10 BANNED Roller Coasters You Can’t Ride Anymore!
10 BANNED Roller Coasters You Can’t Ride Anymore!
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People have been enjoying roller coasters for centuries. Some believe that the first technical roller coaster came in 1784 in Russia. we know that thrill-seekers have had somewhere to go to quench their thirst for a thrill for ages. Thrills are great until the same thrill crosses a line and becomes fear. So many rides have closed because they've become genuinely dangerous, or because their threat was not realized until tragedy struck. Here are 10 banned roller coasters you cannot ride anymore. You would be glad to know that the ride at Number 1 closed, so stay tuned for that!
Number 10: The Mantis Cedar Point
Let’s start with one of the most popular theme parks in the United States: Cedar Point. Though it’s not exactly a huge park, it’s renowned because of its picturesque location right on Lake Erie and because it is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the United States. For a few years, one of the top rides in the park was Mantis: a stand-up roller coaster with multiple upside downs. When the ride opened in 1996, it was promoted as the tallest, fastest, and steepest stand-up coaster in the world. But in spite of its record-breaking status, the Mantis never quite became one of the park’s signature attractions. Some riders in recent years have complained the ride was rough and uncomfortable., but one of primacy were complaints of backaches and pain caused by the ride. To avoid lawsuits, they completely redid the coaster so that it’s now a dangling coaster. It’s nowhere near the thrill it used to be, but the memory of it lives on!
Number 9: Expoland Fujin Raijin II
Expand in Suita, Japan has been thriving as an amusement park for over 30 years. One of the park incidents is particularly shocking. On May 5, 2007, the Fujin Raijin II was having a normal operating day until something very bad happened. The park's stand-up coaster, derailed, killing a 19-year-old Uni student and injuring 19 people. The investigation that commenced revealed, that what has happened was that the ride derailed due to a broken axle and it turned out that none of the axles have been replaced in over 15 years. The ride was closed, undergoing inspection, and never opened again after the accident.
Number 8: Jet Star, New Jersey
Hurricane Sandy left a lot of devastation in its wake. The intense storm was the deadliest and most intense of all 2012, and the second-costliest of any in United States history, just behind Hurricane Katrina. It crept up the Atlantic coast wreaking havoc all throughout. Tragically, by the time it reached New Jersey, it claimed one of the most iconic roller coasters in the US. The storm swamped The Casino Pier, which housed an iconic Jersey ride: The Jet Star, a ride that had been around for decades and been one of the great attractions of Jersey’s shores. By some miracle, when the storm passed and all of Casino Pier was underwater, the Jet Star had remained somewhat intact, standing in the water like the remains of a flooded world. The roller coaster sitting in the ocean became an iconic symbol of the hurricane’s destruction. Special removal services were hired to extract the ride, which was unfortunately entirely unsalvageable after the storm.
Number 7 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Disneyland
This popular roller-coaster was opened in 1979 and it was based on the idea of a runaway mine train that speeds through a dark tunnel. The train was made up of five cars and a small engine. It was an amusing attraction until a fatal accident caused its downfall. At about 11:20 a.m. of that day, a lead car which was decorated to resemble a small red engine, and an open-top passenger car sped through the faux desert landscape and uphill into a dark tunnel on Disneyland’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Those who saw the accident ran out to call for help and almost an hour later, the firefighters and paramedics came to save the day. Meanwhile, the park employees politely kept people from entering the park. Unfortunately, one man passed away, identified as Marcelo Torres, and ten other riders were hurt with minor injuries. His death was the 10th since it opened and the whole incident was the 2nd serious accident on Big Thunder Mountain since 1998. That was when a 5-year-old boy’s foot was crushed against the curb while stepping off the ride. The well-being of everyone wasn’t guaranteed anymore which made the chief executive of Walt Disney Co. close it.
Number 6: Rollo Coaster