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Knoebels Amusement Resort is a family-owned and operated amusement park,picnic grove,and campground in Elysburg,Pennsylvania. Opened in 1926,it is the United States's largest free-admission park. The park has more than 60 rides including three wooden roller coasters,three steel roller coasters,a 1913 carousel,and two haunted house dark rides.
A wooden roller coaster is a type of roller coaster classified by its wooden track,which consists of running rails made of flat steel strips mounted on laminated wood. The support structure is also typically made of wood,but may also be made of steel lattice or truss,which has no bearing on a wooden coaster's classification. The type of wood often selected in the construction of wooden coasters worldwide is southern yellow pine,which grows abundantly in the southern United States,due to its density and adherence to different forms of pressure treatment.
Anton Schwarzkopf was a German engineer who founded Schwarzkopf Industries GmbH,a German manufacturer of roller coasters and other amusement rides that were sold to amusement parks and travelling funfairs around the world.
Incredicoaster is a steel launched roller coaster located at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim,California,United States. Manufactured by Intamin,the ride was originally opened to the public as California Screamin' in early 2001. It is the only roller coaster with an inversion at the Disneyland Resort and it is the fastest,reaching a maximum speed of 55 mph (89 km/h). With a track length of 6,072 feet (1,851 m),Incredicoaster is the sixth-longest steel roller coaster in the world.
Hunt's Pier was an amusement pier located along the Wildwood,New Jersey,boardwalk from 1957 through 1985. Over its nearly 30 years in operation,Hunt's was home to many classic dark rides,roller coasters,and other attractions.
Morey's Piers &Beachfront Waterparks is a seaside amusement park located on The Wildwoods' boardwalk in Wildwood and North Wildwood,New Jersey. The park has been family owned and operated since 1969 and was run by second generation Morey Brothers,Will and Jack. Morey's Piers has more than 100 rides and attractions across its three amusement piers and two beachfront waterparks.
The Suspended Looping Coaster is a model of steel inverted roller coaster built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma. There are at least 39 different installations across the world. The minimum rider height requirement is 130 centimetres. Vekoma is now marketing a Suspended Thrill Coaster as a successor to the Suspended Looping Coaster. The Odyssey is the largest,fastest and tallest SLC ever built at Fantasy Island in the UK.
Twister is a wooden roller coaster located at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg,Pennsylvania. It is a custom wooden coaster designed by John Fetterman,with heavy inspiration taken from Mister Twister at Elitch Gardens.
Flying Turns is a wooden bobsled roller coaster at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg,Pennsylvania. It is modeled after a similar ride designed by John Norman Bartlett and John Miller in the 1920s. The ride concept is similar to a modern steel bobsled roller coaster;however Flying Turns is made of wood,like the original rides. The layout of the ride is most similar to the original located at Riverview Park in Chicago,Illinois.
Bocaraca is a steel roller coaster located at Parque de Diversiones Dr. Roberto Ortiz Brenes in San José,Costa Rica.
Jet Star,JetStar or Jetstar may refer to:
Black Diamond is a roller coaster at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg,Pennsylvania. The ride has a steel track on a wooden frame. The roller coaster originally opened in 1960 as Golden Nugget at Hunt's Pier,and it eventually became part of Morey's Piers in Wildwood,New Jersey,where it operated until 1999 and stood unused until early 2009. The ride was relocated to Knoebels and reopened on October 8,2011,as Black Diamond.
Kumbak is a Dutch amusement ride manufacturing company. In addition to manufacturing its own rides,the company primarily specialises in changing existing rides and attractions,originally made by other manufacturers.
The Great White is a sit-down wooden/steel roller coaster made and built by Custom Coasters International.
The Jumbo Jet was a prefabricated steel roller coaster at Morey's Piers in Wildwood,New Jersey. Jumbo Jet was a Jet Star 3 / Jumbo Jet model coaster built by noted roller coaster designer Anton Schwarzkopf. In 1975,the Morey brothers traveled to Germany and purchased the Jumbo Jet for $400,000. Morey's Surfside Pier had to be extended a total of 250 feet (76 m) to make room for the Jumbo Jet. Despite the expense,however,Jumbo Jet became one of the most popular roller coasters on the Jersey Shore,and was credited for increasing attendance at Morey's Piers. It was the second and final Jet Star 3 / Jumbo Jet model coaster to be built in the state of New Jersey.
Sea Serpent is a steel roller coaster at Morey's Piers in Wildwood,New Jersey. Opened in 1984,it was built by Vekoma,and was the first boomerang-style coaster to be built in the US. The coaster's installation was part of a redevelopment of the Marine Pier into a new Mariner's Landing area in 1984. The Sea Serpent currently sits in the middle of Mariners Landing and serves as an icon for the pier along with The Giant Wheel.
Jet Star,sometimes stylized as Jet-Star,was a steel roller coaster which operated between 1970 and 2000 at Casino Pier in Seaside Heights,New Jersey. It was replaced by—and sometimes confused with—Star Jet,the coaster that was swept into the Atlantic Ocean by Hurricane Sandy on October 29,2012.
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