Defunct Coasters We Wish We Could Have Ridden Joel December 1, 2017 Defunct Roller Coasters 5 Defunct Roller Coasters That Were Gone Too Soon Over the years there have been some great-looking roller coasters that we just never got a chance to ride. Some of them have become legendary within the coaster ... Read More...
Remembering ShockWave at Six Flags Great America Eric September 29, 2017 Defunct Roller Coasters 7 While most posts on Coaster Critic focus on “what’s new” in the world of theme parks, I wanted to take a moment to highlight something we seldom think about—defunct rides. Whether it’s the short-lived rush of ... Read More...
Kings Dominion to Close Shockwave Joel July 11, 2015 Defunct Roller Coasters, Roller Coaster News 5 Kings Dominion has announced that they'll be removing the Shockwave, their stand-up roller coaster. Your last chance to ride it will be August 9th. More at the Richmond Times-Dispatch. While it's one of the we... Read More...
Carowinds to Close Thunder Road in July Joel May 24, 2015 Defunct Roller Coasters, Roller Coaster News 10 Yesterday, Carowinds announced that they will be closing Thunder Road. It is one of the few remaining wooden twin track racing roller coasters. After 39 wonderful years and nearly 40 million scream-filled ride... Read More...
Poll: Great Adventure Removes Rolling Thunder – Classic or Clunker? Joel September 8, 2013 Defunct Roller Coasters 24 Six Flags Great Adventure to Remove Rolling Thunder I'm still getting caught up with all of the Six Flags announcements. In the Zumanjaro Drop of Doom announcement, I noticed the mention of Rolling Thunder's re... Read More...
Poll – Kings Island’s Next Roller Coaster Should Be… Joel November 24, 2012 Defunct Roller Coasters, Editorials and Rants 26 UPDATE 8/8/13 - Son of Beast's replacement has been announced. Banshee will come to Kings Island in 2014. It will debut as the longest inverted roller coaster in the World with 4,100+ feet of track. Read and wa... Read More...
What Are the Best & Worst Defunct Amusement Parks? Joel October 21, 2012 Coaster Questions, Defunct Roller Coasters 22 A while back I asked you about your worst defunct and best defunct coasters were. A reader suggested a similar post about defunct amusement parks. And after my last post about Freestyle Music Park appearing on ... Read More...
Happy Roller Coaster Day 2012 Joel August 16, 2012 Coasterology, Defunct Roller Coasters, Editorials and Rants, History, How Coasters Work 13 It's August 16th, National Roller Coaster Day. On this day 114 years ago, Edwin Prescott patented a looping roller coaster, which later became the Loop-the-Loop at Coney Island. There's information out there on... Read More...
Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas | Coaster Reviews Joel May 6, 2011 Defunct Roller Coasters, Roller Coaster Reviews, Wooden Roller Coaster Reviews 22 The Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas should be renamed Two-Face after the Batman villian. The massive wooden coaster built on a cliff wall has some awesome moments and then some of that vintage wooden coaster ... Read More...
Hurler @ Kings Dominion | Roller Coaster Reviews Patrick January 19, 2011 Defunct Roller Coasters, Roller Coaster Reviews, Wooden Roller Coaster Reviews 29 Patrick Wisniewski is on the staff at Theme Park Central. You can follow their latest updates on Twitter - @ThemePrkCentral. Hurler is a wooden roller coaster experience designed by International Coasters Inc.... Read More...
