Six Flags Magic Mountain,formerly known and colloquially referred to as simply Magic Mountain,is a 209-acre (85 ha) amusement park located in Valencia,California,35 miles (56 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It opened on May 29,1971,as a development of the Newhall Land and Farming Company and Sea World Inc. In 1979,Six Flags purchased the park and added "Six Flags" to the park's name.
A shuttle roller coaster is any roller coaster that ultimately does not make a complete circuit,but rather reverses at some point throughout its course and traverses the same track backwards. These are sometimes referred to as boomerang roller coasters,due to the ubiquity of Vekoma's Boomerang coaster model.
Kentucky Kingdom,formerly known as Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom,is an amusement park in Louisville,Kentucky,United States. The 67-acre (27 ha) park includes a collection of amusement rides and the Hurricane Bay water park. Kentucky Kingdom is at the intersection of Interstate 65 and Interstate 264,sharing a parking lot with the Kentucky Exposition Center.
Great American Scream Machine was a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township,New Jersey. The 173-foot-tall (53 m) ride opened in 1989 as the tallest and fastest looping roller coaster in the world,reaching a maximum speed of 68 mph (109 km/h). It was designed by Ron Toomer and manufactured by Arrow Dynamics,which built two other coasters with similar layouts –Shockwave at Six Flags Great America and Viper at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Great American Scream Machine featured seven inversions including a batwing and double corkscrew. Records set by the ride were succeeded by Viper the following year in 1990. It operated until July 2010 and was replaced by a stand-up roller coaster,Green Lantern,in 2011.
Green Lantern,formerly known as Chang,is a stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township,New Jersey. Green Lantern stands 155 feet (47 m) tall and features a top speed of 63 miles per hour (101 km/h). The 4,155-foot-long (1,266 m) ride features five inversions and a duration of approximately 21⁄2 minutes. This steel coaster was designed and built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger &Mabillard.
Boomerang is a model of roller coaster manufactured and designed by Vekoma,a Dutch manufacturer. The roller coaster model name is from the hunting implement based on the traditions of the Indigenous Australians. As of January 2023 there are 55 Boomerangs operating.
A Giant Inverted Boomerang is a type of steel shuttle roller coaster manufactured by the Dutch firm Vekoma. The ride is a larger,inverted version of Vekoma's popular Boomerang sit down roller coasters. As of June 2024,four installations of the model are operating,with another one under construction.
Boomerang:Coast to Coaster is a steel roller coaster of shuttle design currently in use at four different Six Flags &EPR theme parks. The ride was designed and manufactured by Vekoma,and is considered as one of its boomerang models. Each coaster has one train with a capacity of 28,two across in each row. Unlike Vekoma's suspended trains,"Boomerang:Coast to Coaster" operates a sit-down design. When the coaster starts,the train is pulled backwards up the lift hill,then dropped through the loading gate through a cobra roll and then one loop. At the end of this cycle the train is pulled up the lift hill at the end of the track,then dropped once again allowing the train to go back through the loops backwards,hence the name "Boomerang:Coast to Coaster."
T3 (stylized as T3;pronounced "T-three","T-cubed",or "Terror to the third power") was an inverted roller coaster located at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville,Kentucky. The Suspended Looping Coaster model manufactured by Vekoma originally opened as T2 on April 8,1995. Following the amusement park's closure in 2009 due to financial difficulties,the ride sat idle for several years. Under new park ownership,the roller coaster was refurbished and renamed T3,which reopened to the public as T3 on July 3,2015. The ride closed permanently following the 2022 season.
Thunder Run is a wooden roller coaster at the Kentucky Kingdom amusement park in Louisville,Kentucky. The ride originally operated from August 1990 through to October 2009,when then-operators Six Flags abandoned the park. After remaining closed since 2009,Thunder Run reopened in May 2014 when Kentucky Kingdom reopened under new operators.
Storm Chaser is a steel roller coaster located at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville,Kentucky,United States. Designed by Alan Schilke and manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) at an estimated cost of $10 million,the ride opened to the public on April 30,2016. It features three inversions,a 78-degree drop,and a maximum speed of 52 mph (84 km/h) utilizing RMC's patented I-Box track technology.
Gotham City Gauntlet:Escape from Arkham Asylum,formerly known as Road Runner Express,is a steel wild mouse roller coaster at Six Flags New England in Agawam,Massachusetts.
Shockwave was a roller coaster manufactured by Arrow Dynamics at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee,Illinois. Standing 170 feet (52 m) tall and reaching speeds of 65 miles per hour (105 km/h),it opened in 1988 as the world's tallest and fastest looping roller coaster with a record-breaking seven inversions:three vertical loops,a boomerang,and two regular corkscrews. Shockwave was closed in 2002 and has been dismantled.
Boomerang is a boomerang roller coaster located at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka,Missouri. It opened to the public on June 8,2013. The ride originally opened as Flashback in 1989 at Six Flags Over Texas,where it operated through 2012.
Shuttle Loop is a type of steel launched shuttle roller coaster designed by Reinhold Spieldiener of Intamin and manufactured by Anton Schwarzkopf. A total of 12 installations were produced between 1977 and 1982. These 12 installations have been located in a total of 22 different amusement parks.
Roller coaster amusement rides have origins back to ice slides constructed in 18th-century Russia. Early technology featured sleds or wheeled carts that were sent down hills of snow reinforced by wooden supports. The technology evolved in the 19th century to feature railroad track using wheeled cars that were securely locked to the track. Newer innovations emerged in the early 20th century with side friction and underfriction technologies to allow for greater speeds and sharper turns. By the mid-to-late 20th century,these elements intensified with the introduction of steel roller coaster designs and the ability to invert riders.
Invertigo is the name of an inverted shuttle roller coaster model developed and manufactured by Dutch company Vekoma. Four roller coasters based on this model were built,with the first installation opening in 1997 as HangOver at Liseberg amusement park located in Sweden. Three of the four are still in operation. Invertigo is designed as an inverted variation of their traditional Boomerang model,which first appeared in 1984. Invertigo's seat configuration is also a departure from its predecessor,in that riders sit back-to-back,resulting in all rows facing one another with the exception of the first and last.
Zydeco Scream is a steel roller coaster located at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans in New Orleans,Louisiana. Manufactured by Vekoma,the Boomerang coaster model opened to the public on June 10,2000. It closed following the permanent closure of the park in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Remnants of the ride remain standing in disrepair at the defunct park. Prior to Six Flags New Orleans,the ride operated at Parc de Montjuic in Barcelona,Spain from 1990 to 1998.
Boomerang is a Vekoma roller coaster currently operating at Six Flags México since 1988.
Goliath was a steel shuttle roller coaster located at Six Flags New England in Agawam,Massachusetts. Manufactured by Vekoma,the ride originally opened as DéjàVu at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2001. The ride was a larger,inverted version of Vekoma's popular Boomerang sit-down roller coasters. In 2021,the park removed the ride from its map indicating it would not reopen for the remainder of the season. In late 2021,demolition of the coaster began.
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