Anton Schwarzkoph

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Anton Schwarzkoph
Photos courtesy of schwarzkoph.coaster.net

• Legendary German roller coaster designer
• Died July 30, 2001 after battling Parkinsons
  Disease and related illnesses for nearly 15
  years.
• Created looping coasters - with out the necessity
  for over-head restraints

Over-head restraints- secure restraints for rides
which come over the head instead of seat belts
and lap bars
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Olympia Looping

• One of Schwarzkophs coasters.
• From a German Carnival
• Designed to symbolize Olympic rings
• continued...

Photos courtesy of schwarzkoph.coaster.net
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• Another Ride- Shockwave at Six Flags over Texas,
  double looping coaster

Opened 1978 Brings traffic along Interstate 30
to complete stop
Photo courtesy of sfotcoasternet.com
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Cedar Fair INC.
Cedar Point, amusement park, Sandusky, Ohio

• 12 steel roller coasters
• 14 roller coaster total more than any other park
• Largest number of attractions, 68
• Fastest roller coaster, 93 mph
• First roller coaster over 300 ft.
• Tallest roller coaster in North America, 310 ft.
• Longest drop, 300 ft
• First roller coaster to use elevator lift system
• 44, 013 feet of roller coaster track
• Picture of roller coaster ---gt

Courtesy of Cedar Point 2001 Family Getaway Guide
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Cedar Fair INC.
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Cedar Point, amusement park, Sandusky, Ohio

• 2nd tallest coaster on the planet, 310 ft.
• the tallest is Steel Dragon, in Japan, 318 ft

Photo courtesy of CedarPoint.com
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Six Flags over Texas
Photos courtesy of sfotcoasternet.com

• Opened August 5, 1961
• Began pay-one-price (pay price to enter park,
  not different price per attraction)

This attraction is the Chute Out at Six Flags
over Texas
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Runaway Mine Train
Photos courtesy of sfotcoasternet.com

• First tubular steel roller coaster in world

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Texas Giant

• Opened in 1990
• Tallest wooden roller coaster in the world in
  1990
• Stands 143 ft. tall

Photos courtesy of sfotcoasternet.com
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Titan, Six Flags over Texas