What coaster revolutionized the coaster industry?
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I`ve ridden Son of Beast 67 times!
There were other steel rides: wild mice, kiddie coasters, and wooden coasters like the Coney Island Cyclone that relied on steel infrastructure - but the innovation that allowed all the modern steel coasters we've got today came out of Arrow Dynamics with the tubular steel track on the Matterhorn and the Runaway Mine Train.
2. Corkscrew and Revolution - brought inversions back into the spotlight after over fifty years of common perception that the public didn't want to go upside down.
There were successful looping wooden coasters in the early 20th century, some even operated safely for a few years; but the public wasn't ready to pay to ride and maintenance issues caused the whole concept to get scrapped for half a century. Again, thank Arrow and also Schwarzkopf for showing us the way.
I'd probably give Magnum a runner up. There were other rides before Magnum getting progressively taller and taller, but this one really grabbed the industry's imagination and spawned a bevy of similiar tall, non-looping rides.
I would argue that the Racer, while extremely influential, was not revolutionary at all. In fact it was defiantly retro by suggesting the old variety of wooden coasters still had a place in modern amusement parks. Important, but it didn't change anyone's perception of what a rollercoaster is.
I'm sorry, but people suggesting rides like Kumba and Iron Wolf seem to lack perspective. B&M's emergance onto the scene was certainly a very significant development, but not revolutionary.
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pezmanguy3 said:
Gemini- Tallest Woodie (When opened)
Blue Streak- Tallest Woodie (When Opened)
Cedar Creek Mine Ride- Tallest Woodie (When opened)
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OK This is my Pet Peeve the Mine Ride and Gemeni are NOT WOODIES!!!!!! They are steel coasters with wood supports. And Gemeni was teh tallest STEEL coaster when it was built. Also Blue Streak was not the tallest woodie when it was built either.
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Does CCI know how to make a bad coaster?
My votes go for Matterhorn, Corkscrew KBF, King Kobra PKD (First launched coaster), and whatever Allen first had upstops.
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- Peabody
in response to Pezmanguy3's list...
CP Blue streak the highest wooden... In 1964, the following coasters (to name a few) were operating... Cyclone (Coney Island, NYC) 80+ feet, Thunderbolt (Coney Island, NYC) 80+ feet, Thunderhawk (then known as Coaster, Dorney Park), 78' feet (but with shorter drop than Blue Streak), Rocket (Playland, Texas, now Phoenix at Knoebels) has a 78' height and a 72' drop (equal to Blue Streak on both counts) (all from RCDB).
Cedar Creek Mine Ride and Gemini... Actually steel coasters, not wood (have wood structure,but are steel based on track type).
(Objectivity is a rare and wonderful thing)
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Sept. 11th 2001, Slayer released God Hates Us All. The song "Disciple" uncannily describes the events of that day, as well as the anthrax letters that followed.
--Slayer: Thrash band, or the next Nostradamus?
2)Corkscrew
3)Revolution
4)Batman:The Ride
5)Magnum:XL
6)Superman:The Escape
7)X
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2001:The downfall of Disney. The year they stopped asking the mouse for his opinion.
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pezmanguy3 said:
Every single thrill ride at Cedar Point. Of their 20 or so thrill rides 90% of them were either new, the tallest or fastest of their kind.
Magnum- First 200 ft.
MF- First 300 Ft.
Gemini- Tallest Woodie (When opened)
Blue Streak- Tallest Woodie (When Opened)
Cedar Creek Mine Ride- Tallest Woodie (When opened)
Meanstreak- Tallest, Fastest (When Opened)
White Water Landing- ( Tallest water when opened)
Snake River- Tallest water when opened
Corkscrew- First three looping coaster
Wicked Twister- First double twist, fastest impulse
Raptor- tallest inverted when opened
Mantis- Tallest stand up when opened
Iron Dragon- Tallest suspened when opened
Power Tower- Tallest S&S Tower
• White Water Landing was never the tallest, fastest, or longest water ride, not even the tallest, fastest, longest rapids ride.• Iron Dragon was never the tallest suspended. In fact, it opened with no world records in any category for a suspended at all
• Gemini is not a wood coaster. It shared the height record in 1978 with SFMM's Colossus
• Cedar Creek Mine Ride is not a wood coaster and did break or hold any records
• Same for Blue Streak. It never broke or held any records
• Power Tower has long been surpassed in height for an S&S tower. Cedar Point's sister park Knott's Berry Farm literally stole the record when they opened Supreme Scream just two months after Power Tower debuted
- What made you think all of the rides I listed above held any records or achievements of any kind?
Plus its still a cool ride... However, Matterhorn when it opened and Matterhorn now were not very much alike. Does anyone know if the track and layout changed in 1978(?) when it was redone?
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Xcelerator-
0-82 in 2.3 seconds! =Wow!
I think it is amazing to have coasters that are powered without a lift hill or an initial drop hill, yet going 0 to 60+mph in a few seconds.
I would also have to say the two Flight of Fears because it brought on the age of LIM/LSM, also without it I wouldn't have a job right now.
JillW said:
Flight of Fear at PKI--the first to use Linear Induction Motor launch (electro-magnetic propulsion) Due to its tendency toward bruisingly brutal rides, I don't think this technology has been fully exploited yet for use in coasters.
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What are you talking about neither Flight of Fear is brutal, have you been their within the past year? Also didn't the Flight of Fear at PKD open a week earlier?
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D.o.t. Crew 2000
Flight of Fear/Wave Swinger crew 2001-2002
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the Steel Phantom. Why? Well, for one thing, it was the first coaster to go 80+mph. 225 foot Drop. I believe the fastest coaster before it was Magnum at 72mph. And also because, the Steel Phantom was built 2 years after the Magnum, and It showed that the Magnums records can not only be beat, they can be shattered. It jumped into the Coaster World at a small park nobody had ever heard of. It also used the natural Terrian in ways never done before. Unless you call consider launched coasters to really be coasters, it took I believe over 6 years to beat the Phantoms Speed record. Anyone agree?
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Fear the Wrath of the Phantom! Phantoms Revenge, Kennywood park, West Mifflin Pennsylvania.
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Is it the roar of Kumba or the kumba of Roar? Discuss!
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Florida needs an Intamin and/or CCI soon...PLEASE!
Son of Drop Zone - PKI CoasterCamp I Champions!!!
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I`ve ridden Son of Beast 67 times!
When the Racer was first opened, it was a national story. The coaster was even featured on a few TV shows. The PKI Racer ushered in the parks' need to "one up" each other. This competition gave us all of the innovation and technology that our favorite industry enjoys today.
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