Arrow Dynamics - Milestones

Milestones

• 1959: The world's first tubular steel track coaster, Matterhorn Bobsleds, at Disneyland.
• 1963: The world's first Log Flume, El Aserradero at Six Flags Over Texas
• 1966: The world's first mine train roller coaster, featuring the world's first underwater tunnel, the Runaway Mine Train at Six Flags Over Texas.
• 1975: The world's first modern inverting coaster, Corkscrew, at Knott's Berry Farm.
• 1976: The world's first coaster with 3 inversions, Corkscrew at Cedar Point.
• 1977: The world's first coaster with consecutive vertical loops, Double Loop, at Geauga Lake.
• 1978: The world's first interlocking loops, Loch Ness Monster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.
• 1980: The world's first coaster with 4 inversions, Carolina Cyclone at Carowinds.
• 1981: The world's first modern suspended coaster, The Bat, at Kings Island.
• 1982: The world's first coaster with 5 inversions, Viper at Darien Lake.
• 1984: The world's first successful suspended coaster, XLR-8 at Six Flags Astroworld and Big Bad Wolf at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
• 1987: The world's first coaster with 6 inversions, Vortex at Kings Island.
• 1988: The world's first coaster with 7 inversions, Shockwave at Six Flags Great America.
• 1989: The world's first Hypercoaster, Magnum XL-200, at Cedar Point.
• 1994: Europe's tallest, steepest and fastest coaster, Pepsi Max Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in Great Britain.
• 2002: The Olympic Cauldron for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City was lit. Arrow Dynamics designed the steel frame supporting the structure designed by WET Design.
• 2002: The world's first 4th dimension coaster, X, at Six Flags Magic Mountain.