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Best new roller coasters of 2018

Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio isn't a completely new attraction, exactly. Formerly known as Mean Streak, the surgical specialists at the ride company, Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC), performed a track replacement by yanking out the traditional tracks of the tired, older wooden coaster and implanting its snazzy, patented steel IBox rails.
Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio isn't a completely new attraction, exactly. Formerly known as Mean Streak, the surgical specialists at the ride company, Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC), performed a track replacement by yanking out the traditional tracks of the tired, older wooden coaster and implanting its snazzy, patented steel IBox rails.
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
Steel Vengeance
Steel Vengeance
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
Old-timey Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, is sending guests back to an earlier era on its wildly innovative (and just plain wild) Time Traveler.
Old-timey Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, is sending guests back to an earlier era on its wildly innovative (and just plain wild) Time Traveler.
Dean P. Groover, Herschend Family Entertainment
Dean P. Groover, Herschend Family Entertainment
Dean P. Groover, Herschend Family Entertainment
Dean P. Groover, Herschend Family Entertainment
Time
Time
Herschend Family Entertainment
RMC built two new steel coasters in 2018 using its IBox track. But instead of a typical two-rail design, the ride innovators introduced a groundbreaking single-rail concept. First out of the station was Wonder Woman: Golden Lasso Coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio.
RMC built two new steel coasters in 2018 using its IBox track. But instead of a typical two-rail design, the ride innovators introduced a groundbreaking single-rail concept. First out of the station was Wonder Woman: Golden Lasso Coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio.
Six Flags And © 2018 Robie Capps Photography
Photography for Six Flags Fiesta Texas Wonder Woman
Photography for Six Flags Fiesta Texas Wonder Woman
Six Flags And © 2018 Robie Capps Photography
Photography for Six Flags Fiesta Texas Wonder Woman
Photography for Six Flags Fiesta Texas Wonder Woman
Six Flags And © 2018 Robie Capps Photography
The essentially similar RailBlazer single-rail coaster at California’s Great America in Santa Clara also opened this year.
The essentially similar RailBlazer single-rail coaster at California’s Great America in Santa Clara also opened this year.
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
Down the California coast in Buena Park, Knott's Berry Farm opened the state’s first dive coaster, HangTime.
Down the California coast in Buena Park, Knott's Berry Farm opened the state’s first dive coaster, HangTime.
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
The RMC folks were especially busy this year and knocked out two more wooden-steel hybrids. Neither of them is as tall, fast, or long as Steel Vengeance, but they do follow the ride company’s playbook of converting rough woodies into suavely smooth and engaging coasters.
The RMC folks were especially busy this year and knocked out two more wooden-steel hybrids. Neither of them is as tall, fast, or long as Steel Vengeance, but they do follow the ride company’s playbook of converting rough woodies into suavely smooth and engaging coasters.
Six Flags Entertainment
Twisted Cyclone at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell features a steep 75-foot drop, three inversions, and 10 airtime moments...
Twisted Cyclone at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell features a steep 75-foot drop, three inversions, and 10 airtime moments...
Six Flags Entertainment
While Twisted Timbers at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, subjects passengers to a 109-foot-tall barrel roll drop and 20 airtime hills.
While Twisted Timbers at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, subjects passengers to a 109-foot-tall barrel roll drop and 20 airtime hills.
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
It’s not going to get pulses racing nearly as ferociously as any of the other 2018 rides on the list, but Slinky Dog Dash at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, part of Florida’s Walt Disney World, wins the prize for the cutest coaster.
It’s not going to get pulses racing nearly as ferociously as any of the other 2018 rides on the list, but Slinky Dog Dash at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, part of Florida’s Walt Disney World, wins the prize for the cutest coaster.
Matt Stroshane, Disney
Guests at DisneyÕs Hollywood Studios can go to infinity and beyond in Toy Story Land. The immersive 11-acre land takes guests into the adventurous outdoors of Andy's backyard, where they will feel like they are the size of Green Army Men surrounded by other toys. Guests can whoosh along on the family-friendly roller coaster, Slinky Dog Dash, take a spin aboard Alien Swirling Saucers and try for the high score on Toy Story Mania! (David Roark, photographer)
Guests at DisneyÕs Hollywood Studios can go to infinity and beyond in Toy Story Land. The immersive 11-acre land takes guests into the adventurous outdoors of Andy's backyard, where they will feel like they are the size of Green Army Men surrounded by other toys. Guests can whoosh along on the family-friendly roller coaster, Slinky Dog Dash, take a spin aboard Alien Swirling Saucers and try for the high score on Toy Story Mania! (David Roark, photographer)
David Roark, Disney
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