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Millennium (formerly Millennium Roller Coaster) is a roller coaster at Fantasy Island in Ingoldmells, United Kingdom. It was built by Vekoma , a Dutch roller coaster manufacturer, to celebrate the arrival of the new millennium but despite its name, was opened in May 1999.
Thrillville is a simulation and strategy video game developed by Frontier Developments that depicts theme park management, similar to RollerCoaster Tycoon. Thrillville is available for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and, in North America, Xbox.
The planning, design and development phases of Millennium Force took place over five years, from 1996 to 2000. [4] The first rumors that a new record-breaking roller coaster would be built at Cedar Point, which included speculation about a ten-inversion roller coaster from Bolliger & Mabillard and an Arrow Dynamics MegaLooper, began circulating in early 1998.
The debut of Magnum XL-200 in 1989 at Cedar Point introduced the first complete-circuit roller coaster to exceed 200 feet (61 m), [5] [6] marking a pivot point in the industry. [4] The new era, sometimes referred to as the Coaster Wars, [ 4 ] saw increasing competition as parks sought to be the latest to break world records, with some only ...
This redirect points to an article section that lightly covers the roller coaster. It fails #1 above but satisfies #2, so a redirect exists. The opening and closing years are categorized on the redirect page. If you navigate to the category Category:Roller coasters introduced in 1987, you'll see the coaster's name listed in italics. This means ...
RollerCoaster Tycoon is a series of construction and management simulation games about building and managing an amusement park.Each game in the series challenges players with open-ended amusement park management and development, and allowing players to construct and customize their own unique roller coasters and other thrill rides.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. American roller coaster reviewer and video game producer Robb Alvey Born Robert Lee Southern California Nationality American Occupation Video game producer Known for Theme Park Review Robb Alvey (born Robert Lee) is an American roller coaster reviewer and video game producer. Alvey has ...
A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track that utilizes some form of brakes to slow or stop a roller coaster train.The most common type is the friction brake, often called a fin brake, which involves a series of hydraulic-powered clamps that close and squeeze metal fins that are attached to the underside of a coaster train.