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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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/ September 1, 2026
Texas Stingray is a wooden roller coaster at SeaWorld San Antonio, built by Great Coasters International (GCI) and designed by Skyline Attractions. It had a soft opening on February 21, 2020, followed by its public debut on February 29, 2020, though a brief pandemic-related closure
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/ August 30, 2026
Grizzly is a wooden roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, that has been rattling through the park’s forested Old Virginia section since it opened on March 27, 1982. Designed by noted coaster engineer Curtis D. Summers, its double-figure-eight layout closely follows the blueprint
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/ August 27, 2026
InvadR is a wooden roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Virginia, built by Great Coasters International and designed by Jeff Pike of Skyline Design. The ride opened on April 7, 2017, in the park’s New France area, giving guests a family-friendly wooden coaster themed
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/ August 25, 2026
Timber Wolf is a wooden roller coaster at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri, that opened on April 1, 1989. Designed by Curtis D. Summers and built by the Dinn Corporation for about $3 million, the ride was engineered specifically around the park’s hilly
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/ August 22, 2026
Boulder Dash is a wooden roller coaster at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut, that opened on May 21, 2000. Designed by Dennis McNulty and Larry Bill and built by Custom Coasters International at a cost of about $6 million, it stands out for a rare
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/ August 16, 2026
Son of Beast was a towering wooden roller coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, that opened on April 28, 2000, as the tallest and fastest wooden coaster in the world. Built by the Roller Coaster Corporation of America with track design by Werner Stengel’s
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/ August 16, 2026
Mean Streak was a wooden roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, that opened on May 11, 1991, in the park’s Frontier Town section. Designed by Curtis D. Summers and built by the Dinn Corporation from more than 1.5 million board feet of treated
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/ August 16, 2026
Apocalypse: The Ride is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, built by Great Coasters International and designed by Jeff Pike. It opened on May 23, 2009, originally themed to the film Terminator Salvation before Six Flags rebranded it Apocalypse
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/ August 11, 2026
American Thunder is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri, built by Great Coasters International (GCI) and designed by Jeff Pike. It opened on June 20, 2008, originally themed around motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel before being renamed American Thunder for
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/ August 9, 2026
Blue Streak is a classic wooden roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, and it holds the distinction of being the oldest roller coaster still operating at the park. Built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company and designed by John C. Allen and Frank F.
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/ August 6, 2026
Hades 360 is a wooden roller coaster at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. It opened on May 14, 2005, simply as “Hades,” built by The Gravity Group, and quickly earned attention as one of the tallest and fastest wooden coasters
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/ August 2, 2026
Stampida is a twin-track wooden racing roller coaster in the Far West section of PortAventura Park in Salou, Catalonia, Spain. Opened on March 17, 1997, and designed by John Wardley and Larry Bill for manufacturer Custom Coasters International, it was one of the first modern
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/ July 27, 2026
Screamin’ Eagle is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri, built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters and designed by legendary coaster architect John C. Allen. It opened on April 10, 1976, as part of the park’s America’s Bicentennial celebration, and Guinness
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/ July 27, 2026
The Boss is the wooden “terrain twister” that carved a name for itself in the wooded hills of the Britannia section, using the natural landscape instead of steel supports to launch riders through six track crossings and a 150-foot first drop. This guide covers everything
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/ July 26, 2026
Zambezi Zinger is a wooden hybrid roller coaster at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri, built by Great Coasters International (GCI) with design work from Skyline Attractions. It opened to the public on June 19, 2023, replacing the park’s former Dinosaurs Alive! attraction in
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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 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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