Stand-up roller coaster
Installations -- Purpose-built stand-up roller coasters
Table:
Name
Park
Manufacturer
Opened
Status

King Cobra
Kings Island
TOGO
1984
Closed 2001

Standing Coaster
Formerly Unknown
Rusutsu Resort
Otaru Expo
TOGO
1985
1984
Operating
Closed 1984

Shockwave
Kings Dominion
TOGO
1986
Closed 2015

Milky Way
Mitsui Greenland
TOGO
1991
Operating

Vortex
California's Great America
Bolliger & Mabillard
1991
Closed 2016

Operating as a floorless coaster under the name of Patriot.

Vortex
Carowinds
Bolliger & Mabillard
1992
Operating

Fujin Raijin II
Expoland
TOGO
1992
Closed 2007

Batman The Escape
Formerly Shockwave
Formerly Shockwave
Six Flags AstroWorld
Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Intamin
1993
1990
1986
Closed 2005, in storage at Darien Lake until it was scrapped 2018.
Closed 1992
Closed 1988

The Shockwave
Drayton Manor Theme Park
Intamin
1994
Operating

Cobra
Formerly Stand Up
La Ronde
Skara Sommarland
Intamin
1995
1988
Closed 2016
Closed 1994

Mantis
Cedar Point
Bolliger & Mabillard
1996
Closed 2014

Operating as a floorless coaster under the name of Rougarou.

Riddler's Revenge
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Bolliger & Mabillard
1998
Operating

Georgia Scorcher
Six Flags Over Georgia
Bolliger & Mabillard
1999
Operating

Green Lantern
Formerly Chang

Six Flags Great Adventure
Kentucky Kingdom

Bolliger & Mabillard
2011
1997

Operating
Closed 2009

Apocalypse
Formerly Iron Wolf

Six Flags America
Six Flags Great America

Bolliger & Mabillard
2012
1990

Operating as a floorless coaster under the name of Firebird as of 2019
Closed 2018
Closed 2011

Freestyle
Formerly Skyrider
Cavallino Matto
Canada's Wonderland
TOGO
2015
1985
Operating[6]
Closed 2014

Consulting the following table as well as the context snippets provided at the end.

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King Cobra ( 1984-2001 ) was a TOGO Stand-up roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason , Ohio . It was the first in the world to be designed from the ground up as a stand-up roller coaster . Other stand-up roller coasters that preceded King Cobra were sit-down models later modified to accommodate stand-up trains . After the ride 's manufacturer , TOGO , went out of business in 2001 , parts for the ride became more expensive and harder to find . In addition , the ride was losing popularity in recent years . So in April 2002 , Paramount Parks decided to dismantle King Cobra and put it up for sale . Trains were sent to Kings Island 's graveyard located at the old Wild Animal Habitat feeding house area next to the Son of Beast . After the ride would n't sell , the decision was made in 2008 to transfer some of the ride including the trains to Kings Dominion to be used as spare parts for Shockwave . As of 2010 , remnants of the King Cobra could still be spotted in some back areas of Kings Island near Flight of Fear
Kings Island is a 364-acre ( 147 ha ) amusement park located 24 miles ( 39 km ) northeast of Cincinnati in Mason , Ohio . Owned and operated by Cedar Fair , the park first opened in 1972 by the Taft Broadcasting Company . It was part of a larger effort to move and expand Coney Island , a popular resort destination along the banks of the Ohio River that was prone to frequent flooding . After more than $ 300 million in capital investments , the park features over 100 attractions including fourteen roller coasters and a 33-acre ( 13 ha ) water park . Early in its history , Kings Island has appeared in popular sitcoms and received widespread recognition for its record-breaking attractions and events . One of the park 's most well-known attractions , The Racer , is often credited with reviving worldwide interest in roller coasters during the 1970s . Others , such as The Beast and Banshee , have set several world records , some of which remain standing . The largest investment in park history is Orion , a giga coaster scheduled to open in 2020 . The park has also suffered through times of negative publicity , particularly surrounding the early demise of roller coasters The Bat and Son of Beast . Kings Island is divided into several themed sections and operates seasonally from early spring through the fall , partially reopening for Winterfest during the holiday season . In 2017 , Kings Island was the second-most visited seasonal amusement park in the United States behind Cedar Point , with an estimated 3.47 million visitors . It was third overall for seasonal attendance in North America , which was led by Canada 's Wonderland .
TOGO ( 株式会社トーゴ , Kabushiki-gaisha Tōgo ) was a Japanese amusement ride company that built roller coasters , giant wheels , carousels , flumes , dark rides , sky cycles and other amusement rides .
The Rusutsu Resort ( ルスツリゾート , Rusutsu Rizōto ) is the largest resort in Hokkaidō , Japan , operated by Kamori Kankō . The resort is famous for its ski slopes but also offers year-round attractions including an amusement park and golf courses .
Shockwave was a stand-up roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell , Virginia . Opened in 1986 , it was the third stand-up roller coaster installation built and designed by Japanese company TOGO . Following closures of the previous two , it became the oldest of its kind still in operation . After nearly thirty years in operation , Shockwave closed permanently on August 9 , 2015 . It was replaced by Delirium , a Mondial Revolution flat ride , which opened in 2016 .
Kings Dominion is an amusement park located in Doswell , Virginia , 20 miles ( 30 km ) north of Richmond and 75 miles ( 120 km ) south of Washington , D.C . Owned and operated by Cedar Fair , the 400-acre ( 1.6 km2 ) park opened to the public on May 3 , 1975 , and features over 60 rides , shows and attractions including 12 roller coasters and a 20-acre ( 81,000 m2 ) water park . Its name is derived from the name of its sister park , Kings Island , and the nickname for the state of Virginia , Old Dominion .
Patriot is a floorless roller coaster located in Celebration Plaza at the California 's Great America amusement park in Santa Clara , California , United States . The roller coaster originally opened as Vortex on March 9 , 1991 . It was a stand-up roller coaster designed by Werner Stengel and manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard . Vortex last operated as a stand-up coaster on September 5 , 2016 , and it reopened as Patriot on April 1 , 2017 . The ride was converted to a sit-down configuration featuring new floorless trains and a new color scheme .
California 's Great America ( formerly known as Marriott 's Great America and Paramount 's Great America ) is a 100-acre ( 40 ha ) amusement park located in Santa Clara , California . Owned and operated by Cedar Fair , it originally opened in 1976 as one of two parks built by the Marriott Corporation . The park has appeared in 1994 films Beverly Hills Cop III and Getting Even with Dad and features over 40 rides and attractions . One of its most notable attractions , Gold Striker , has been featured as a top-ranked wooden roller coaster in Amusement Today 's annual Golden Ticket Awards publication . Also featured is Railblazer , one of the first Raptor Track roller coasters in the World , and Flight Deck , a B & M invert coaster .
Bolliger & Mabillard , officially Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers , Inc. and often abbreviated B & M , is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey , Switzerland . The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard , both of whom had worked for Giovanola . B & M has pioneered several new ride technologies , most notably the inverted roller coaster and the box-section track . In 2016 , the company completed its 100th roller coaster . B & M produces nine types of coaster models : Stand-Up Coaster , Inverted Coaster , Floorless Coaster , Flying Coaster , Hyper Coaster , Dive Coaster , Sitting Coaster , Wing Coaster and Family Coaster .
Patriot is a floorless roller coaster located in Celebration Plaza at the California 's Great America amusement park in Santa Clara , California , United States . The roller coaster originally opened as Vortex on March 9 , 1991 . It was a stand-up roller coaster designed by Werner Stengel and manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard . Vortex last operated as a stand-up coaster on September 5 , 2016 , and it reopened as Patriot on April 1 , 2017 . The ride was converted to a sit-down configuration featuring new floorless trains and a new color scheme .
Vortex is a steel stand-up roller coaster at Carowinds that was built during the last year before Paramount bought the park in the year 1992 . This ride , which was unusual at its time , officially opened on March 14 , 1992 , on the former site of the Carolina Speedway miniature car ride . Vortex was Bolliger & Mabillard 's 3rd coaster and contains a loop and a corkscrew element in its small circuit . Vortex was repainted for the 2011 season with red track and gray supports , quite similar to the park 's Intimidator coaster . Debuting with Iron Wolf at Six Flags Great America and the former Vortex at California 's Great America in the 1990s , Vortex was one of the first of a new generation of more developed stand up coasters than what had been introduced in the 1980s .
Carowinds is a 407-acre ( 165 ha ) amusement park , located adjacent to Interstate 77 in Charlotte , North Carolina . Although it has an official North Carolina address , the park is located along the North Carolina-South Carolina state line , with a portion of the park also located in Fort Mill , South Carolina . The park opened on March 31 , 1973 , at a cost of $ 70 million . This was the result of a four-year planning period spearheaded by Charlotte businessman Earl Patterson Hall , who was inspired to build the park by a 1956 trip to Disneyland and a dream of bringing the two states closer together . Owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company , Carowinds also features a 27-acre ( 81,000 m2 ) water park , Carolina Harbor , which is included with park admission . The park has a Halloween event called SCarowinds and a winter event called WinterFest .
Expoland , located in Suita , Japan was opened as the amusement zone at the International Exposition in 1970 ( Expo '70 ) in Osaka and thrived for over 30 years as an amusement park . There were more than 40 rides and attractions ( including 8 roller coasters ) and 19 restaurants and shops . On May 5 , 2007 , a 19-year-old university student from Higashiomi , Shiga was killed and nineteen other guests were injured when the Fujin Raijin II derailed at Expoland . Initial reports said that forty people were injured , with thirty-one being taken to hospital . An investigation revealed that the ride derailed due to a broken axle . None of the ride vehicle 's axles had been replaced for fifteen years . Following this accident , similar coasters at other Japanese parks were voluntarily shut down and inspected to see if they could also have the same axle flaw . Expoland was cited by authorities for faulty maintenance when similar axle cracks were found on a second train a month later . The park reopened after the accident but closed again on December 9 , 2007 , citing a lack of customers . On February 9 , 2009 , its owners finally decided that the park was closed down for good .
Batman The Escape was a steel stand-up roller coaster that was moved to Six Flags Darien Lake amusement park in Darien , New York , after the closure of Six Flags AstroWorld in Houston , Texas , in 2005 . It was located at Six Flags Magic Mountain from 1986 until January 1989 ( where it was known as Shockwave ) ; Six Flags Great Adventure from 1990 until September 1992 ( where it was known as Shockwave ) ; and at Six Flags AstroWorld from 1994 until 2005 . After being moved to Six Flags Darien Lake , it was never assembled , but put into storage in a lot across from the park and scrapped around 2018 . Batman The Escape was designed by Intamin and featured one loop . This loop was followed by a diving turnaround , a midcourse brake run and a helix through the loop before returning through a straight away back to the final brakes .
Six Flags AstroWorld or AstroWorld was a seasonally operated theme park located in Houston , Texas . Owned and operated by Six Flags , it was located on approximately 57 acres ( 23 ha ) of land , which was later expanded to over 75 acres ( 30 ha ) between Kirby Drive and Fannin Avenue , directly south of Loop 610 in Houston . Part of the Six Flags Houston complex , the park also included Six Flags WaterWorld , a water park that was adjacent to the main park . The park opened on June 1 , 1968 , and was originally developed and constructed as part of the Astrodomain , the brainchild of local philanthropist and former Houston mayor Judge Roy Hofheinz , who intended it to complement The Astrodome . AstroWorld was sold to the Six Flags Corporation by the Hofheinz family in 1975 . Although it was the fourth theme park to be included in the Six Flags family , it was the first to be acquired by that company rather than built from the ground up . Initially , it was marketed as AstroWorld : A Member of the Six Flags Family so as to not confuse patrons with Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington . AstroWorld was permanently closed by Six Flags , Inc. after its final day of operations on October 30 , 2005 , the final night of Fright Fest 2005 . Shortly after , it began to be demolished , which lasted through the first half of 2006 , though parts of WaterWorld were already being demolished prior to the final operating day at AstroWorld . The Loop 610 bridge crossing from the park to the parking lot continues to stand and is the last remaining structure from AstroWorld . The area where AstroWorld once stood is now just grassland , and is used for overflow parking during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo .
Six Flags Great Adventure is an amusement park located in Jackson , New Jersey , owned by Six Flags . Situated between New York City and Philadelphia , the park complex also contains the Hurricane Harbor water park . The park opened in 1974 under restaurateur Warner LeRoy . Six Flags took over ownership of the park in 1977 . Today , the park contains eleven themed areas . On August 30 , 2012 , Six Flags combined its 125-acre ( 51 ha ) Great Adventure Park with its 350-acre ( 140 ha ) Wild Safari animal park to form the 475-acre ( 192 ha ) Six Flags Great Adventure & Safari park , making it the second-largest theme park in the world , after Disney 's Animal Kingdom .
Six Flags Magic Mountain , originally Magic Mountain , is a 262-acre ( 106 ha ) theme park located in the Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita , California , 35 miles ( 56 km ) northwest of downtown Los Angeles . It opened on May 30 , 1971 , as a development of the Newhall Land and Farming Company . In 1979 , Six Flags purchased the park and added the name Six Flags to the park 's name . With 19 roller coasters , Six Flags Magic Mountain holds the world record for most roller coasters in an amusement park . In 2017 , the park had an estimated 3.3 million visitors , ranking it sixteenth in attendance in North America .
Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau , Switzerland . It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide . The Intamin brand name is an abbreviation for international amusement installations . The company has offices throughout the world including three in Europe , three in Asia and two in the United States . Intamin is a major player in the amusement park attractions industry , supplying 17 different styles of roller coasters , 7 different vertical rides , 8 different water rides , 5 different immersive rides , 7 different swing rides and 5 different observation attractions . The company has installed a total of 163 coasters in several countries around the globe . Intamin designed and built the first river rapids ride known as Thunder River based on the idea supplied by Bill Crandall , a past General Manager at the now defunct AstroWorld . Intamin also marketed the first Freefall ( developed by Giovanola ) experience and the first drop tower .
Six Flags Darien Lake is a resort located in Darien , New York , that features a theme park , water park , campground and lodging . It is owned by EPR Properties and operated by Six Flags .
The Shockwave ( Originally The 7up Shockwave & npower Shockwave ) is a Intamin stand-up roller coaster , located at Drayton Manor Theme Park at Drayton Bassett in the United Kingdom . It was opened in 1994 and is one of the only two stand-up coasters in Europe . It is also the only stand-up roller coaster with a zero-gravity roll ever made . The ride , designed by Werner Stengel , was created as part of a two-year , £4m project in 1993-94 . The Shockwave 's station is located directly above Splash Canyon 's station area , in the 'Action Park ' area next to G Force .
Drayton Manor is a theme park and zoo in the grounds of the former Drayton Manor , in Drayton Bassett , Staffordshire , England , UK . The park covers 280 acres of which about 113 acres are in use and hosts about 1.5 million people each year . The park 's maximum daily capacity is 15,000 guests , which is set with guest experience and traffic congestion in mind . It is the fourth largest amusement park in the UK by land area at 280 acres . The park is also home to Thomas Land and Drayton Manor Zoo , home to over 100 animals , including Red pandas , Eurasian lynx , Sumatran tigers and variety of monkeys and gibbons .
Cobra was a stand-up roller coaster located at La Ronde amusement park in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . Built by Intamin , Cobra opened to the public in 1988 at Skara Sommarland amusement park , where it operated until 1994 . It reopened at La Ronde the following season in 1995 and was one of only three stand-up roller coasters manufactured by Intamin . Cobra was removed from the park 's website in 2016 and then demolished in 2018 .
La Ronde ( Round ) is an amusement park in Montreal , Quebec , Canada , built as the entertainment complex for Expo 67 , the 1967 world fair . Today , it is owned and operated by Six Flags . The park is under an emphyteutic lease with the City of Montreal , which expires in 2065 . It is the largest amusement park in Quebec and second largest in Canada . It is on 146 acres ( 59.1 ha ) located on the Northern tip of Saint Helen 's Island . This is a man-made extension to the island in the space where the small Ronde Island had been . The park hosts L'International des Feux Loto-Québec , a highly regarded international fireworks competition . La Ronde is one of three Six Flags parks not to be officially branded as a Six Flags park , Great Escape in Queensbury , New York , and Frontier City in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma being the other two .
Rougarou , formerly known as Mantis , is a floorless roller coaster located at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky , Ohio . Designed and built by Bolliger & Mabillard , the roller coaster originally opened in 1996 as a stand-up roller coaster called Mantis , which at the time was the tallest , fastest , and longest of its kind in the world . Cedar Point had planned to name the ride Banshee , but due to negative publicity following the announcement , the name was later changed to Mantis . In September 2014 , Cedar Point announced the pending closure of Mantis , scheduled for the following month . The park later revealed that Mantis would not be removed but would be transformed into a floorless roller coaster design for the 2015 season . It reopened as Rougarou on May 9 , 2015 .
Cedar Point is a 364-acre ( 147 ha ) amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky , Ohio . Opened in the late-1800s , it is reported to be the second-oldest operating amusement park in the United States behind Lake Compounce . Cedar Point is owned and operated by Cedar Fair and is considered the flagship of the amusement park chain . Known as America 's Roller Coast , the park features a world-record 72 rides , including 17 roller coasters - the second-most in the world behind Six Flags Magic Mountain . Its newest roller coaster , Steel Vengeance , opened to the public on May 5 , 2018 . Cedar Point 's normal operating season runs from early May until Labor Day in September . The park then reopens only on weekends until the end of October or early November for a Halloween-themed event known as HalloWeekends . Other attractions near the park include a one-mile-long ( 1.6 km ) white-sand beach , an outdoor water park called Cedar Point Shores , an indoor water park called Castaway Bay , two marinas , an outdoor sports complex called Cedar Point Sports Center , and several nearby resorts . The park has reached several milestones . It is the only amusement park in the world with six roller coasters that are at least 200 feet ( 61 m ) in height - Magnum XL-200 , Millennium Force , Wicked Twister , Top Thrill Dragster , Valravn , and Steel Vengeance - as well as the only one with roller coasters in all four height classifications . Cedar Point also received the Golden Ticket Award for Best Amusement Park in the World from Amusement Today for 16 consecutive years from 1997-2013 . The park is the most visited seasonal amusement park in the United States with an estimated 3.6 million visitors in 2017 .
Rougarou , formerly known as Mantis , is a floorless roller coaster located at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky , Ohio . Designed and built by Bolliger & Mabillard , the roller coaster originally opened in 1996 as a stand-up roller coaster called Mantis , which at the time was the tallest , fastest , and longest of its kind in the world . Cedar Point had planned to name the ride Banshee , but due to negative publicity following the announcement , the name was later changed to Mantis . In September 2014 , Cedar Point announced the pending closure of Mantis , scheduled for the following month . The park later revealed that Mantis would not be removed but would be transformed into a floorless roller coaster design for the 2015 season . It reopened as Rougarou on May 9 , 2015 .
The Riddler 's Revenge is a stand-up roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain . Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard , the ride opened on April 4 , 1998 as the park 's eleventh roller coaster , setting world records among stand-up coasters for height , speed , drop length , track length and number of inversions . The previous record holder was Chang at Kentucky Kingdom which opened a year earlier . Located in the Movie Town area of the park , The Riddler 's Revenge was also the park 's single biggest investment at a cost of $ 14 million . It stands 156 feet ( 48 m ) tall and features a top speed of 65 miles per hour ( 105 km/h ) . The 4,370-foot-long ( 1,330 m ) coaster also features six inversions and a ride duration of approximately three minutes .
Georgia Scorcher ( or simply Scorcher ) is a stand-up roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia . The second design from Bolliger & Mabillard to be built at the park , Georgia Scorcher opened in May 1999 as the last new stand-up roller coaster to have been constructed anywhere on Earth . Georgia Scorcher is 107 feet ( 33 m ) tall and has a track length of 3000 feet ( 910 m ) and a top speed of 54 mph ( 87 km/h ) . The attraction 's tagline is Put your feet to the fire .
Six Flags Over Georgia is a 290-acre ( 120 ha ) theme park located west of Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County , Georgia , United States . Featuring characters and themes from a variety of Warner Bros. properties such as Looney Tunes and DC Comics , the park opened to the public in 1967 as the second of three theme parks built by Six Flags . It features 11 roller coasters , including top-ranked Mind Bender and Goliath that have been recognized annually by Amusement Today , and over 30 other rides , shows , and attractions . Hurricane Harbor , a 7-acre ( 2.8 ha ) water park included in the price of admission to the amusement park , was added in 2014 .
Green Lantern is a steel stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township , New Jersey . Green Lantern stands 155 feet ( 47 m ) tall and features a top speed of 63 miles per hour ( 101 km/h ) . The 4,155-foot-long ( 1,266 m ) ride features five inversions and a duration of approximately 2​1⁄2 minutes . The ride was manufactured by Swiss firm Bolliger & Mabillard . The ride originally operated at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville , Kentucky from 1997 to 2009 , where it was known as Chang . Upon opening in 1997 , it set world records for this type of coaster in height , drop , speed , length and number of inversions . The introduction of the ride caused Kentucky Kingdom to achieve record attendance levels . After Six Flags abandoned Kentucky Kingdom in 2009 , the ride was relocated to Six Flags Great Adventure . The ride debuted in 2011 as Green Lantern , replacing the former Great American Scream Machine roller coaster .
Green Lantern is a steel stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township , New Jersey . Green Lantern stands 155 feet ( 47 m ) tall and features a top speed of 63 miles per hour ( 101 km/h ) . The 4,155-foot-long ( 1,266 m ) ride features five inversions and a duration of approximately 2​1⁄2 minutes . The ride was manufactured by Swiss firm Bolliger & Mabillard . The ride originally operated at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville , Kentucky from 1997 to 2009 , where it was known as Chang . Upon opening in 1997 , it set world records for this type of coaster in height , drop , speed , length and number of inversions . The introduction of the ride caused Kentucky Kingdom to achieve record attendance levels . After Six Flags abandoned Kentucky Kingdom in 2009 , the ride was relocated to Six Flags Great Adventure . The ride debuted in 2011 as Green Lantern , replacing the former Great American Scream Machine roller coaster .
Kentucky Kingdom ( formerly called Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom ) is an amusement park in Louisville , Kentucky . The 63-acre ( 25 ha ) park includes a collection of amusement rides and a water park named Hurricane Bay . The park reopened to the public on May 24 , 2014 .
Firebird is a floorless roller coaster located at Six Flags America in Prince George 's County , Maryland . The roller coaster had originally debuted in 1990 as a stand-up roller coaster named Iron Wolf at Six Flags Great America . It was later relocated to Six Flags America in 2012 and renamed Apocalypse , under which it operated until 2018 . The roller coaster was the first to be built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard . When known as Iron Wolf , the roller coaster briefly held world records among stand-up roller coasters for height ( 100-foot or 30-metre ) and speed ( 55 miles per hour or 89 kilometres per hour ) before being surpassed several years later .
Six Flags America is a theme park located in Woodmore CDP , Prince George 's County , Maryland , near Upper Marlboro , and in the Washington , DC metropolitan area . Founded as a wildlife center in 1973 by Ross Perot , ABC television operated the park as a drive-through safari called The Largo Wildlife Preserve beginning in 1974 until its closure in 1978 . The property was bought by Jim Fowler 's Wild Kingdom ; thereafter the site was converted from a wildlife preserve into a theme park named Wild World gradually over the years . In 1992 , the park was renamed Adventure World after being acquired by Premier Parks , and ultimately was branded as the 10th Six Flags park when Premier Parks acquired Six Flags Inc. and adopted its name in 1999 . The America in the park 's name was chosen regarding the close proximity to the United States ' capital .
Six Flags Great America is an amusement park located in Gurnee , Illinois in the Chicago metropolitan area . The park was created by the Marriott Corporation , who operated it as Marriott 's Great America from its original opening in 1976 until it was acquired by Six Flags in 1984 . The park features nine themed areas and sixteen roller coasters , as well as a 20-acre ( 81,000 m2 ) water park called Hurricane Harbor . Over 3 million guests visited the park in 2017 , ranking it among the top 20 amusement parks in North America for attendance .
Freestyle is a stand-up roller coaster operating at Cavallino Matto in Tuscany , Italy . It opened as the park 's fifth roller coaster on July 18 , 2015 . Freestyle originally opened at Canada 's Wonderland in 1985 as SkyRider and closed in 2014 . Built by TOGO , it was the second stand-up roller coaster from the company following the now-defunct King Cobra , which opened the previous year at Kings Island . On August 6 , 2014 , Canada 's Wonderland announced that the ride would close permanently on September 1 , 2014 . The coaster accommodated nearly 23 million guests during its lifespan . In the Fall of 2014 , SkyRider was sold , dismantled and relocated overseas to Cavallino Matto . It was reassembled and opened in 2015 as Freestyle . Yukon Striker , a Bolliger & Mabillard Dive Coaster , is currently located in the space vacated by SkyRider .
Cavallino Matto is the largest amusement park in Tuscany , open from March to October of each year . The park , the name of which means The Crazy Little Horse in Italian , is situated on 60,000 square metres of pine forest near the Marina di Castagneto Carduccio beach on the Tyrrhenian Sea and includes rides and dining facilities .
Canada 's Wonderland is a 134-hectare ( 330-acre ) theme park located in Vaughan , Ontario , a suburb approximately 25 kilometres ( 16 mi ) north of Downtown Toronto . Opened in 1981 by the Taft Broadcasting Company and The Great-West Life Assurance Company as the first major theme park in Canada , it remains the country 's largest . The park , currently owned by Cedar Fair , has been the most visited seasonal amusement park in North America for several consecutive years . As a seasonal park , Canada 's Wonderland is open daily from May to Labour Day , with weekend openings in late April and after Labour Day until October 27th . They removed Halloween day Halloween Haunt due to the transition between Halloween Haunt and Winterfest With seventeen roller coasters , Canada 's Wonderland is ranked second in the world by number of roller coasters , after Six Flags Magic Mountain ( 19 coasters ) and tied with Cedar Point ( 17 coasters ) . The 134-hectare ( 330-acre ) park includes an 8-hectare ( 20-acre ) water park named Splash Works . The park holds Halloween Haunt , a Halloween-themed event , each fall , as well as special events throughout the season , including various food festivals , as well as Celebration Canada , a month-long Canada Day festival , among others . Beginning in 2019 , the park launched WinterFest , a holiday-themed event that would extend the park 's operating season to late December . The park was known as Paramount Canada 's Wonderland when it was owned by National Amusements via Paramount Parks from 1993 to 2006 . Following Cedar Fair 's purchase of the park in 2006 , Paramount was dropped from the name . In 2018 , it was the most visited seasonal amusement park in North America as well as the second most visited Cedar Fair amusement park , behind Knott 's Berry Farm in California with an estimated 3.79 million visitors .