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WHAT’S NEW IN 2002
(Part Two of Two)

New Parks and Attractions, including go-kart rides and being built and added to parks all over the world. Below are just a few of the exciting new happenings opening in the 2002 season.

R I D E S

ROLLERCOASTER @ CLIFF’S AMUSEMENT PARK, Ogden, Utah
New 100’ high, 2,570’ long twister coaster that reaches 50-MPH. It also has an 80’ drop at a 50-degree angle. WOW!

WATER COASTER @ MICHIGAN’S ADVENTURES, Muskegon, Michigan
Two waterslides, with rides on rafts with coaster-like drops and turns down a 750’ course, descending 40’.

“02 TOWER @ MIRACLE STRIP PARK, Panama City, Florida
The tallest mechanized ride in North Florida – 185’ tall. Passengers are zoomed up at the beginning the free-fall down.

RICOCHET @ CAROWINDS, Charlotte, North Carolina
The parks 11th coaster with six 180-degree and eleven 90-degree curves. A wild ride.

RICOCHET @ KINGS DOMINION, Richmond, Virginia
The parks 12th coaster – a compacted Wild Mouse version – with a custom-designed 50’ drop, twice that of other Wild Mouse designs.

ROLLER SOAKER @ HERSHEYPARK, Hershey, Pennsylvania
The aerial water ride with squirt guns, water sprayers and more. This beauty is 70’ tall and travels 50’ above ground @ 30-feet per second.

THE SAW MILL SPLASH @ ADVENTURELAND, Des Moines, Iowa
Spinning rafts, 60’ in the air, twist and turn until the splash into a geyser-filled pond. Unlike any ride in the USA.

SCOOBY-DOO! GHOSTBLASTERS @ SIX FLAGS TEXAS, San Antonio, Texas
The park’s first interactive dark ride. Passengers blast their way through each scene with the help of Scooby-Doo.

SHIPWRECK FALLS @ SIX FLAGS DARIEN LAKE, Darien Lakes, New York
Log flume that take 20 patrons over 50’ drop into water basin.

THE STINGRAY @ NOAH’S ARK, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
The first double water ride – offers forward and reverse for riders.

SUPERMAN-ULTIMATE FLIGHT @ SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA, Atlanta, Georgia
The South’s only flying roller coaster will have the first-ever 78’ pretzel-shaped inverted loop reaching speeds of 60-MPH for almost 3 minutes.

THOR’S HAMMER @ DJURS SOMMERLAND, Denmark
A Family rollercoaster with cars for 4-6 persons along a 1440’ track.

TOMB RAIDER: THE RIDE @ KINGS ISLAND, Cincinnati, Ohio
A mysterious 20-minute ride through a dark tomb with twists and turns.

WICKED TWISTER ROLLER COASTER @ CEDAR POINT PARK, Sandusky, Ohio
World’s tallest and fastest “double twisting” impulse roller coaster – 215-foot high towers, to 72-MPH in 2.5-seconds through a 450-degree corkscrew.

THE VAMPIRE @ CHESSINGTON WORLD OF ADVENTURES, England
A suspended coaster, open and floorless that travels through the Transylvania section of the park.

X @ SIX FLAGS CALIFORNIA, Valencia, California
The world’s first 4th dimensional rollercoaster. Riders race in vehicles that spin independently 360-degrees forward and backwards for 2.5 minutes at speeds up to 76-MPH for 3,600’.

X-CELERATOR @ KNOTTS BERRY FARM, Buena Park, California
1950’s themed coaster that reaches 82-MPH down a 205-foot, 90-degree drop.

ZOOM-BABWE @ HOLIDAY WORLD, Santa Claus, Indiana
The world’s largest enclosed waterslide – 102-feet tall, 887-feet long, dropping more than 10-stories.

NEXT MONTH – Consumer Tips for Visiting an Amusement Park or Attraction.

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