Bobsled roller coaster

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Bobsled roller coaster
Avalanche at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
StatusIn Production: Mack Rides Discontinued: Intamin, and John Norman Bartlett
First manufactured1929
No. of installations21
ManufacturersIntamin, John Norman Bartlett, and Mack Rides
Restraint StyleLap-bar
Bobsled roller coaster at RCDB

A bobsled roller coaster is a 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 winter sport of bobsleigh.

Most modern bobsled roller coasters are made of steel; however, the first bobsled coasters, known as Flying Turns, were made of wood. On October 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.

Notably, the Gerstlauer Bobsled Coaster model is not a bobsled coaster by this definition but rather an improvement on the wild mouse.[1]

Installations

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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 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1929 1930 - 1954* Wood John Norman Bartlett Removed [2]
Flying Turns Euclid Beach Park File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1930 September 28, 1969 Wood John Norman Bartlett Removed [3]
Flying Turns Rocky Point Park File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1931 1938 Wood John Norman Bartlett/Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters Removed [4]
Flying Turns Forest Park File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1934 July 19, 1963 Wood John Norman Bartlett Removed [5]
Flying Turns Steeplechase Park File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1934 September 14, 1939 Wood John Norman Bartlett Removed [6]
Flying Turns Riverview Park
Formerly Century of Progress		 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1935
May 27, 1933		 1967
October 31, 1934		 Wood John Norman Bartlett Removed [7][8]
Lake Placid Bobsled Palisades Amusement Park File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1937 1946 Wood John Norman Bartlett Removed [9]
Bobsled Coney Island
Formerly Flushing Meadows Park		 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1941
April 30, 1939		 1974
October 27, 1940		 Wood John Norman Bartlett Removed [10][11]
Flying Turns HersheyPark File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1942 (intended) N/A Wood Philadelphia Toboggan Co. Cancelled [12][13][14]
Screamin' Delta Demon Opryland USA† File:Flag of the United States.svg United States April 1984 October 31, 1997 Steel Intamin Removed [15]
Schweizer Bobbahn Europa Park  Germany 1985 — Steel Mack Rides Operating [16]
Disaster Transport
Formerly Avalanche Run		 Cedar Point File:Flag of the United States.svg United States May 11, 1985 July 29, 2012 Steel Intamin Removed [17]
Bobbaan Efteling  Netherlands 1985 September 1, 2019 Steel Intamin Removed [18]
La Vibora
Formerly Sarajevo Bobsled		 Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Magic Mountain		 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1986
1984		 2024
1986		 Steel Intamin Removed [19][20]
Reptilian
Formerly Avalanche		 Kings Dominion File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1988 — Steel Mack Rides Operating [21]
Avalanche Pleasure Beach Blackpool  United Kingdom June 22, 1988 — Steel Mack Rides Operating [22]
Munich Autobahn Kobe Portopialand File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan April 1991 March 31, 2006 Steel Mack Rides Removed [23]
Schweizer Bobbahn Heide Park  Germany 1994 — Steel Mack Rides Operating [24]
Alpine Bobsled
Formerly Rolling Thunder
Formerly Sarajevo Bobsled		 Six Flags Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor
Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great Adventure		 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1998
1989
1984		 2023
1995
1988		 Steel Intamin Removed [25][26][27]
Trace Du Hourra Parc Astérix File:Flag of France.svg France March 31, 2001 — Steel Mack Rides Operating [28]
Flying Turns Knoebels File:Flag of the United States.svg United States October 5, 2013 — Wood Knoebels Operating [29]
Montanha Russa Parque Shanghai File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil — — Wood — Removed [30]
  • * 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.[31]

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