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Thrill
Boomerang
Steel · Opened 1999
117 fttall47 mphtop speed3xupside down
48 inches to ride
Runs forward and backward
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Thrill
Mind Eraser
Steel · Opened 1997
109 fttall50 mphtop speed5xupside down
52 inches to ride
Hangs below the track
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Twister III: Storm ChaserThrill
Twister III: Storm Chaser
Wooden · Opened 1995
100 fttall55 mphtop speedNeverupside down
48 inches to ride
Fastest here
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Thrill
Half Pipe
Steel · Opened 2004
98 fttall44 mphtop speedNeverupside down
52 inches to ride
Launched
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Thrill
Sidewinder
Steel · Opened 1995
56 fttall45 mphtop speed1xupside down
48 inches to ride
Smallest here
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No coaster here matches both picks. Try a taller height or another intensity.
Intensity is our own three-step scale from published figures: extreme is 150 feet or taller, 74 mph or faster or 6 or more inversions; thrill is 100 feet or taller, any inversion, or a height to ride over 42 inches; family is a height to ride of 42 inches or less. A coaster those figures do not place has no label. Height to ride is from the park or, where it publishes none, Wikipedia.
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Thrill
No new coaster is listed as being built at Elitch Gardens.
The 3 that used to run here, newest closure first.
| Coaster | Ran | What it was |
|---|---|---|
| Cactus Coaster1995 to 2012 | 1995 to 2012 | Steel |
| Flying Coaster2002 to 2007 | 2002 to 2007 | Steel, you ride face down |
| Runaway Train1996 | 1996 | Steel |
6 are operating. 3 more have closed for good.
Tallest: Boomerang, 117 feet. Fastest: Twister III: Storm Chaser, 55 mph.
From 48 inches to 52 inches. At 48 inches a rider can ride 3 of the 5 with a published height. Only Mind Eraser and Half Pipe need 52 inches. Our sources give no height to ride for Blazin' Buckaroo.
3 of the 6: Mind Eraser (5 times), Boomerang (3 times) and Sidewinder (1 times). The rest never turn you over.
Nothing announced. No new coaster is listed as being built at Elitch Gardens.
Which coasters are open and closed, plus type, year, height, speed, times upside down and intensity: the Airtime Fever coaster dataset (Elitch Gardens, read Thu 10/1/2026). Our sources give no height to ride for Blazin' Buckaroo. Figures are rounded to the nearest foot and mph.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Bgtbbum at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0), Jesse James (CC BY 2.0), Paul L Dineen (CC BY 2.0). A ride with no usable photo of it shows its name instead.