefly claimed the title of the world’s tallest complete-circuit roller coaster before being…
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/ September 15, 2026
Flug der Dämonen, German for “Flight of the Demons,” is a Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster at Heide Park Resort in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. It opened on March 29, 2014, as Germany’s first wing coaster, replacing the former Wildwasserbahn II water ride that had…
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/ September 15, 2026
Fluch von Novgorod (“Curse of Novgorod”) opened at Hansa-Park in Sierksdorf, Germany, on April 9, 2009, as a custom Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter built around a launched, dark-ride opening sequence. Riders depart the station through an indoor show scene before an LSM launch system rockets the train…
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/ September 15, 2026
Hair Raiser is a steel floorless roller coaster at Ocean Park in Hong Kong, opened on December 8, 2011, as the centerpiece thrill ride of the park’s Thrill Mountain section. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, it was the twelfth floorless coaster constructed worldwide…
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/ September 15, 2026
Bandit is a steel terrain roller coaster at Yomiuriland, an amusement park in Inagi, near Tokyo, Japan. Built by the Japanese manufacturer TOGO and opened on March 25, 1988, it briefly held the title of the world’s fastest roller coaster before Cedar Point’s Magnum XL-200…
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/ September 15, 2026
Pyrenees is a steel inverted roller coaster at Shima Spain Village in Shima, Mie, Japan, named after the mountain range that forms the natural border between Spain, Andorra, and France, echoing the park’s Spanish-themed setting. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard and designed by…
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/ September 15, 2026
Vogel Rok is an enclosed steel roller coaster at Efteling, the historic amusement park in Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, it opened on April 9, 1998, and takes its story from the Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor in the One Thousand and…
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/ September 15, 2026
Lost Gravity is a steel roller coaster at Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands, built by German manufacturer Mack Rides and opened to the public on March 24, 2016. It debuted as the first installation of Mack’s then-new “BigDipper” train system, a design notable for seating…
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/ September 15, 2026
Aftershock is a Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang shuttle coaster at Silverwood Theme Park in Athol, Idaho. Riders sit below the track with their legs dangling as twin 194-foot catch-car towers launch the train through a cobra roll and a vertical loop, first forward and then…
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/ September 15, 2026
Yankee Cannonball is a wooden roller coaster at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, New Hampshire, designed by Herbert Paul Schmeck of Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. The ride’s history stretches back further than most guests realize: it was originally built in 1930 at Lakewood Park in Waterbury…
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/ September 15, 2026
Georgia Scorcher is a steel stand-up roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell, Georgia. Opened on May 8, 1999, and built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride was squeezed onto a narrow strip of land in the park’s Georgia section, replacing…
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/ September 15, 2026
Judge Roy Scream opened on March 1, 1980, as the first wooden roller coaster ever built at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. Designed by Don Rosser and Bill Cobb and constructed by William Cobb & Associates at a cost of about $2.1 million…
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/ September 15, 2026
Medusa Steel Coaster is a steel hybrid roller coaster at Six Flags México in Mexico City, built by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) and designed by Alan Schilke. It opened on June 14, 2014, reaching speeds of about 58 mph while sending riders through three inversions…
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/ September 15, 2026
Steel Taipan is a launched steel roller coaster at Dreamworld in Coomera, Queensland, Australia, which opened to the public on December 15, 2021. Built by German manufacturer Mack Rides at a cost of roughly A$32 million, it replaced two long-running Dreamworld attractions, the Eureka Mountain…
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/ September 15, 2026
DC Rivals HyperCoaster is a steel hypercoaster at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Built by German manufacturer Mack Rides at a cost of about A$30 million, the ride soft-opened on September 16, 2017, before its official debut six days…
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/ September 15, 2026
Hollywood Dream: The Ride opened on March 9, 2007, as the first major roller coaster built for Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the $50 million attraction helped drive a sharp jump in park attendance and net income during its debut…
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/ September 15, 2026
Dæmonen is a steel floorless roller coaster at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, one of the world’s oldest operating amusement parks. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, it opened on April 16, 2004, replacing the smaller family coaster Slangen and becoming, at the time…
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/ September 15, 2026
Rutschebanen is a wooden roller coaster at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, nicknamed Bjergbanen (the Mountain Coaster) for its scenery of painted hills and tunnels. Designed by Danish ride builder Valdemar Lebech with construction help from the L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway Company, it opened on…
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