Prowler at Worlds of Fun has been operating since 2009, designed and Manufactured by Great Coasters International (GCI). The park’s second wooden roller coaster and its seventh coaster overall. Prowler’s stats aren’t impressive, with the biggest drop being just 85 feet and a top speed of 51 mph. However, despite no eye-popping stat to point to, […]
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Mamba at Worlds of Fun has been in operation since 1998, designed and Manufactured by Morgan. When Cedar Fair took over operations of Worlds of Fun in 1995, folks wondered what kind of investments they could expect. So when they announced Mamba in 1997 would open for the 1998 season, it excited the Kansas City
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Boomerang at Worlds of Fun has been in operation since 2000. Designed and Manufactured by Vekoma from their Boomerang line. This steel coaster sits on the plot of land and even reuses the same old station as the parks now removed coaster Zambezi Zinger. This cloned coaster may be in most theme parks across the country, but
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Storm Chaser at Kentucky Kingdom has been operating since 2016, designed and Manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) using their I-BOX track. This steel coaster was to replace the older racing coaster Twisted Twins. Like Lightning Run, this coaster isn’t the tallest or fastest, but it makes up for it with intensity and airtime. Storm Chaser at Kentucky Kingdom
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Holiday World Roller Coasters are an impressive collection. However, it is the quality and not the quantity at Holiday World that helps this collection stand out as much as it does. Most well known for having a Trilogy of wooden coasters in the Raven, Legend, and Voyage. Then they have two steel coasters which consist
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The Voyage Roller Coaster has been in operation at Holiday World since 2006. Designed and manufactured by The Gravity Group with trains supplied by Philadelphia Tobbagan Company. This is the grand finale of the wooden roller coaster trilogy at Holiday World. The Raven and The Legend are good coasters, but The Voyage is a masterpiece.
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Thunderbird Roller Coaster has been in operation at Holiday World since 2015. Designed and manufactured by Bolliger and Mabillard (B&M). Holiday World up to this point was known for its wooden coaster collection. When they announced this 22 million dollar steel coaster investment it came as quite a shock. We are happy to report that
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The Legend Roller Coaster has been in operation at Holiday World since 2000. Designed and manufactured by Custom Coasters International (CCI). The park’s second coaster builds upon and improves on their past success with Raven. More of a spaghetti bowl than an out and back design gives this coaster a very distinct structure. This one
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Tamar Fellner was visiting Holiday World theme park on May 31, 2003, when she tragically died. She was one of many Roller Coaster Enthusiasts who had congregated at the park for an event called Stark Raven Mad 2003. The whole point of which is to celebrate Roller Coasters as a community. What resulted is one
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The Raven Roller Coaster has been in operation at Holiday World since 1995. Designed and manufactured by Custom Coasters International. It was the park’s first roller coaster. Holiday World would go on to be known for its collection of wooden roller coasters. Raven got it off to a great start with this picturesque out-and-back classic.
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