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70.0° Intamin: April 2003 – June 2006 8 Voyage: ... Top 100 roller coasters on CoasterBuzz This page was last edited on 12 January 2025, at 18:58 (UTC). ...
A wild mouse is a type of roller coaster consisting of single or spinning cars traversing a tight-winding track with an emphasis on sharp, unbanked turns. The upper portion of the track usually features multiple 180-degree turns, known as flat turns, that produce high lateral G-forces even at modest speeds.
Miracle Strip Amusement Park was a theme park located in Panama City Beach, Florida, which operated from 1963 to 2004.The highlight of the park was The Starliner Roller Coaster, an "out-and-back" wooden coaster designed by John Allen upon the park's initial conception.
High Roller is a wooden roller coaster located at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota, USA. High Roller is Valleyfair's oldest roller coaster, being built in 1976 when the park opened. It is an out-and-back type coaster, and is 70 feet (21 m) at the highest peak with a top speed of 50 mph (80 km/h).
Toboggan is a portable roller coaster that was built by Chance Industries from 1969 to the mid-1970s. [1] The coaster features a small vehicle, holding two people, that climbs vertically inside a hollow steel tower then spirals back down around the same tower.
The second coaster was a more traditional wooden coaster built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. [7] The coaster was built partially from the remains of a previous coaster known as the Skyrocket. [4] The Skyrocket had operated between 1926 and 1944, when it was destroyed by fire. [8] This second Cyclone closed with Palisades in 1971. [7]
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Designed by Fred Church and built by the L. A. Thompson Company, the roller coaster cost $250,000 to build and opened in 1926. Much like the neighboring Coney Island Cyclone, it was a hybrid design consisting of a wooden track and steel structure. The coaster's track wrapped around a tower atop which the ride's name was attached.