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/ November 13, 2026
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster is a Vekoma shuttle coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California, tucked into the park’s Sky area. It opened on March 27, 1998, making it one of the longest-running attractions at the park, and it belongs to a well-known…
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/ November 12, 2026
Rookie Racer is a Vekoma-built family coaster at Mid America Adventure in Eureka, Missouri, the park long known as Six Flags St. Louis. It opened on September 30, 2023, giving the park its first original roller coaster in 15 years, since American Thunder debuted in…
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/ November 11, 2026
Boomerang is a steel shuttle coaster at Mid America Adventure in Eureka, Missouri (formerly Six Flags St. Louis), built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma using its popular Boomerang model. Riders are launched up a chain lift tower, released to race through a cobra roll and a…
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/ November 9, 2026
The Bat is a suspended family coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah, built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma and opened to riders on April 16, 2005. It stands apart from the park’s bigger steel coasters by welcoming both kids and adults with a gentler…
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/ October 27, 2026
Blue Hawk is a steel looping roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Mableton, Georgia, tucked into the park’s Lickskillet section. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, the coaster reaches 122 feet, hits speeds of 52 mph, and sends riders through five inversions along 2,742…
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/ October 26, 2026
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster is a Vekoma shuttle coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas, built in the park’s Los Festivales area. It opened on March 13, 1999, as part of a $30 million park expansion, becoming one of several nearly identical…
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/ October 26, 2026
Batgirl Coaster Chase is a junior roller coaster in the DC Universe section of Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, the ride first opened on March 14, 1992, making it one of the original attractions at the park, and…
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/ October 24, 2026
Dragonflier is a suspended family coaster at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, located within the park’s Wildwood Grove area. Built by the Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, it opened to the public on May 10, 2019, as the centerpiece thrill ride of the $37 million Wildwood Grove…
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/ October 21, 2026
The Riddler Revenge is an inverted roller coaster at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts, where riders’ legs dangle below an overhead track through a gauntlet of inversions. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma as one of its Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC) models, the ride…
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/ October 2, 2026
Kiddy Hawk is a suspended family coaster at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma. The ride first opened on March 22, 2003, as Rugrats Runaway Reptar, themed around the Nickelodeon cartoon, before the park rebranded it as Flying Ace Aerial Chase…
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/ October 1, 2026
Woodstock’s Air Rail is a suspended family coaster tucked into the Camp Snoopy section of Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma as a Suspended Family Coaster model and designed by Peter Clerx, the ride opened to guests on April 7, 2001…
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/ September 29, 2026
Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers is a family boomerang roller coaster that opened May 24, 2024, at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, as the marquee attraction of the park’s new Camp Snoopy area within Planet Snoopy. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, the ride reimagines the classic…
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/ September 28, 2026
Theme park news for September 28, 2026 is topped by Vekoma and Gröna Lund unveiling a scale model of the trackless ride vehicle built for their new SCORE! dark ride, marking the first use of Vekoma’s radar-guided DRX platform ahead of a planned 2027 opening.
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/ September 28, 2026
Road Runner Express is a steel family roller coaster tucked into the Bugs Bunny World section of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma as one of its compact Junior Coaster models, the ride carries young guests through a gentle…
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/ September 26, 2026
Sprocket Rockets is a small steel family coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Vekoma built it, and it opened in 1998 under the name Spacely’s Sprocket Rockets. It is listed as a Junior Coaster that stands about 28 feet tall and runs…
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/ September 18, 2026
Serial Thriller was a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster that opened on May 9, 1998, at Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio. Built as the manufacturer’s Standard 689m model, it was an inverted coaster with fixed, rigid trains that hung below the track, sending riders’ feet dangling…
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/ September 18, 2026
TRON Lightcycle Power Run is one of the fastest roller coasters Disney has ever built, and its speed is a big part of why it became an instant icon at Shanghai Disneyland. Riders straddle motorbike-style seats, lean forward onto a handlebar grip, and get fired…
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/ September 17, 2026
Woodstock Express is a steel family roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma and opened on May 10, 1999. It anchors Camp Snoopy, the park’s Peanuts-themed area designed for younger guests and families, giving kids a first taste of…
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/ September 17, 2026
Whirlwind was a steel Vekoma coaster that operated at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania, from 1993 to 2004. Before arriving in Pennsylvania, the ride had already lived a full life as Whirlwind at Playland Park in Rye, New York, where it thrilled riders from…
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/ September 17, 2026
Mind Eraser opened at Six Flags America in Bowie, Maryland on May 20, 1995, as a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC) — a steel inverted design that hangs trains beneath the track in a fixed, non-swinging position for a tight, disorienting ride packed into a…
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