![]() It could be argued that hyper, giga and strata coasters, including Orion, would not exist without the Racer’s success. Kings Island’s racer was responsible for the return of new-built large-scale thrill coasters. Allen retired, bringing an end to this storied company’s time as a coaster manufacturer. Unfortunately after Screamin’ Eagle’s construction PTC’s president John C. Other parks took notice and Six Flags added their own series of large scale Philadelphia Toboggan Company(PTC) woodies: Great American Scream Machine at Six Flags over Georgia in 1973 and Screamin’ Eagle at Six Flags St Louis in 1976. Taft Broadcasting/Kings Entertainment followed up this success by opening Kings Dominion with Rebel Yell in 1975 and adding Thunder Road to Carowinds quickly after acquiring the park in 1976. It wasn’t the first large-scale thrill coaster built following World War Two but it was the one that made them essential for regional theme parks across America. It’s been said many times that in 1972 Kings Island’s Racer initiated a second golden age of roller coasters. This article aligns with a special podcast mini-episode! Click the logo below to listen to the podcast! We work hard to provide the coverage that we do, and we encourage our audience to share our content and use our images, BUT ONLY IF proper credit is given to. – In the past, many of our images have been posted, featured, and shared on forums, social media platforms and websites around the web. After Viper Colossus reigned as the king of the California wooden coasters until it’s RMC conversion in 2014, passing the crown to the nearby GhostRider. From its construction in 1978 until the construction of Viper in 1990 it was the tallest full circuit coaster in all of California. For Magic Mountain’s Colossus this was not a problem for much of its life. Staff writer Brenda Gazzar contributed to this report.When a park sets out to build the biggest, fastest, and baddest coaster around the problem always arises that its records and stature will eventually be surpassed. In 2008, a 21-year-old man was struck unconscious by a car on the ride when he lost his hat and climbed two security fences to retrieve it, according to news reports. None involved Ninja, and most involved injuries to employees on other rides. A wheel was severed, which caused the front axle to derail, according to the Cal/OSHA report.ĭata from the federal OSHA office show there have been four accidents at Magic Mountain in the past 10 years. It paused, then rolled backward 20 feet before stopping. The train struck the tree, then continued on for 30 feet. ![]() State inspectors with the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health were called to investigate how and why a pine tree fell across Ninja’s tracks causing the first car on the ride to derail. There are four coasters of its kind in the nation, according to Magic Mountain. Ninja is described as a suspended swinging roller coaster in which riders whip around the track at 55 mph. In July, four people suffered minor injuries after a tree branch fell on the track of the Ninja roller coaster. Monday’s fire was the second incident in which Los Angeles County firefighters responded to the park in less than three months. Twisted Colossus will feature 5,000 feet of track. The ride will include “Top Gun Stall” - an inversion where the train slows while upside down - and a “High Five” that has two trains passing through an overbanked turn facing each other and providing the illusion that riders can reach out and “high five” one another. Renamed “Twisted Colossus,” the new ride will combine the wooden structure with an iron-horse steel track to give it speed, officials said. The blaze was contained in less than an hour.Ĭolossus has been closed since Aug. “We’re fighting a structure of considerable size and one of the considerations we have is we want to make sure it’s a safe enough distance in case the structure was to collapse,” Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Scott Miller said. ![]() Flames and smoke could be seen from the 5 Freeway as more than 30 Los Angeles County firefighters battled the blaze with ladder pipes and nozzles that could spray 1,000 gallons a minute. The fire, the second emergency call at the park in three months, was reported at 1:32 p.m. “The park was closed (Monday) and there were no injuries.” “It was started while work was being done to disassemble the ride,” Magic Mountain spokeswoman Sue Carpenter said. VALENCIA > Fire consumed a portion of Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Colossus on Monday, but the blaze won’t hamper ongoing construction to renovate the iconic wooden ride into a newer, faster and smoother coaster, park officials said.Ī welder’s torch appears to have ignited the blaze on the tracks near the tip of the ride’s lift hill, according to a watch commander at the Santa Clarita sheriff’s station.
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