How many coasters have you ridden that are now defunct (and not relocated), and do you have any fond memories of them?
My defunct credits are:
- Disaster Transport, Cedar Point
- Wicked Twister, Cedar Point
- Dueling Dragons/Dragon Challenge, Islands of Adventure
- Fire in the Hole, Silver Dollar City
- SandSerpent, Busch Gardens Tampa
I never got to ride Dueling Dragons while the two tracks dueled, and that’s still something I wish I could have experienced. I liked the concept of two completely different layouts with near misses over the course of the ride experience.
Honorable mentions to Iron Wolf at Six Flags Great America (now Firebird at Six Flags America) and Mantis at Cedar Point that are now floorless conversions.
Big Bad Wolf - BGW King Cobra - King’s Island Mean Streak - Cedar Point TTD - Cedar Point T2 - Kentucky Kingdom Twisted Twins - Kentucky Kingdom Also Kentucky Kingdom’s boomerang I think is defunct?
King Cobra was surprisingly fun as I recall, I’d love to know what I think now.
Edit - I can also give an honorable mention to Mantis at CP along with Chang at Kentucky Kingdom.
Ugh, I can’t believe I forgot about Dragster - rode that one a good 15 years ago!
I didn’t get to ride SkyRider while that was still at Canada’s Wonderland, but it looks like the same model as King Cobra. I wish I could ride a Togo stand-up coaster but I’m not sure when/if that’ll happen.
I rode all 3 of the Paramount stand ups (all Togo’s) and loved them all. I only was on SkyRider once or twice in a single visit but the other 2 (King Cobra and Shockwave) I rode numerous times. They all were great and put B&M’s stand ups to shame (save possibly Pipeline) mainly because of the restraints.
Disaster Transport
Dragon Challenge (Chinese Fireball)
Dragon Challenge (Hungarian Horntail)
Lightning Rod (-2020)
Mantis
Mean Streak
Mystery Mine (-2020)
Steel Curtain
Top Thrill Dragster
Volcano - The Blast Coaster
Wicked Twister
These are all according to my coaster-count account though some are just updated coasters, not actually defunct.
I’ve got quite a few but here’s my top 20:
#1 - Volcano - King’s Dominion
#2 - Riverside Cyclone (Pre-2001) - Riverside Park
#3 - Top Thrill Dragster - Cedar Point
#4 - Blue Streak - Conneaut Lake Park
#5 - Son of Beast - King’s Island
#6 - Big Dipper - Geauga Lake
#7 - Batman and Robin: The Chiller - Six Flags Great Adventure
#8 - Rolling Thunder - Six Flags Great Adventure
#9 - The Villain - Geauga Lake
#10 - Disaster Transport - Cedar Point
#11 - Raging Wolf Bobs - Geauga Lake
#12 - Laser Loop - Kennywood
#13 - Wildcat - Hersheypark
#14 - T3 - Kentucky Kingdom
#15 - Mad Mouse - Lakemont Park
#16 - Vortex - King’s Island
#17 - King Cobra - King’s Island
#18 - Firehawk - King’s Island
#19 - Skyrider - Canada’s Wonderland
#20 - Mean Streak - Cedar Point