The Ride
When Wild World, now known as Six Flags America, moved the Wild One from New England it was a  instant success. After seeing the popularity of woodies, SFA went looking for another wooden coaster to add to their lineup. The contracted GCI to build a twister style coaster. Following Hershey Park's Wildcat, a twister seemd like the way to go. The 3200 feet coaster came to be known as Roar. The coaster was said to have more twists than the Crystal Beach Cyclone. With barely any straight track, this coaster openned on May 1998 to a welcoming crowd.
The Experience
Roar uses PTC trains to carry riders through it's crazy layout. Once the trains are loaded a 90 degree curve leads the train to the lift hill. The lift carries the train up 90 feet and then hurles them down the steep, twisted drop. The track wraps around into a fan curve, a 270 degree upward spiral, that sends the trains into a camelback hump. After the hump, the trains are propelled up and around another fan curve and over the pre-lift hill curve. After diving down the turn the train cruises over a small hill and into a 270 degree turn. The train is lead into the tunneled section of the ride. As the train exits the tunnel and retraces the first fan curve. Then it's the final dash to the brakes, and a quick turnaround into the station.
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