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/ July 25, 2026
Prowler is a wooden roller coaster at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri, built by Great Coasters International (GCI) and opened to the public on May 2, 2009. Tucked into the park’s Africa section behind the Zulu attraction, the $8 million ride was the
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/ July 21, 2026
Goliath opened at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois on June 19, 2014, rising from the site of the former Iron Wolf coaster. Built by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) and designed by Alan Schilke, it paired RMC’s steel-topped Topper Track with a traditional wood
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/ July 17, 2026
GhostRider is a wooden roller coaster in the Ghost Town section of Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Designed by Robin Hall and built by Custom Coasters International at a cost of about $24 million, it opened to the public on December 8, 1998,
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/ July 15, 2026
The Comet is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor in Queensbury, New York, with a history that stretches back to a demolished Ontario amusement park. Its structural steel originated from the Crystal Beach Cyclone, which opened in 1927 at
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/ July 15, 2026
Lightning Racer is a wooden dueling roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, built by Great Coasters International (GCI) and designed by GCI’s Mike Boodley. Planning began in 1999, and the $12.5 million ride opened to the public on May 13, 2000, inside the park’s
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/ July 11, 2026
Playland Park, often called Rye Playland, opened on May 26, 1928 along the Long Island Sound in Rye, New York. Built by Westchester County government, it was the first amusement park in the United States to be planned and built as a unified, permanent public
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/ July 11, 2026
Idlewild Park, officially known as Idlewild and SoakZone, is a family amusement park tucked into the Laurel Highlands near Ligonier, Pennsylvania, about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh. Founded in 1878 as a campground along the Ligonier Valley Railroad by banking magnate Thomas Mellon, it is
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/ July 5, 2026
Balder opened at Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden, on April 12, 2003, and quickly became one of the most celebrated wooden roller coasters in the world. Named after the Norse god of light and justice, the ride was manufactured by Intamin and designed by
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/ July 3, 2026
Six Flags St. Louis has entertained Midwest thrill-seekers from its home in Eureka, Missouri, since June 5, 1971, when it opened as Six Flags Over Mid-America. Spread across roughly 323 acres in the Ozark foothills southwest of downtown St. Louis, the park pairs about 10
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/ July 3, 2026
Wildfire is one of the most extreme wooden coasters on the planet, and the numbers back it up: an 83-degree first drop, a top speed of 115 km/h, and a height that ties it for a world record. If you’re looking for the exact figures
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/ July 2, 2026
A 72-foot wooden effigy looms over Mutiny Bay, flames bursting from its shoulders as a train full of screaming riders disappears into its base for the third time. That’s Wicker Man, Alton Towers’ wooden roller coaster and the ride that ended a 22-year UK drought
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/ June 28, 2026
Opened on March 31, 2012, Wodan Timbur Coaster brought Europa-Park its first wooden roller coaster and handed Europe a serious contender on the global wood coaster circuit. Built by Great Coasters International, the ride climbs 131 feet before hurtling through 3,444 feet of timber at
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/ June 16, 2026
The Cyclone is a wooden roller coaster at Luna Park in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. Designed by Vernon Keenan and built by Harry C. Baker, the ride opened on June 26, 1927, at a construction cost of $175,000. For nearly
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/ June 15, 2026
Mystic Timbers is a wooden roller coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, built by Great Coasters International and opened on April 15, 2017. The ride winds through 3,265 feet of track at up to 53 mph, cresting a 109-foot lift hill before plunging 98
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/ June 14, 2026
Lightning Rod drops 165 feet down a Tennessee hillside at 73 mph, threading through the trees of Dollywood’s wooded terrain on one of the most celebrated coasters Rocky Mountain Construction has ever built. The $22 million ride opened on June 13, 2016, as a genuine
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