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Hot Springs, Arkansas
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Thrill
Gauntlet
Steel · Opened 2004
109 fttall50 mphtop speed5xupside down
52 inches to ride
Hangs below the track
Coaster page
Family
Big Bad John
Steel · Opened 2002
32 fttall37 mphtop speedNeverupside down
42 inches to ride
Mine train
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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.
Ridden one? Find it here and see where the rest sit.
FamilyThrill
No new coaster is listed as being built at Magic Springs Theme and Water Park.
The 6 not running here: standing idle first, then closed for good, newest closure first.
| Coaster | Ran | What it was |
|---|---|---|
| X CoasterNot operating | Not operating | Not published |
| Arkansas TwisterNot operating | Not operating | Not published |
| Twist 'n' Shout2000 to 2012 | 2000 to 2012 | Steel |
| Zyklon1992 to 1995 | 1992 to 1995 | Steel |
| Roaring Tornado1980 to 1989 | 1980 to 1989 | Steel |
| Wild Hog1978 to 1984 | 1978 to 1984 | Steel |
3 are operating. 4 more have closed for good.
Gauntlet is both: 109 feet tall and 50 mph.
From 42 inches to 52 inches. At 48 inches a rider can ride 1 of the 2 with a published height. Our sources give no height to ride for Diamond Mine Run.
Under 42 inches or with an adult: Big Bad John (42 inches).
1 of the 3: Gauntlet (5 times). The rest never turn you over.
Nothing announced. No new coaster is listed as being built at Magic Springs Theme and Water Park.
Straight-line distance from Magic Springs Theme and Water Park, among US parks with five or more coasters.
Which coasters are open and closed, plus type, year, height, speed, times upside down and intensity: the Airtime Fever coaster dataset (Magic Springs Theme and Water Park, read Thu 10/1/2026). Our sources give no height to ride for Diamond Mine Run. Figures are rounded to the nearest foot and mph.
Closest parks: straight-line distance between park locations from Coasterpedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata (each park's coordinates, or the middle of its coasters' coordinates, read Fri 10/2/2026), rounded to 10 miles, among parks with five or more coasters.
Photographs via Coasterpedia: Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0). A ride with no usable photo of it shows its name instead.