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World’s second-tallest roller coaster is permanently closing

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — An amusement park in ...
The Gazette

Popular Colorado mountain town now features North America’s ‘highest elevated’ roller coaster

The Gold Rush roller coaster platform located at Fun City on Friday, Aug. 29 in Estes Park, Colorado. The park has dubbed the ride the “highest elevated roller coaster” in North America at 7,550 feet ...
Yahoo

World's Tallest Roller Coaster Kingda Ka Destroyed with Explosion at Six Flags: Watch the Dramatic Collapse

After a nearly 20-year run, the king has fallen. On Friday, Feb. 28, the famous Kingda Ka roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventures in Jackson, N.J., was imploded, ending its tenure as the tallest ...
WXIX-TV

Roller coaster that was world’s tallest, fastest brought down by implosion at Six Flags park

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (KYW) - It’s the end of an era. Kingda Ka, once the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, is now a pile of rubble after it was imploded at New Jersey’s Six Flags ...
Houston Chronicle

World's second-tallest roller coaster is permanently closing

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — An amusement park in Ohio announced Tuesday it would be permanently closing the world’s second-tallest roller coaster. The decision by Cedar Point comes a year after a small ...