Roller Coasters
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Relocated Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park (left), Brooklyn, New York, was never able to open in 2020 and celebrate the 100th anniversary of its famed Wonder Wheel. So this year they will introduce Phoenix, a Vekoma Suspended Family Coaster, the park’s largest-ever investment. When complete, Phoenix will be 68 feet (21 m) tall, 1,296 feet (395 m) long, and carry up to 20 guests in a ten-car train to a top speed of 34 mph (55 kph). It will rise along 12th Avenue adjacent to the Wonder Wheel. Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park will also open a second coaster, Skyflyer. It’s an SBF Visa Micro Coaster.
Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa, will introduce Dragon Slayer (left, middle). This new coaster will be an S&S 4D Free Spin coaster and will be positioned next to Tornado right by the lake that runs through the park. Dragon Slayer’s single-car trains will sit alongside the tracks on its “wings.” The cars will be able to spin independently on a vertical axis, tossing and flipping passengers as they navigate the ride’s ribbon of track. The coaster will climb 112 feet and reach a maximum speed of 35 mph. The cleverly named Dragon Slayer will replace The Dragon, a Hopkins steel coaster that was built in 1990. The Dragon was the first looping roller coaster in Iowa.
Barreling Rapids will debut this year indoors at Austin’s Park, Pflugerville, Texas. It is an SBF/Visa Spinning Coaster MX612 v.5.0.
Edaville Family Theme Park, Carver, Massachusetts, has relocated an E&F Miller Water Coaster that previously operated from 1995 to 2012 at Washington State Fair, Puyallup, Washington. It will be called Kersplash (left, bottom).
Zac Spin Lives Similarly, Wonderland Amusement Park, Amarillo, Texas, has moved a SBF Visa figure 8 Spinning Coaster MX608. It operated from 2015 to 2017 at Wild Willy’s Adventure Zone, Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Wonderland will call it Spin-o-Saurus. The 14 foot tall coaster includes 190 feet of track.
A new stand-alone Wiegand Alpine Coaster will thrill guests in Estes Park, Colorado. Dubbed the Mustang Mountain Coaster, it measures 3,000 feet in length including 1,000 feet of uphill track and 2,000 feet down. Michigan’s Adventure, Muskegon, Michigan, has relocated its Woodstock Express within the
park. It is a 16 foot tall Big Dipper (right) from Chance Rides.
The Rides at Long Beach, Long Beach, Washington, plan to open a Big Apple Wacky Worm.
Washington State Fair, Puyallup, Washington, has relocated their Schwarzkopf Wildcat.
Atlantic Splash Adventure, Hammonds Plain, Nova Scotia is re-erecting an L&T Systems compact coaster it will call Runaway Mine Train. It measures 945 feet long, is 43 feet tall, and will reach a top speed of 31 mph. It previously operated from 2006 to 2018 at Gillian’s
Wonderland Pier, Ocean City, New Jersey.
Six Flags has relocated their Intamin Zac Spin to La Ronde, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Now called Vipère, it is 810 feet long and 105 feet tall, reaching a top speed of 34 mph. It had operated from 2011 to 2017 at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California.
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