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Xtreme Skyflyer (known as RipCord at Carowinds [4]) is a Skycoaster at several Six Flags parks. The Carowinds and Kings Island models opened in 1995, while the Canada's Wonderland and Kings Dominion models opened in 1996 followed by California's Great America which opened their model in 1997.
Xtreme Skyflyer 1996 2023 Xtreme Skyflyer was a ride that featured an arch that held a cable to which the riders were attached and two towers that lifted the riders. Riders first step onto a scissor lift, where they are raised into the loading position.
On 8 February 2024, Canada's Wonderland announced that Xtreme Skyflyer would permanently shut down for the 2024 season after 26 years of operating. [46] The attraction gave over 1.17 million rides prior to its removal. This closure was cited for future expansion and development by the park. [47]
Canada's Wonderland removed Xtreme Skyflyer, a Skycoaster, in March 2024 and began teasing a new attraction near Wonder Mountain. [5] On July 20, 2024, Canada's Wonderland posted to its Instagram feed with the caption "Discover the legend within.... 8/8", indicating the date that the teased ride would be announced to the public. [6]
The removal of this ride theme marked the first time since the park's debut (38 years ago) that Scooby-Doo is not present in the park. Scrappy's Slides 1972 1995 A large, fifteen-lane mat slide that originally opened at Coney Island in 1969 as Sky Slide before being relocated to Kings Island as Flying Carpet. [54]
For the Haunted Mansion rides, Sally Corporation was contracted to remove the Scooby-Doo theme and replace it with a new one. [3] The new theme was called Boo Blasters on Boo Hill, which debuted at all four parks for the 2010 season. [ 5 ]
Nighthawk is a retired steel flying roller coaster located at Carowinds.Constructed by Vekoma, it was located in the Thunder Road section of the park. The roller coaster originally opened as Stealth at California's Great America on April 1, 2000.
The new ride would sit on some of the land formerly occupied by the Wild Animal Habitat. The rest of the former spot was used for other new attractions, including Son of Beast, Xtreme Skyflyer and Thunder Alley. [7] On January 13, 1996, Flight of Fear was previewed at the 16th annual Non Coaster-thon Coaster Conference in Chicago. [8]