The rare coasters on your track record???

davidnc25 said:

King Cobra at PKD....an Anton S. shuttle loop, that incidentally was my first looping coaster, when i was about age 9. My sister made me ride it with her, i was scared to death (snippet) the launch was pretty intense.

My first loop as well, at about the same age....it was my father that "talked" me onto the ride.....I didn't get HOOKED 'til Montu in the 1998-99 season.

SFGAm's Rolling Thunder

Two of the coasters I've been on are now defunct.

Steel Phantom (Kennywood)

King Cobra (PKI)

Another ride, although not a coaster would be Vertigo at Cedar Point. I almost forgot about the Dogem cars from CP that are now at MA.

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Vertigo said:

Hardest to get to:
Olympia at Alameda County Fairgrounds

Haha... I rode that too. It's pretty damn fun. It's not too hard to get to for me, since I live in Alameda County. It's pretty funny you mentioned it. Besides, does a travelling carnival ride count though?

IF you count Travelling Carnival Rides, I would have to add Reithoffer Show's Flitzer when it was at the York Fair (York PA) the past two years. Not saying that the coaster is rare, but after an accident on it last September, I doubt if it will ever show up in York again.

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Face it, call ourselves what we want, but to the parks we are all "GP".

Swinger...Edgewater park Detroit
Wild Mouse " "
Sky Streak Bob-LO Detroit
Wild Mouse " "
Jumbo Jet Cedar Point
Steel Phanthom.......Kennywood
King Cobra.....King's Island

CP Lady: Allllllll right, are we the only Edgewater's on this list so far? I sure miss that place!

Wow! Finally found someone else who remembers good old Edgewater! Now...are you old enough to remember David Cassidy and Bobby Sherman who played at the band shell there??

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The two kiddie coasters, one at nunleys (defunct) and one at magic forest park in lake george.

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Track Record: 111 and counting.....

Hi CP Lady....yes yes yes I remember, I didn't go, but I did read about it in my 16 magazine!
Oh no! :) I used to go on Detroit Police picnic day, in the early 70's, and the last time I went was 1978....when it was kind of discofied. I liked it better in it's psychedlic motif. What a great park. I visit it in my dreams sometime. It sure had a feel to it. I guess there used to be quite a few parks around this area.

- Windjammer Surf Racers (both red & yellow; short lived ride 31/2 years)

- Wacky Soap Box Racers

- X (considering the current dilemma)

- Screaming Condor (doubt anybody else here has flown overseas to Taiwan to ride this Impulse coaster)

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I would have to say for me would be the now absent zambezi zinger (sp) at Worlds of Fun or Wild Thing without the b-block breaks on. The air time on that thing is intense. You hit the camel humps at about 63 miles an hour (unlike the tame 54-55 you get with the breaks on)...the only downfall is the screeching halt as you come into the station....but my fav no matter what :)

Gee, I guess I'm the only one who ever rode the Big Bend at SFOT! And all the rare junk at SFAW, the Joker's Revenge, and of course the legendary Mr. Freeze! Only two of those! RIP, Excalibur, I don't miss you at all!

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Wild Mouse @ Trimper's in Ocean City, MD

King Cobra @ Jolly Roger - I think I rode it

Regina, a really nice Intamin woodie found at Tobu Zoo in Saitama, Japan

Liked Regina, huh? There are some sweet Intamin woodies over there. Man I wish I could ride White Cyclone again!

I guess if you want to you could consider the Japanese coasters you and I (and a few others) have ridden rare. Of note would probably be a Togo mine train, and a Togo kiddie coaster, and a Togo interactive coaster. Never going to find any of those around here. They were actually fun! :)

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Corkscrew @ MB Pavilion

Galaxy @ MB Pavilion

King Cobra @ PKI

and since Shockwave @ SFGA is going away, i guess i can say that as a defunct too

I can safely say the only coaster on my list is King Kobra. Unless we want to say a 4D, since not that many people have ridden it.

Besides coasters, I have ridden KCKC at PKI, and Rocket Rods at Disneyland.

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I'm only counting defunct or SBNO:

Kiddie Coaster, Fun Time Park (Biloxi, MS. I don't know if this coaster still exists. I rode it in 1999 and my parents said that it wasn't there in 2002.)

Nightmare at Phantom Cave, Six Flags Darien Lake

Rampage, VisionLand

Steel Phantom, Kennywood

Texas Tornado, Six Flags Astroworld

Wild Mouse, NY State Fair (It was only there in 2001 and now resides at another park)

Zyklon, NY State Fair (It operated until 1997 and has since been replaced with a newer, smaller, not identical model.)

Texas Tornado @ SFAW

Ultra Twister @ SFAW

Joker's Revenge @SFFT

La Vibora @ SFOT

Flashback @ SFMM

Incredible Hulk @ IoA

Steel Eel @ SWoT

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Long live Six Flags Astroworld!! Ok, you can all laugh now...

Only mine really would be King Cobra. A lot of people have ridden it, but in a few years when more new coaster enthusiasts enter into our atmosphere it'll look good. :)

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