The People
He was the mind behind the final extreme years of Arrow Dynamics from his first roller coaster design in 1997. He later helped design a revolutionary style of track with Rocky Mountain Construction.
Who is Alan Schilke?
This roller coaster had the title of the world's fastest roller coaster before Formula Rossa took it.
What is Kingda Ka?
This park is located at the end of the very famous Route 66.
This park in Ohio became too big for It's own good, leading to it shutting down in 2007.
What is Geauga Lake?
Triple Jeopardy!
This park, a solo park established before the 20th century acquired this park in 1983 leading to this chain being formed.
What is Cedar Point, Valleyfair, and Cedar Fair?
This man founded a small amusement park in Arlington, Texas. It would soon be the name of a nationwide chain.
Who is Angus Wynne?
This roller coaster is the tallest one in North America outside of the United States.
What is Leviathan?
Double Jeopardy!
This park is named after a famous singer, and in the same chain lies It's sister park Northwest of it a state over.
What is Dollywood and Silver Dollar City?
This park was shut down in the 2000s due to It's land being overestimated by Its parent company.
What is Astroworld?
This company owned five parks with rides themed to certain films. Cedar Fair bought all five after 2006.
What is Paramount?
This man founded a company named after his last name. This company built wooden coasters, some of which are now RMC Hybrids.
Who is Charles Dinn?
This now defunct wooden coaster had the steepest angle of any wooden coaster in the world yet to be surpassed.
What is Switchback?
This park was home to perhaps the most insane roller coaster of It's era, and some parts of it were given to a new roller coaster within the same park. This roller coaster is now in New York.
What is Crystal Beach?
This New York Coney Island park was the last of It's original kind before being demolished in 1981.
What is Steeplechase Park?
This company owned both America parks in Illinois and California before they sold it in 1984.
What is Marriott?
This man worked on the last coaster a wooden coaster company ever built. They would never build another roller coaster ever again, yet they are still in business.
Who is John Allen?
While not having any records now, this wooden coaster was once the tallest of its kind in the world. It opened two years after another wooden coaster, of which it still holds a world record.
What is American Eagle?
This park in United Kingdom is home to a unique suspended coaster model found nowhere else in Europe.
What is Chessington World of Adventures?
This defunct company's roller coaster trains are no longer common, but a few can still be found here and there. Most notably on Kennywood's Thunderbolt.
What is the National Amusement Device Company?
This company operated Indiana Beach for five years before shutting It's doors in 2020.
What is the Apex Group?
This former owner of an NFL team purchased a 12% stake in the Six Flags chain, and not long after led to their bankruptcy.
Who is Daniel Snyder?
If the Wild One is demolished soon, this roller coaster will become the oldest standing roller coaster in the world that has had the World's Tallest roller coaster record.
What is Montezooma's Revenge?
This park originally shut down in the 1990s due to their being no more space to expand. And now once again could be potentially be facing a relocation.
What is Elitch Gardens?
This roller coaster was originally themed to an olympic mascot at for It's first year. After seven years of operation It relocated from It's original park to It's sister location.
What is Sand Serpent?
Angus Wynne's uncle Toddie sold his share of a particular company to another company of that same genre, leading to Six Flags Over Texas being sold in 1964 to this company.
What is the Pennsylvania Railroad?