Roller Coasters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stealth; Great America (relocated to Carowinds as BORG Assimilator)

Vekoma

   In the 1060s, Vekoma began in the roller coaster business. Then in the 1990s, took off rapidly. Vekoma can be responsible for introducing the flying coaster in the year of 2000. They are also known for their famous SLCs.

Mind Eraser;Six Flags Elitch Gardens

 

Votex: Kings Island

Arrow Dynamics

   Originating in 1946, Arrow Dynamics, commonly known as just Arrow debuted the world's first looping roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm known as Corkscrew. Arrow is also very well known for design most of Disney's rides and ride vehicles. Arrow is very popular for introducing the 4-D coaster, known as X.

 

Ninja; Six Flags Magic Mountain

 

Bolliger & Mabillard

   Most any coaster enthusiast, including myself, will agree that Walter Bolliger & Claude Mabillard are living legends. Bolliger & Mabillard(B&M) are arguably the best manufacturer in the business. They have many different designs, including, sit-down,Hyper,Inverted,Flying,Floorless,Stand-Up, and Diving. They are responsible for introducing the Inverted, Floorless, and Diving Machine to the coaster nation.

 

Nitro; Six Flags Great Adventure

 

Dragon Kahn; Universal Studios Port Adventura

 

 

Magnum XL-200; Cedar Point

Chance Morgan

   In 1989, Chance Morgan built a roller coaster dubbed the name Magnum XL-200(Cedar Point). From there, they have designed quite a few coasters including the redesigned Phantom's Revenge at Kennywood Park. They solely design only Mega coasters.

 

Steel Dragon 200; Nagashima Spaland

 

Superman: The Escape; Six Flags Magic Mountain

Intamin AG

   Based in Switzerland with B&M, Intamin also is arguably the best designer in the business. Intamin has designed the three tallest coasters known to man, and five of the top six. They mainly design Accelerators, Megas, Gigas, and Stratas.

Superman: Ride of Steel; Six Flags Darien Lake

 

Lightning Racer; Hershey Park

Great Coasters International

   Led by designers Michael Boodley and Clair Hain Jr., Great coasters Internation(GCI) is a wooden coaster company. they first built Wildcat in 196 at Hershey Park and have rapidly been designing them since them.

 

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