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Six Flags Will Soar With ArieForce One


When Fun Sport America Atlanta announced it was to close the park, the industry wondered what would come of the ArieForce One ride. Susan Storey has the… story.


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hen Fun Spot America Atlanta debuted ArieForce One in 2023, the park gave coaster fans a high-profile


Rocky Mountain Construction thrill ride with a 154-foot lift, a stark white support structure and 3,400 feet of red-and-blue steel track. Three years later, after Fun Spot announced the Atlanta-area park would close, the ride’s future became one of the industry’s most closely watched relocation stories. The closure disappointed theme park fans and


quickly set off speculation about whether ArieForce One could be saved. In early September, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation answered part of that question by announcing it had acquired


the coaster and would prepare it for a second life within its portfolio. “From the moment ArieForce One closed,


we knew how much this coaster meant to the enthusiast community and to guests who traveled from around the world to experience it,” Mark Pauls, chief operating officer of Six Flags, said in a press release. “We are thrilled to preserve its legacy, invest in its future and bring this extraordinary attraction to a new generation of guests.” ArieForce One was a signature project for John


Arie Jr., president and CEO of Fun Spot America Theme Parks. During the pandemic shutdown, Arie said he contacted Rocky Mountain Construction


to discuss bringing a major new attraction to the Atlanta park. “ArieForce One is the result, and we are so incredibly proud,” he said at the time. At the time it was built, ArieForce One was the


second ground-up RMC I-Box track coaster. The 100-second ride featured four inversions, including the first-ever Raven Truss Dive, two zero-G rolls and a 180-degree stall promoted as the largest in the U.S. It also represented the largest single investment Fun Spot had made, reaching a top speed of 64 mph across an aggressive sequence of airtime-focused elements. “When we built ArieForce One, we wanted to


create something truly special. Something that would put Fun Spot America on the map with


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