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  2. Dive Coaster - Wikipedia

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    The Dive Coaster is a steel roller coaster model developed and engineered by Bolliger & Mabillard. The design features one or more near-vertical drops that are approximately 90 degrees, which provide a moment of free-falling for passengers.

  3. Valravn (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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    Valravn is a steel roller coaster at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio.Built and designed by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), it was the first Dive Coaster model in the Cedar Fair chain of parks and opened on May 7, 2016, as the tallest, fastest, and longest of its kind in the world.

  4. List of roller coaster elements - Wikipedia

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    A dive loop, or diving loop, is a roller coaster inversion whose inspiration was taken from a stunt plane maneuver. It is the reverse of an Immelmann loop, where the track twists upward and to the side followed by a dive toward the ground in a half-vertical loop. This element is commonly found on B&M and Gerstlauer roller coasters.

  5. List of former Six Flags Great America attractions - Wikipedia

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    Gulf Coaster: 1976 1976 Allan Herschell Company: Orleans Place Small kiddie coaster that was located about where Roaring Rapids' entrance is today. Z-Force: 1985 1987 Intamin Space Diver County Fair Steel roller coaster that featured a stacked design and numerous steep rolling track dives.

  6. List of amusement rides - Wikipedia

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    Roller coaster: The roller coaster is an amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson obtained a patent regarding roller coasters on January 20, 1885, which were made out of wood, but this patent is considerably later than the "Russian mountains" described in the article. 2013 Rollglider

  7. What new rollercoasters are coming to Dorney Park, Hershey ...

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    Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom said Iron Menace is the first-ever tilted loop dive coaster, and described the coaster's other attributes in a press release. "Riders of Iron Menace will start ...

  8. Watch Dorney Park's Iron Menace dive coaster in action ... - AOL

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    The Iron Menace roller coaster at Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown will open this year. It is the first-ever tilted loop dive coaster, according to the park.. The Lehigh Valley park ...

  9. Oblivion (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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    The prototype Dive Coaster model from Bolliger & Mabillard opened to the public on 14 March 1998 and was marketed as the "world's first vertical drop roller coaster". With a maximum speed of 68 mph (109.4 km/h), it is the fourth fastest roller coaster in the UK, behind The Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, and Stealth and Hyperia at Thorpe Park.