| For similarly-named coasters at other Six Flags parks, see Road Runner Express. |
Road Runner Express is a junior steel roller coaster in Bugs Bunny World at Six Flags Magic Mountain. It opened on May 28, 2011. The ride was previously located at Six Flags New Orleans from 2000 until 2009.
History[]
The ride was developed by Vekoma and originally installed as Rex's Rail Runner at Jazzland in New Orleans. When the park was acquired by Six Flags, the coaster was re-themed and renamed to Road Runner's Express.[1][2] After being hit by Hurricana Katrina in August 2005, Six Flags New Orleans was closed. The coaster was salvaged and sent to California. It was intended to be renamed to Mr. Six's Dance Coaster, but after the discontinuation of use of the character, its Road Runner theme was retained.[3][4] The ride re-uses the former station of Yosemite Sam Sierra Falls, which was previously on the site.[5]
Ride experience[]
The experience is mostly the same as the typical Vekoma Junior Coaster (example: Sprocket Rockets) but it has Road Runner theming such as ACME Boxes, cactuses, and Wile E. Coyote himself. Roadrunner doesn't appear in the ride since the coaster's trains are the Roadrunner's shoes.
Some changes were made when the ride was brought to the other side of the Mississippi. Even though many thematic elements were carried over, to avoid duplicating the Canyon Blaster's color scheme, it uses the red X2/Ninja color scheme instead, and many 3D props are now 2D.
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References[]
- ↑ Rides List - Six Flags New Orleans, Six Flags. Archived 2002-22-19.
- ↑ Rides List - Six Flags New Orleans, Six Flags. Archived 2004-03-07.
- ↑ Mr Six's DanceCoaster coming to Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2010 by Nick Sim, Theme Park Tourist. 2010-01-28. Archived 2019-04-01.
- ↑ Five ‘new’ coasters coming to Six Flags Magic Mountain? Not so fast by Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times. 2011-01-18.
- ↑ Yosemite Sam's Sierra Falls Removed by Ryan, Planet Six. 2010-12-27.
See also[]
- Rookie Racer, a similar family coaster from Vekoma at Six Flags St. Louis.
- Sprocket Rockets, a similar family coaster from Vekoma at Six Flags Great America.
External links[]
- Road Runner Express - Six Flags Magic Mountain at Six Flags
Road Runner Express (Six Flags Magic Mountain) at Coasterpedia- Road Runner Express at Coaster Gallery
- Road Runner Express - Six Flags Magic Mountain at the Roller Coaster DataBase
- Road Runner Express (Six Flags Magic Mountain) at the Roller Coaster Wiki
- Road Runner Express (Six Flags Magic Mountain) at Wikipedia
