Bobsled roller coaster

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Bobsled roller coaster
BPBbobsled.jpg
Status In Production: Mack Rides Discontinued: Intamin, and John Norman Bartlett
First manufactured 1929
No. of installations 21
Manufacturers Intamin, John Norman Bartlett, and Mack Rides
Restraint Style Lap-bar
Bobsled roller coaster at RCDB

A bobsled roller coaster is the generic name given to any roller coaster that uses a track design that is essentially a "pipe" with the top half removed and has cars that are sent down this pipe in a freewheeling mode. The name derives from the great similarity to the track design used for the bobsleigh winter sport.

Most modern bobsled roller coasters are made of steel; however, the first bobsled coasters, known as Flying Turns, were made of wood. On Oct 4, 2013, after seven years of construction, Knoebels in Pennsylvania opened the world's only modern wooden flying turns coaster, Flying Turns. The ride was scheduled to open in 2007, but had been delayed due to dysfunctional wheels and other issues. As there were no historic plans available, the new coaster was designed entirely from scratch.

Both the bobsled coaster and the flying turns coaster are buildable in the RollerCoaster Tycoon and Thrillville series of video games.

Installations

As of 2012, 21 bobsled roller coasters have been built. The roller coasters are listed in order of opening dates.

Name Park Country Opened Closed Type Manufacturer Status
Flying Turns Lakeside Park  United States 1929 1930 - 1954* Wood John Norman Bartlett Closed [1]
Flying Turns Euclid Beach Park  United States 1930 September 28, 1969 Wood John Norman Bartlett Closed [2]
Flying Turns Rocky Point Park  United States 1931 1938 Wood John Norman Bartlett/Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters Closed [3]
Flying Turns Forest Park  United States 1934 July 19, 1963 Wood John Norman Bartlett Closed [4]
Flying Turns Steeplechase Park  United States 1934 September 14, 1939 Wood John Norman Bartlett Closed [5]
Flying Turns Riverview Park
Formerly Century of Progress		  United States 1935
May 27, 1933		 1967
October 31, 1934		 Wood John Norman Bartlett Closed [6][7]
Lake Placid Bobsled Palisades Amusement Park  United States 1937 1946 Wood John Norman Bartlett Closed [8]
Bobsled Coney Island
Formerly Flushing Meadows Park		  United States 1941
April 30, 1939		 1974
October 27, 1940		 Wood John Norman Bartlett Closed [9][10]
Screamin' Delta Demon Opryland USA†  United States April 1984 October 31, 1997 Steel Intamin Closed [11]
Schweizer Bobbahn Europa Park  Germany 1985 N/A Steel Mack Rides Operating [12]
Disaster Transport Cedar Point  United States May 11, 1985 July 29, 2012 Steel Intamin Closed [13]
Bobbaan Efteling  Netherlands 1985 N/A Steel Intamin Operating [14]
La Vibora
Formerly Sarajevo Bobsled		 Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Magic Mountain		  United States 1986
1984
1986		 Steel Intamin Operating [15][16]
Avalanche Kings Dominion  United States 1988 N/A Steel Mack Rides Operating [17]
Avalanche Pleasure Beach Blackpool  United Kingdom June 22, 1988 N/A Steel Mack Rides Operating [18]
Munich Autobahn Kobe Portopialand  Japan April 1991 March 31, 2006 Steel Mack Rides Closed [19]
Schweizer Bobbahn Heide Park  Germany 1994 N/A Steel Mack Rides Operating [20]
Alpine Bobsled
Formerly Rolling Thunder
Formerly Sarajevo Bobsled		 Great Escape
Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great Adventure		  United States 1998
1989
1984
1995
1988		 Steel Intamin Operating [21][22][23]
Trace Du Hourra Parc Astérix  France March 31, 2001 N/A Steel Mack Rides Operating [24]
Flying Turns Knoebels  United States October 5, 2013 N/A Wood Knoebels Operating [25]
Unknown Parque Shanghai  Brazil N/A N/A Wood N/A Closed [26]
  • * Denotes that exact closing date is not known.
  • † The Screamin' Delta Demon was transported to Old Indiana Fun Park following Opryland's closure in 1998, but was never reassembled and eventually scrapped.[27]

References

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