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Banksia 'Roller Coaster'

Banksia 'Roller Coaster', sometimes referred to as Banksia 'Austraflora Roller Coaster', is a registered Banksia cultivar bred from Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia.


Arrow Dynamics

Arrow made dozens of coasters throughout the decades, including several Corkscrew-style coasters, many "runaway mine train" coasters like Cedar Creek Mine Ride and Adventure Express, custom-designed coasters like Loch Ness Monster, and Carolina Cyclone.

Boomers! Parks

Parks is a chain of family entertainment centers which feature indoor activities such as carousels, kiddie swings, restaurants, musical shows, and amusement arcades, and outdoor activities such as miniature golf, kiddie rides, bumper boats, batting cages, go-karts, kiddie roller coasters, laser tag, and in the case of the Dania Beach, Florida location, a wooden roller coaster called the Dania Beach Hurricane.

Chili pepper

Psychologist Paul Rozin suggests that eating chilis is an example of a "constrained risk" like riding a roller coaster, in which extreme sensations like pain and fear can be enjoyed because individuals know that these sensations are not actually harmful.

DelGrosso's Amusement Park

After the 2003 season, the park sold its Pinfari "Zyklon" roller coaster, installed in 1987, to Blue Diamond Park (which closed In 2008).

Dinn Corporation

Dinn Corporation was a roller coaster designing and manufacturing company established in West Chester, Ohio in 1983 by Charles Dinn.

Charles Dinn served as Kings Island's Director of Construction, Maintenance and Engineering, where he designed and built The Beast with a team including Al Collins, Jim Nickell, William Reed and Curtis D. Summers.

Great Coasters International

(GCI or GCII) is a Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based roller coaster manufacturer which has created several award-winning rides since its formation in 1994.

Grimsby, Ontario

In 1910, the park's new owner, Harry Wylie, modernized the park with carousels, a motion picture theater, and a "Figure 8" roller coaster.

Gulf Coaster

The Gulf Coaster was a small children's roller coaster that was built for both the Great America parks.

Gwazi

Due to the Philadelphia Toboggan Company designed trains, which have been known to deliver rough rides on GCI designed coasters, Gwazi was previously known for giving rough (and at some points, painful) rides, similar to ROAR! at Six Flags America.

Heide Park Resort

One of the main attractions is Colossos, a wooden roller coaster, which until the opening of Balder, on 12 April 2003 in the Swedish amusement park Liseberg, was the steepest wooden roller coaster in the world.

Is It Possible?

The first episode aired on March 24, 2010, and included a contortionist, a blind man who uses echolocation, microscopic art by Willard Wigan, the fish Macropinna microstoma, a lyrebird, a man who roller skated on a roller coaster, and several other subjects.

Motorbike roller coaster

Pony Express Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California, in a twist on the once famous Motorcycle Chase of Indian Motorcycles on a Steeplechase roller coaster, now sports a Zamperla Motocoaster styled as horses.

Phantom's Revenge

As of 2012, Phantom's Revenge is in a three-way tie for 10th place of the world's fastest steel coasters, along with Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain, and Titan at Six Flags Over Texas.

Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad provides the theme for Sindbad's Storybook Voyage at Tokyo DisneySea, for a roller coaster at the Efteling theme park at Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands, and for an elaborate live-action stunt show, The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad, at the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida.


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Angie Pontani

Angie was crowned Miss Cyclone in 2007 in honor of the historic roller coaster The Coney Island Cyclone.

Barnstorming

In RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, a roller coaster type titled "Barnstorming Roller Coaster" is available when the Time Twister expansion pack is installed.

Carolina Cyclone

The Carolina Cyclone is a roller coaster located at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina and Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Dragster

Top Thrill Dragster, a roller coaster at Cedar Point that is commonly called the Dragster

Dunedin-Waitati Highway

From there it follows the northeastern side of the Leith Valley, then crosses the headwaters of the Leith before traversing the Leith Saddle and taking a roller-coaster-like course to the valley of the Waitati River, then to Waitati.

Euthanasia Coaster

On 14 June 2013, Norwegian rock group Major Parkinson released Euthanasia Roller Coaster, a digital single with lyrics alluding to Urbonas' Euthanasia Coaster.

Flyer II

Ravine Flyer II, a hybrid wooden roller coaster located at Waldameer Park in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Ghoster Coaster

Scooby's Ghoster Coaster, a closed roller coaster that once stood at Kings Island

Goofy's Sky School

Goofy's Sky School is a wild mouse roller coaster manufactured by Mack Rides.

Incidents at SeaWorld parks

On July 24, 2006, a 52-year-old man from Palm Harbor, Florida died shortly after riding the Gwazi roller coaster.

Infinity Coaster

The Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster is a new roller coaster design by Gerstlauer.

Michigan Wildcat

Wolverine Wildcat is a wooden roller coaster at Michigan's Adventure amusement park

Mike Todd, Jr.

Todd Jr. was vice president of his father's company, Cinerama, and was responsible for filming the famous roller-coaster scene from the company's debut film, This is Cinerama (1952).

Ravine Flyer II

The roller coaster traverses State Route 832 along its course, emulating the course of the Ravine Flyer.

Rugrats Runaway Reptar

Escape from Madagascar, a steel inverted roller coaster at the Dreamworld theme park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Flying Ace Aerial Chase, a steel inverted roller coaster at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio and Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina

Screaming eagle

Screamin' Eagle, a wooden roller coaster in Six Flags St. Louis

Sea Lion Park

The park also included the infamous Flip Flap Railway, which was a roller coaster ride, designed by Lina Beecher, that inverted the riders in a loop after fall from a height of 20m.

SheiKra

The roller coaster was proposed by Mark Rose, vice-president of design and engineering for the park, and designed by Bolliger & Mabillard.

Sky Wheel

Sky Wheel, a SkyLoop roller coaster, at Skyline Park, Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany

Skytrak Total

Skytrak Total was a flying roller coaster at the Granada Studios Tour theme park at Granada Studios in Manchester, England.

Standing but not operating

The Thunder Dolphin roller coaster at the Tokyo Dome City Attractions amusement park has been SBNO since 5 December 2010, when a 25 cm long bolt fell from the ride while in motion, injuring a 9-year-old visitor.

The Brothers Solomon

Finding Janine on Craigslist, they find the woman of their dreams, artificially inseminating her and spending the next nine months on a roller coaster of life, facing romantic and parental challenges along the way that are no match for their sunny attitude.

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits: Flight of Fear, former name of an enclosed launched roller coaster built at two Cedar Fair parks

The Vampire

Le Vampire (The Vampire), an inverted roller coaster at La Ronde amusement park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Then I Really Got Scared

Meanwhile, Tom and Lynette want to take the family on a vacation: Tom wants to take them to the luxurious Hawaii, while Lynette wants to take them on a trip to the Grand Canyon, a national park and a seven-minute roller coaster.

Tower of Terror

Tower of Terror II, the world's fourth fastest roller coaster, located at Dreamworld

Vertical loop

Later attempts to build a looping roller coaster were carried out during the late 19th century with the Flip Flap Railway at Sea Lion Park.

Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour

The soundtrack features authentic Disney music from the attractions, with the exception of Space Mountain, which features music from the Disneyland version, and Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, which does not feature Aerosmith as the actual attraction does.

Wooden roller coaster

Leap-The-Dips at Lakemont Park, Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States - the world's oldest operating roller coaster (opened 1902).