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/ September 15, 2026
Grand National is a wooden racing roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in England, designed by Charles Paige and opened in 1935. It is one of the oldest continuously operating coasters in the world and remains a signature attraction at the seaside park, where its…
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/ September 13, 2026
Le Monstre is a twin-track wooden roller coaster at La Ronde in Montreal, Quebec, and it holds the title of the largest wooden coaster in Canada. Its first track opened on July 20, 1985, with a second, non-parallel track following in 1986, making it one…
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/ September 13, 2026
The Crystal Beach Cyclone was a wooden roller coaster that operated at Crystal Beach Park in Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada, from 1927 until its dismantling in 1946. Designed by Harry G. Traver and built by Traver Engineering, the Cyclone was one of three so-called “Terrifying…
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/ September 12, 2026
Rolling Thunder was a twin-track wooden racing coaster that opened at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, on June 6, 1979, during the park’s fifth anniversary season. Designed by Don Rosser and William Cobb and built by William Cobb & Associates, it was…
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/ September 12, 2026
The Racer is a classic wooden roller coaster at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, that has been racing riders around its dual track since 1927. Designed by legendary coaster engineer John A. Miller and built by Charlie Mach, it replaced an earlier 1910…
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/ September 12, 2026
Hercules was a wooden roller coaster that towered over Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from 1989 to 2003. Built by the Dinn Corporation and designed by Curtis D. Summers, the ride carved its layout into the park’s natural terrain, using the hillside…
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/ September 12, 2026
Hurler was a wooden roller coaster that operated at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, from 1994 until its closure in 2015. Built by International Coasters, Inc., the ride was one of two identical “Hurler” coasters constructed that year, with its twin opening at sister park…
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/ September 12, 2026
Roar was a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, that opened on May 2, 1998. Built by Great Coasters International (GCI) and designed by Mike Boodley, it was a custom twister-style wooden coaster set on a sloping hillside in the…
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/ September 12, 2026
Thunderhawk is a wooden roller coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania, that has been carrying riders since March 30, 1924. Originally opened simply as “The Coaster,” it was designed by legendary coaster architect Herbert Paul Schmeck and built by Philadelphia Toboggan…
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/ September 12, 2026
The Dragon Coaster is a wooden roller coaster at Playland amusement park in Rye, New York, that has been sending riders through the open mouth of a dragon since it opened in 1929. Designed and built by amusement ride pioneer Frederick Church, co-inventor of the…
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/ September 11, 2026
Tremors is a roller coaster at Silverwood Theme Park in Athol, Idaho, that opened on May 15, 1999. Built by Custom Coasters International as a wooden twister, it became famous for a first drop that plunges into an underground tunnel before crashing back above ground…
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/ September 10, 2026
The Villain was a wooden roller coaster at Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom in Aurora, Ohio, opening on May 5, 2000 as part of a four-coaster expansion Six Flags rolled out at the park between 1999 and 2000. Designed by Custom Coasters International and built…
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/ September 10, 2026
Big Dipper was a classic wooden roller coaster that towered over Geauga Lake amusement park in Bainbridge Township, Ohio, for more than nine decades. It opened in 1925 under the name Sky Rocket, one of many wooden out-and-back coasters built during the golden age of…
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/ September 9, 2026
Renegade is a wooden roller coaster at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota, that opened to riders on May 12, 2007. Built by Great Coasters International, it blends an out-and-back layout with twisting turns through the park’s tree line, giving it a different rhythm than a typical…
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/ September 8, 2026
Raging Wolf Bobs was a classic wooden roller coaster that thundered through Geauga Lake amusement park in Aurora, Ohio, for nearly two decades. Built to mark the park’s centennial celebration, it was the park’s first new coaster in ten years when it opened on May…
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/ September 8, 2026
Wolverine Wildcat is a wooden roller coaster at Michigan’s Adventure in Muskegon, Michigan, that opened on May 18, 1988. Built by the Dinn Corporation and designed by Curtis D. Summers, it was the first collaboration between the two, who would go on to build nine…
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/ September 8, 2026
Cornball Express is a wooden roller coaster at Indiana Beach in Monticello, Indiana, that opened on May 18, 2001. Built by Custom Coasters International, it was one of the manufacturer’s final designs before the company closed its doors in 2002, giving the ride a bittersweet…
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/ September 8, 2026
Hoosier Hurricane is a wooden roller coaster at Indiana Beach in Monticello, Indiana, running along the shore of Lake Shafer beside the park’s boardwalk. When it opened on May 27, 1994, it became the park’s largest wooden coaster and the first wooden coaster built anywhere…
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/ September 8, 2026
Thunderbolt is a wooden roller coaster at Kennywood in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, that has been dropping riders into a forested ravine since it first opened as Pippin in 1924, designed by John A. Miller. The ride was reengineered and renamed Thunderbolt in 1968 by Kennywood’s…
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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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