Alton Towers reveals Wicker Man, a GCI wooden coaster set to open in spring 2018. Wicker Man, which will be the UK’s first wooden coaster in more than 20 years, has a height of 57.6 feet (17.5m) and a track length of 2,028 feet (618m). It is themed to a mystical group called the Beornen, and will feature fire effects. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Busch Gardens Williamsburg opened InvadR, their new wooden terrain coaster, to the public today. The GCI (Great Coasters International) hybrid coaster is the park’s eight coaster and its first woodie. It’s designed with families in mind, but its 74 feet (22m) tall drop in a tunnel and nine airtime hills will thrill adrenaline junkies as well. The coaster is located in the New France village area and interacts with the nearby Le Scoot log flume and a section of the park’s railroad line. Click the headline for more information
Read More...Lake Compounce announced that Wildcat, the park’s landmark wooden coaster, will receive new GCI (Great Coasters International) Millennium Flyer trains for the 2017 season. The new trains are part of an ongoing improvement process to the classic woodie that opened in 1927 at America’s oldest amusement park. Click the headline to for more information and see an image of the other new train.
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