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September 2, 2011 By 4 Comments

Out of the Loop: The rise of the wing rider coasters

Column by Andy Guinigundo

This week, Six Flags Great America near Chicago announced that the X Flight roller coaster would be built with an expected debut date of 2012. This announcement marked the third major announcement of a wing rider coaster being constructed for next year. With the opening of Furius Baco (Intamin) at PortAventura in Catalonia, Spain in 2007 and Raptor (Bollinger & Mabillard – B&M) at Gardaland in Lake Garda, Italy this year, and now these three, I am going to take it upon myself to “officially” announce a new coaster craze. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: announcement, B&M, new, Out of the Loop, rolller coaster, Six Flags, wing, wing rider coaster, X Flight

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