Wild One (Six Flags America)

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Wild One
Wild One
Data
Location Six Flags America
( Upper Marlboro , Maryland , USA )
Type Wood - sitting
Drive type Chain lift hill
Manufacturer Dinn Corporation
Designer John A. Miller
opening Paragon Park : 1917,
Six Flags: 1986
closure Paragon Park: 1985
length 1219 m
height 30 m
Departure 27 m
Max. speed 85 km / h
Travel time 1:52 min
Trains 2 trains, 4 cars / train, 3 rows of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats
Inversions 0

Wild One in Six Flags America ( Upper Marlboro , Maryland , USA ) is a wooden roller coaster by Dinn Corporation and by designer John A. Miller , which opened in 1986 in what was then Wild World .

Originally she went since 1917 as a Giant Coaster at Paragon Park ( Massachusetts ), but was then treated from 1985 to 1986 by Six Flags America.

Trains

Wild One owns two trains made by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters , each with four cars. Six people (three rows of two people) can be seated in each car. The passengers must be at least 1.22 m tall to be allowed to ride.

past

  • 1985 : Giant Coaster in Paragon Park was closed and sold to Wild World. Wild World bought the track at the last minute during an auction.
  • 1986 : The roller coaster reopened in what was then Wild World (now Six Flags America). The park completely restored the track and reintegrated the original helix at the end of the ride.
  • 1991 : Due to the park's financial problems, The Wild One did not open for the 1991 season.
  • 1992 : The railway reopened and has been running ever since.

Web links

Commons : The Wild One (roller coaster)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 38 ° 54 ′ 33 ″  N , 76 ° 46 ′ 21 ″  W.