Question: What was the Intamin ridelocated in Geauga Lake renamed briefly in 2008 ?

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Notable Intamin rides
See also : List of Intamin rides See also : Category : Roller coasters manufactured by Intamin
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.
Year Accomplishment Ride Location Notes
1981 First wooden coaster built by Intamin American Eagle Six Flags Great America When opened it featured the longest drop in the world and fastest speed on a wooden coaster
1985 First ( and only ) Spacediver coaster Z-Force Six Flags Great America , Six Flags Over Georgia , Six Flags Magic Mountain Opened in '85 at Great America , was relocated to Over Georgia in '88 , then to Magic Mountain and opened there as Flashback in '92 ; demolished and scrapped in mid-December 2007 after sitting idle since 2003 First coaster to feature four-abreast seating
1997 First coaster to go above 300 ft ( 90 m ) First coaster to go 100 mph ( 160 km/h ) Tower of Terror II Dreamworld Not a complete circuit ; the train does not reach the top of the vertical spike
1997 First coaster with a structure to reach beyond 400 ft ( 120 m ) Superman : Escape from Krypton Six Flags Magic Mountain Not a complete circuit ; the train does not reach the top of the vertical spike ; formerly Superman : the Escape
1998 First LIM -launched inverted coaster First Impulse shuttle coaster Linear Gale Tokyo Dome City Closed in 2010 and subsequently removed
1998 First complete-circuit , LIM-launched inverted coaster Volcano , The Blast Coaster Kings Dominion Fastest inverted coaster at 70 mph ( 110 km/h ) when first opened
2000 First Giga Coaster ( over 300 ft ) First coaster to drop 300 ft ( 90 m ) Millennium Force Cedar Point First complete circuit coaster to stand over 300 ft ( 310 ft ) Drop is exactly 300 ft ( 90 m )
2000 First LIM-launched Twisted impulse coaster Possessed Dorney Park Previously operated at Geauga Lake as Superman : Ultimate Escape and Steel Venom
2000 First Stand Up Drop Tower Apocalypse Drayton Manor 5 Towers with 3 stand up towers & 2 sit down towers Tower 5 was modified in 2002 to feature the Worlds First Stand Up Floorless drop tower
2001 First coaster to utilize a LIM launch hill California Screamin ' Disney California Adventure Park Has a magnetic launch followed by a magnetic non-cable/chain lift hill ( this , along with scream tunnels , was done to reduce noise ) Currently the longest coaster with inversions
2001 First wooden coaster with prefabricated track Colossos Heide Park
2002 First coaster to do 10 inversions Colossus Thorpe Park Has 10 inversions - in order : 1 Loop , 1 Cobra Roll ( counts as 2 ) , 2 Corkscrews , and 5 heartline rolls
2002 First hydraulic catapult launch coaster Xcelerator Knott 's Berry Farm Accelerates from 0 to 82 miles per hour , covering 157 feet of launch track , in just 2.3 seconds
2003 First Strata coaster ( over 400 ft ) Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point Tallest and fastest coaster in the world when opened at 420 ft ( 128 m ) and 120 mph ( 190 km/h )
2004 First accelerator coaster to feature inversions Storm Runner Hersheypark Reaches a height of 150 ft and catapults riders from 0 to 72 mph in 2 seconds Features a top hat and three inversions
2005 World 's tallest coaster ( 2005-present ) ; was world 's fastest coaster ( 2005-2010 ) Kingda Ka Six Flags Great Adventure 456 feet high ; launch speed 128 mph ( 206 km/h )
2007 First 4th Dimension design ZacSpin Coaster by Intamin First Intamin coaster to include curved hydraulic chain lift hill Kirnu Linnanmäki First compact 4-D coaster in the world Features redesigned restraints ( lap bar with safety belt shoulder harness system ) and non-friction magnetic brakes
2007 Intamin 's first Wing Rider coaster Furius Baco PortAventura Park at PortAventura World Accelerates from 0 to 135 km/h ( 84 mph ) in 3.5 seconds Was fastest coaster in Europe until 2017
2008 At 97 degrees , steepest drop of all Intamin coasters Fahrenheit Hersheypark Ascends chain lift hill at a 90 degree angle Features a 121-foot Norwegian loop and six inversions
2008 Record holder at the time for the steepest wooden coaster in the world Currently the highest , fastest , longest coaster in South Korea T Express Everland Maximum 77 degrees Height 183.75 ft ( 56.01m ) Top speed 64.6 mph ( 104 km/h ) Length 5383.10 ft ( 1641m ) 12 airtime hills