Georgia Cyclone
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The Georgia Cyclone is a wooden roller coaster
at Six Flags Over Georgia
in Atlanta, Georgia
. Opened in 1990, it is a mirror image
of the legendary Coney Island Cyclone. Ten feet higher than the Cyclone, it stands at 95 feet (29 m) and has a track length of 2970 feet (905.3 m) and a top speed of 50 miles per hour (22.4 m/s). The Cyclone is known as a "stand-up" wooden roller coaster by roller coaster enthusiasts due to several extreme moments of negative g-forces. It can also be extremely rough during hot and dry weather.
For years, the sign at the top of its lift hill
said that the Georgia Cyclone was "The Most a Coaster can Beeeeeeee!" Now it simply says "Stay Seated."
Wooden roller coaster
A wooden roller coaster is most often classified as a roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlaid upon a wooden track. Occasionally, the structure may be made out of a steel lattice or truss, but the ride remains classified as a wooden roller coaster due to the track design...
at Six Flags Over Georgia
Six Flags Over Georgia
Six Flags Over Georgia is a theme park located west of Atlanta, in unincorporated Cobb County. Opened in 1967, it is the second park in the Six Flags chain, after the original opening in 1961 in Texas....
in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. Opened in 1990, it is a mirror image
Mirror image
A mirror image is a reflected duplication of an object that appears identical but reversed. As an optical effect it results from reflection off of substances such as a mirror or water. It is also a concept in geometry and can be used as a conceptualization process for 3-D structures...
of the legendary Coney Island Cyclone. Ten feet higher than the Cyclone, it stands at 95 feet (29 m) and has a track length of 2970 feet (905.3 m) and a top speed of 50 miles per hour (22.4 m/s). The Cyclone is known as a "stand-up" wooden roller coaster by roller coaster enthusiasts due to several extreme moments of negative g-forces. It can also be extremely rough during hot and dry weather.
For years, the sign at the top of its lift hill
Lift hill
A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward-sloping section of track on a typical roller coaster that initially transports the roller coaster train to an elevated point or peak in the roller coaster ride...
said that the Georgia Cyclone was "The Most a Coaster can Beeeeeeee!" Now it simply says "Stay Seated."