Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster,rec.answers,news.answers Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nic.hookup.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!news.clark.edu!serval!news From: geoff@eecs.wsu.edu (Geoff Allen) Subject: rec.roller-coaster FAQ, part 3/3: lists and statistics Message-ID: Followup-To: rec.roller-coaster Summary: This document contains lists and statistics relating to roller coasters and amusement parks. Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (USENET News System) Supersedes: Reply-To: geoff@eecs.wsu.edu Organization: Washington State University References: Date: 02 Dec 93 23:09:55 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: 16 Jan 94 23:09:53 GMT Lines: 589 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu rec.roller-coaster:6750 rec.answers:3227 news.answers:15406 Archive-name: roller-coaster-faq/part3 Last-modified: Thu Dec 02, 1993; 08:57:10 MST This is part 3 of the rec.roller-coaster FAQ.... 10. Lists, statistics, and other arcana A. Roller Coaster Designer Info Designers of Wooden Coasters CURRENT: Custom Coasters Inc. (Mike Boodley) -- Designers and Builders John F. Pierce and Assoc. -- Designers and Builders Michael Black and Assoc. -- Builder RCCA/TOGO -- International Designers/Builders Intamin AG -- Designers and Builders International Coasters, Inc. -- Builders PAST: Allen, John -- Designer and Builder Baker -- Designer and Builder Bitler, Oscar -- Cobb, William J. -- Designer and Builder Dinn, Charlie (Dinn Corp.) - Builder Fehr, Carl -- Harton, T.M. -- Hoover, Frank -- IAD (International Amusement Devices) -- Designers and Builder Keenan, Vernon -- Designer and Builder Leis, Edward -- Looff -- Designer Lorenz & Williams -- Miler -- Designer Miller, John -- Designer and Builder Mitchell, James T. -- Moran, George -- NAD (National Amusement Devices) -- Designers and Builders Pierce, Fred -- Prior and Church -- Designers PTC (Philadelphia Toboggan Company)-- Designers and Builders Rosser -- Designer Schmeck, Herbert -- Designer and Builder Sink, Amandus -- Summers, Curtis D. -- Designer Thompson, Marcus A. -- (Harry G.) Traver Engineering Co. -- Builders and Designers Vaszin, Aurel -- Vesco, Paul -- Vettel, Andrew -- Vettel, Edwin -- Designer and Builder Designers of Steel Coasters Arrow Dynamics (Ron Toomer) Bollinger & Mabillard (B&M) Intamin AG MACK OD Hopkins Schwarzkopf, Anton Schwarzkopf Rides and Amusements (Anton's son, Wieland) SDC Corp. of Italy Sensei TOGO of Japan (RCCA/TOGO overseas) Vekoma International Zamperla Zierer B. Roller Coaster Record Holders Current Wooden Coaster Record Holders STEEPEST 1. 60 degrees: Rattler - Fiesta Texas; San Antonio, TX 2. 58 degrees: Cyclone - Astroland/Coney Island; Brooklyn, NY 3. 56 degrees: Georgia Cyclone - SF over Georgia; Atlanta, GA HIGHEST 1. 179 ft, 6 in: Rattler - Fiesta Texas; San Antonio, TX 2. 160 ft: Mean Streak - Cedar Point; Sandusky, OH 3. 143 ft: Texas Giant - SF over Texas; Arlington, TX LONGEST DROP 1. 170 ft: Rattler - Fiesta Texas; San Antonio, TX 2. 155 ft: Mean Streak - Cedar Point; Sandusky, OH 3. 148 ft: Hercules - Dorney Park; Allentown, PA FASTEST 1. 73 mph: Rattler - Fiesta Texas; San Antonio, TX 2. 65 mph: Mean Streak - Cedar Point; Sandusky, OH 3. 64.77 mph: The Beast - Kings Island; Kings Mills, OH LONGEST CIRCUIT 1. 7400 ft: The Beast - Kings Island; Kings Mills, OH 2. 5530 ft: Rattler - Fiesta Texas; San Antonio, TX 3. 5427 ft: Mean Streak - Cedar Point; Sandusky, OH OLDEST 1. 1902: Leap The Dips - Lakemont Park; Altoona, PA 2. 1919: Jack Rabbit - Clemonton Lake; Clemonton, NJ 3. 1920: Jack Rabbit - Kennywood; W Mifflin, PA MOST FAMOUS (yeah, it's subjective, but these coasters are somewhat legendary...) 1. 1927 Cyclone - Astroland/Coney Island; Brooklyn, NY 2. 1927 Cyclone Racer - The Pike; Long Beach, CA 3. 1924 Bobs - Riverview; Chicago, IL Current Steel Coaster Record Holders STEEPEST 1. 90 Degrees: Ultra Twister - SF Astroworld; Houston, TX 2. 60 degrees: Magnum XL-200 - Cedar Point; Sandusky, OH 3. 60 degrees: Excalibur - ValleyFair!; HIGHEST 1. 246 ft: Moonsault Scramble - Fujikyu Highland Park, Japan (Note that this is a shuttle loop, and the height listed is the height of the tower. Don't complain to me about the listing; complain to the Guiness folks, who list this as tallest....) 2. 205 ft: Magnum XL-200 - Cedar Point; Sandusky, OH 3. 196 ft: Bandit - Yomiuriland, Japan LONGEST DROP 1. 225 ft: Steel Phantom - Kennywood; W Mifflin, PA 2. 207 ft: Moonsault Scramble - Fujikyu Highland Park, Japan (Again, this cheats and is the height of the heighest car, rather than a height the entire train drops.) 3. 194 ft: Magnum XL-200 - Cedar Point; Sandusky, OH FASTEST 1. 80 mph: Steel Phantom - Kennywood; W Mifflin, PA 2. 75 mph: Moonsault Scramble - Fujikyu Highland Park, Japan 3. 72 mph: Magnum XL-200 - Cedar Point; Sandusky, OH LONGEST CIRCUIT 1. 7450 ft: The Ultimate - Lightwater Valley; UK 2. 5500 ft: Dragon Mountain - Marineland; Niagara Falls, Ontario 3. 5106 ft: Magnum XL-200 - Cedar Point; Sandusky, OH HIGHEST LOOPING COASTER 1. 188 ft: Viper - SF Magic Mountain; Valencia, CA 2. 173 ft: GASM - SF Great Adventure; Jackson, NJ 3. 170 ft: Shockwave - SF Great America; Gurnee, IL MOST INVERSIONS - (7) Viper, Magic Mountain GASM, Great Adventure Shockwave, Great America Kumba, Busch Gardens Tampa HIGHEST G FORCES - (+6.5g) Mindbender, Fantasyland, Edmonton, AB Drier Looping, Germany (Fairs) Moonslaut Scramble, Fujikyu Highland Park, Japan MOST TRAINS ON CIRCUIT 1. 5: Thriller; German Fairs 2. 4: Olympia Looping; German Fairs 3. 4: Hymalaya Bahn; German Fairs MOST DEMENTED SHUTTLE LOOP (yeah, another subjective one!) Wiener Looping, Flamingoland (UK) C. ACE's Classic Coaster Roster Big Dipper - Camden Park; Huntington, W. VA Big Dipper - Geauga Lake; Aurura, OH Blue Streak - Cedar Point; Sandusky, OH Blue Streak - Conneaut Lake Park; Conneaut Lake, PA Coaster - Arnolds Park; Iowa Coaster - Playland; Vancouver, BC, Canada Cyclone - Astroland; Coney Island, NY Cyclone - Lakeside Park; Denver, CO Cyclone - William's Grove Park; Mechanicsburg, PA Jack Rabbit - Kennywood Park; W. Mifflin, PA Kiddy Coaster - Playland; Rye, NY La Montana Rusa - Chapultepec Park; Mexico City, MEX Lil' Dipper - Camden Park; Huntington, W. VA Little Dipper - Kiddie Land; Melrose Park, IL Little Dipper - Hillcrest Park; Lemont, IL Roller Coaster - Joyland; Wichita, KS Roller Coaster - Western Washington Fair; Puyallup, WA Rollo Coaster - Idlewild Park; Ligonier, PA Screechin Eagle - Americana Park; Middletown, OH Sea Dragon - Wynadot Lake Park; Powell, OH Starliner - Miracle Strip; Panama City, FL Thunderbolt - Kennywood Park; W. Mifflin, PA Wildcat - Frontier City, Oklahoma City, OK D. Inside Track ``Top Coasters'' Readers Survey Many people want to know which is the best/wildest/awesomest/scariest coaster in the world (or at least US). We can't answer that for you, but we can pass on to you the results of the Inside Track magazine reader's survey. This is an annual survey, the most recent version of which was published in the August 1993 issue of Inside Track. Just because a coaster is highly-ranked on this list doesn't mean *you* will think it's best, but it does mean that lot of coaster enthusiasts like it, and you probably will too. Rankings from past years are given as well, to give you some idea of how things change from year to year. If a column contains '-', it indicates that coaster didn't place in the rankings for that year, for whatever reason (it was new, it didn't get enough votes, etc.). Also note that the 1992 and 1993 surveys list the top 50, 1991 listed the top 40, and 1990 listed the top 20. +--------------------------------------- 1993 Rank | +----------------------------------- 1993 Vote Total | | +----------------------------- 1992 Rank | | | +-------------------------- 1991 Rank | | | | +----------------------- 1990 Rank | | | | | +-------------------- Ride name, Park, Location V V V V V V 1 (2169) 2 2 4 Magnum XL-200, Cedar Point, OH 2 (2104) 1 3 3 Texas Giant, Six Flags over Texas, TX 3 (1729) 3 5 1 The Beast, Paramount's Kings Island, OH 4 (1667) 5 7 5 Phoenix, Knoebel's, PA 5 (1650) 4 1 2 Timber Wolf, Worlds of Fun, MO 6 (1407) 6 - - Batman -- The Ride, SF Great America, IL (New in '92) 7 (1382) 7 6 6 Cyclone, Coney Island, NY 8 (1379) 8 10 7 Thunderbolt, Kennywood, PA 9 (1335) 15 34 - Mean Streak, Cedar Point, OH 10 (1261) 14 13 11 Big Bad Wolf, Busch Gardens, VA 11 (1214) 10 - - The Rattler, Fiesta Texas (New in '92) 12 (1187) 12 16 14 Grizzly, Paramount's Kings Dominion, VA 13 (1178) 11 16 - Steel Phantom, Kennywood, PA (New in '91) 14 (1157) - - - Batman -- The Ride, SF Great Adventure, NJ (New in '93) 15 (1083) - - - Kumba, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, FL (New in '93) (1083) 13 9 8 Mister Twister, Elitch Gardens, CO 16 (1082) 32 33 15 Mindbender, Six Flags over Georgia, GA 17 (1080) 42 25 - Loch Ness Monster, Busch Gardens, VA 18 ( 979) 17 35 19 Georgia Cyclone, Six Flags over Georgia, GA ( 979) 31 22 12 Riverside Cyclone, Riverside Park, MA ( 979) 26 - - Drachen Fire, Busch Gardens, VA (New in 92) 19 ( 971) 28 20 - Iron Wolf, Six Flags Great America, IL 20 ( 965) 41 - - Vortex, Paramount's Kings Island, OH 21 ( 867) 20 - 20 Wild One, Wild World, MD 22 ( 832) 9 4 - Thunder Run, Kentucky Kingdom, KY 23 ( 810) 48 - - Jack Rabbit, Kennywood, PA 24 ( 808) 16 11 18 Giant Dipper, Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, CA 25 ( 805) 24 - - Arkansas Twister, Magic Springs, AK (New in 92) 26 ( 798) 23 11 10 Hercules, Dorney Park, PA 27 ( 742) 27 19 13 Viper, Six Flags Magic Mountain, CA 28 ( 720) 22 12 12 Mindbender, Fantasyland, Alberta 29 ( 603) 38 32 - Big Dipper, Geauga Lake, OH 30 ( 591) 49 39 - Thunderhawk, Dorney Park, PA ( 591) 22 23 16 Racer, Paramount's Kings Island, OH 31 ( 414) 21 14 - Blue Streak, Cedar Point, OH 32 ( 334) 23 17 - Vortex, Paramount's Canada's Wonderland, Canada 33 ( 262) 19 24 - Blue Streak, Conneaut Lake, PA ( 262) 27 14 - Giant Dipper, Belmont Park, CA 34 ( 250) 25 22 - Ninja, Six Flags Magic Mountain, CA 35 ( 219) - - - G.A.S.M., Six Flags over Georgia, GA 36 ( 202) 29 30 - Yankee Cannonball, Canobie Lake, NH 37 ( 135) 27 - - Screamin' Eagle, Six Flags over Mid-America, MO ( 135) 12 8 9 Predator, Darien Lake, NY ( 135) 30 21 18 G.A.S.M., Six Flags Great Adventure, NJ 38 ( 101) - - - Outlaw, Adventureland, IA (New in '93) 39 ( 96) 50 - - Le Monstre, La Ronde, Canada 40 ( 92) - - - Top Gun, Paramount's Great America, CA (New in '93) 41 ( 83) 18 29 - Roller Coaster, Playland, BC 42 ( 82) 33 40 - Space Mountain, Walt Disney World, FL ( 82) 44 - - Rebel Yell, Paramount's Kings Dominion, VA 43 ( 80) 45 28 - La Montana Rusa, Chapultapec Park, Mexico City 44 ( 77) - 38 - Gemini, Cedar Point, OH 45 ( 74) 39 31 17 Shockwave, Six Flags Great America, IL 46 ( 70) 36 18 - Screechin Eagle, Americana, OH 47 ( 65) - - - Racer, Kennywood, PA 48 ( 63) - - - Batman The Escape, Six Flags AstroWorld, TX (New in '93) 49 ( 61) 47 39 - Grand National, Blackpool, UK 50 ( 54) 47 - - Thriller, European Fairs, Germany ( 54) - - - Space Mountain, Disneyland, CA - 20 32 - Cyclone, Lakeside, CO - 30 - - Swamp Fox, Family Kingdom, SC (New in 92) - 30 30 - Matterhorn Bobsled, Disneyland, CA - 34 - - Ultra Twister, Six Flags AstroWorld, TX - 35 29 - Anaconda, Paramount's Kings Dominion, VA - 35 - - Adventure Express, Paramount's Kings Island, OH (New in 91) - 37 38 - Big Thunder Mtn Railroad, Disney, FL - 37 36 - Comet, Hersheypark, PA - 38 - - Vortex, Carowinds, NC (New in 92) - 40 - - Greezed Lightnin, Six Flags AstroWorld, TX - 41 33 - Colossus, Six Flags Magic Mountain, CA - 43 40 - Roller Coaster, Arnolds Park, IA - 45 33 - Montezooma's Revenge, Knott's, CA - 46 - - Wildcat, Elitch Gardens, CO - 46 - - Tornado, Adventureland, IA - 47 26 - Texas Tornado, Wonderland, TX - 50 - - Big Dipper, Blackpool, UK - 50 - - Sea Serpent, Wildwood, NJ - 50 - - Excalibur, Valleyfair!, MN - - 15 - Revolution, Six Flags Magic Mountain, CA - - 33 - Dragon Mountain, Marineland, Canada - - 37 - Wildcat, Lake Compounce, CT - - 39 - Space Center, Phantasialand, Germany - - 40 - Bandit, Yomiuriland, Tokyo, Japan - - 40 - Psyclone, Six Flags Magic Mountain, CA - - 40 - Sidewinder, Hersheypark, PA E. Amusement Park Attendance Statistics The following list of the top 40 Amusement Parks, ranked by attendance, is from Amusement Business. These statistics are for 1992. NOTE: Policies at some parks forbid release of attendance figures. An asterisk (*) appearing after the attendance figure indicates the figure is an estimate, based on information gathered by reliable AB sources. Parks that either did not report or did not qualify on the basis of reported figures in 1990 and 1991 are indicated with '-'. In addition, the March 26, 1993 Wall Street Journal listed the top 10 parks in attendance world-wide. The numbers for the North American parks match Amusement Business' list. The non-North American parks are listed with '.'s in the three rank columns and a blank '% change' field. I've placed them into Amusement Business' list because of the interest, not only to North American readers of rec.roller-coaster, but also to all our friends elsewhere! The attendance numbers for these parks is shown with a question mark, since I don't know if these are official numbers or estimates (it's a safe bet that the Disney figures are estimates, of course). 92 91 90 PARK, LOCATION ATTENDANCE % CHANGE == == == =============== ========== ======== 1 1 1 WDW, EPCOT, MGM Studios 30,240,000* Up 8% Lake Buena Vista, FL . . . Tokyo Disneyland 16,000,000? Tokyo, Japan 2 2 2 Disneyland 11,600,000* Down slightly Anaheim, CA . . . EuroDisney 8,700,000? Marne la Vallee, France 3 3 12 Universal Studios Florida 6,700,000* Up 12% Orlando, FL . . . Blackpool Pleasure Beach 6,500,000? Blackpool, UK . . . Lotte World 6,000,000? Seoul, Korea 4 4 4 Universal Studios Hollywood 4,800,000* Up 4% Universal City, CA 5 6 5 Sea World of Florida 4,100,000* Up 5% Orlando, FL 6 7 6 Sea World of California 4,006,000* Up 5% San Diego, CA 7 5 3 Knott's Berry Farm 3,900,000* Down slightly Buena Park, CA 8 13 7 Paramount's Kings Island 3,260,000* Up 12% Kings Falls, OH 9 8 8 Six Flags Magic Mountain 3,200,000* Up slightly Valencia, CA 10 15 14 Six Flags Great America 3,150,000* Up 17% Gurnee, IL 11 9 10 Cedar Point 3,125,000* Up 4% Sandusky, OH 12 11 15 Six Flags Great Adventure 3,100,000* Up 6.5% Jackson, NJ 13 12 9 Busch Gardens Tampa 3,050,000* Up 5% Tampa, FL 14 14 11 Six Flags over Texas 3,000,000* Up 10% Arlington, TX 15 10 13 Beach Boardwalk 3,000,000* No change Santa Cruz, CA 16 20 16 Six Flags over Georgia 2,600,000* Up 14% Atlanta, GA 17 17 17 Paramount's Great America; 2,350,000* Down slightly Santa Clara, CA 18 16 19 Canada's Wonderland 2,300,000* Down 4% Maple, Ont. 19 18 18 Paramount's Kings Dominion 2,250,000* Down 3% Doswell, VA 20 21 21 Busch Gardens Williamsburg 2,118,300* Down 5% Williamsburg, VA 21 22 20 Opryland 2,023,409 Up 5% Nashville, TN 22 - - Fiesta Texas 2,000,000 (new park) San Antonio, TX 23 23 23 Six Flags Astroworld 2,000,000* Up 7% Houston, TX 24 29 31 Marine World-Africa USA 1,900,000 Up 32% Vallejo, CA 25 27 28 Dollywood 1,800,000 Up 11% Pigeon Forge, TN 26 28 26 Six Flags over Mid-America 1,800,000* Up 12% St. Louis, MO 27 26 27 Silver Dollar City 1,752,926 Up slightly Branson, MO 28 24 25 Hersheypark 1,700,000 Down 6% Hershey, PA 29 19 21 Ontario Place 1,655,000 Down 30% Toronto, Canada 30 25 29 Sea World of Texas 1,500,000* Down 23% San Antonio, TX 31 31 33 Worlds of Fun 1,327,395 Up 3% Kansas City, MO 32 - - Sea World of Ohio 1,313,200* Up 5% Aurora, OH 33 32 30 Paramount's Carowinds 1,300,000* Up slightly Charlotte, NC 34 33 37 Kennywood 1,215,900* Down 6% West Mifflin, PA 35 34 33 LaRonde 1,200,000 Up 7% Montreal, Quebec 36 33 37 Geauga Lake 1,107,000 Down 3% Aurora, OH 37 36 36 Valleyfair! 1,075,000* Up 4% Shakopee, MN 38 37 39 Knoebels Amusement Resort 980,000 Up 2% Elysburg, PA 39 35 35 Darien Lake 975,000 Down 14% Corfu, NY 40 - - Lagoon 951,664 Up 6% Farmington, UT F. Coming Attractions -- new coasters for 94 and beyond! A common question on rec.roller-coaster is ``What new coaster is park X getting for 1994?'' Here is the list of all announced, or at least solidly rumored coasters being built in the next couple of years. Note that no Arrow Pipeline coasters have been announced by anyone at this time. ``Who's getting a Pipeline?'' or ``I heard Cedar Point is getting a Pipeline'' is asked/stated often on rec.roller-coaster, but as far as anyone who's telling knows, Arrow hasn't sold any Pipeline coasters yet. ACE News reported in July 1992 that someone *would* be getting a Pipeline in 1993, saying the sale was confirmed by Arrow Dynamics engineering director Dal Freeman. A Disney employees' internal newsletter says Arrow announced the sale of a Pipeline for the 1994 season. So far, none of this has panned out. Note that the Cedar Point rumors should be negated by the upcoming Raptor. Anyway, on with the show.... New/relocated coasters for 1994: COASTER TYPE PARK OPEN DATE DESIGNER ======= ======== ==== ========= Pepsi Max -- S, Out&Back Blackpool Pleasure Beach The Big One Arrow Blackpool, UK "unnamed" S, Out&Back Gary's Wild Wild West (new park) Arrow Jean, NV "unnamed" S, 3-Looper Luna Park Arrow Australia "unnamed" S, ?-Looper (unannounced) Arrow Japan "unnamed" S, ?-Looper (unannounced) Arrow Japan "unnamed" S, Mine Train (unannounced) Arrow Japan "unnamed" S, Shuttle Frontier City Arrow Oklahoma City, OK "unnamed" S, Stand-up Six Flags Great Adventure B&M Jackson, NJ (now moved to '95) "unnamed" S, Inverted Alton Towers B&M Sheffordshire (??), England Batman S, Inverted Six Flags Magic Mountain B&M Valencia, CA Top Gun (*) S, Inverted Paramount's Canada's Wonderland B&M Toronto, Canada Raptor S, Inverted Cedar Point B&M Sandusky, OH Lightning S, Speed Racer MGM Grand Bolt Intamin Las Vegas, NV Shock Wave S, Stand-up Drayton Manor Intamin England, UK "unnamed" S, Boomerang Wild World Vekoma Largo, MD Roller Skater S, Junior Kentucky Kingdom Vekoma Louisville, KY "unnamed" S, Inverted Walibi Park Vekoma The Netherlands "unnamed" S, Windstorm Playland SDC Rye, NY "unnamed" W, Dbl out/back Gulliver's World CCI Warrington, England (UK) Hoosier W, Out&Back Indiana Beach Hurricane CCI Monticello, IN Comet W, Dbl Out&Back Great Escape PTC/In-house Lake George, NY Ravine W, Gully/Terrain Waldameer Park Flyer (**) PTC/In-House Erie, PA The Hurler W, Trp Out&Back Paramount's King's Dominion ICI Doswell, VA The Hurler W, Trp Out&Back Paramount's Carowinds ICI Doswell, VA Cyclone (***) W, Twister Six Flags Great America (unannounced) Gurnee, IL (*) Mentioned in Amusement Business during early-mid 1993, however, it is now confirmed that this coaster is not among the list of 1994 B&M projects, while Paramount Communications have announced that their New-4-94 attraction will be a "Days of Thunder" simulator attraction. (**) While not formally announced by any organization, it was reported from various text sources that Waldameer Park had received permission from the city of Erie, PA during the Summer of 1993 to go ahead with the building of this coaster, noting that Waldameer was trying desperately to obtain the city's approval ASAP. While this announcement was probably the most significant factor in the notion this coaster would be a "New-4-94" attraction (also rumored as such through various insiders in the Amusement Industry), a Fall article which appeared recently in the "Erie Times" newspaper touted that Waldameer's New-4-94 attraction will be a 100' tall Giant Ferris Wheel by Chance Rides International. The article did go on to mention that Waldameer Park would be adding both a wooden and steel roller coasters as part of their 15-year capital expansion project. The article mentioned that the wooden coaster would be built by Custom Coasters, Inc. (CCI), and would hopefully be open by 1996, the year which will mark the park's 100th year of operation. (***) Also mentioned briefly in Amusement Business a while back, but not yet formally announced by Six Flags Entertainment, or confirmed by ACE, WNYCC, MACC, etc. At this point, it appears that this attraction will not be added for the 1994 season. New/relocated coasters for 1995: COASTER TYPE PARK DESIGNER ======= ======== ==== "unnamed" S, Inverted Kentucky Kingdom Vekoma Louisville, KY TBA S, Standup Six Flags Great Adventure B&M Jackson, NJ Aeroplane W, Twister Paramount Kings Island In-house (*) Kings Mills, OH (*) To be built from plans by the late, great Harry Traver G. List of Endangered Coasters in USA Legend: DAMA - Damaged and non-operational DEMO - Demolished/Destroyed SBNO - Standing But Not Operating STOR - Dismantled and in storage OPER - Currently operating, but its days are numbered ASSURED TO BE SAVED SBNO -Leap The Dips: Side Friction; Lakemont Park; Altoona, PA STOR -Comet: Dbl Out-and-Back (from Crystal Beach) COASTERS WITH A CHANCE STOR -Jumper: 19?? Jr. Wood, West Point, PA COASTERS IN DANGER OPER -Wildcat: 1926 Out-and-Back, Elitch Gardens; Denver, CO OPER -Coaster: Twister, PNE; Vancouver, BC SBNO -Comet: 1946 Twister; Lincoln Park; N Dartmouth, MA SBNO -Thunderbolt: 1925 Twister, Coney Island, NY SBNO -Mighty Lightnin: 1958 Wood, Rocky Glen; Moosic, PA SBNO -Red Streaker: 19?? Jr. Wood, Willow Mill; Mechanicsburg,PA SBNO -Jack Rabbit: 1910 Out/Back, Idora Park; Youngstown, OH DAMA -Wildcat: 1927 Twister, Idora Park; Youngstown, OH COASTERS WE'VE RECENTLY LOST FOREVER DEMO -CNE Flyer: 1956 Oval, CNE; Toronto, Canada DEMO -Speedway: 1937 Out/Back, Eldridge Park; Elmira, NY DEMO -Valley Volcano: 1956 Jr. Wood, Angela Park; Hazleton, PA DEMO -Tornado: 1968 Out/Back, Panama City, FL DEMO -Mountain Flyer: 1929 Out/Back, Mountain Park; Holyoke, MA DEMO -Coaster: 1931 Out/Back, Harvey's Lake, PA DEMO -Shooting Star: Out-and-Back (from Lakeside Park) -- Geoff Allen : WSU EE/CS Dept. sysadmin support guy FAQ maintainer for rec.roller-coaster and the Mentor Graphics University SIG ============================================================================== Please remain seated and keep your hands and arms above your head at all times. Enjoy your ride.