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Big Bad Wolf - BGW King Cobra - King's Island Mean Streak - Cedar Point TTD - Cedar Point T2 - Kentucky Kingdom Twisted Twins - Kentucky Kingdom Also Kentucky Kingdom's boomerang I think is defunct?
King Cobra was surprisingly fun as I recall, I'd love to know what I think now.
Edit - I can also give an honorable mention to Mantis at CP along with Chang at Kentucky Kingdom.
Ugh, I can’t believe I forgot about Dragster - rode that one a good 15 years ago!
I didn’t get to ride SkyRider while that was still at Canada’s Wonderland, but it looks like the same model as King Cobra. I wish I could ride a Togo stand-up coaster but I’m not sure when/if that’ll happen.
I rode all 3 of the Paramount stand ups (all Togo's) and loved them all. I only was on SkyRider once or twice in a single visit but the other 2 (King Cobra and Shockwave) I rode numerous times. They all were great and put B&M's stand ups to shame (save possibly Pipeline) mainly because of the restraints.
Disaster Transport
Dragon Challenge (Chinese Fireball)
Dragon Challenge (Hungarian Horntail)
Lightning Rod (-2020)
Mantis
Mean Streak
Mystery Mine (-2020)
Steel Curtain
Top Thrill Dragster
Volcano - The Blast Coaster
Wicked Twister
These are all according to my coaster-count account though some are just updated coasters, not actually defunct.
I've got quite a few but here's my top 20:
#1 - Volcano - King's Dominion
#2 - Riverside Cyclone (Pre-2001) - Riverside Park
#3 - Top Thrill Dragster - Cedar Point
#4 - Blue Streak - Conneaut Lake Park
#5 - Son of Beast - King's Island
#6 - Big Dipper - Geauga Lake
#7 - Batman and Robin: The Chiller - Six Flags Great Adventure
#8 - Rolling Thunder - Six Flags Great Adventure
#9 - The Villain - Geauga Lake
#10 - Disaster Transport - Cedar Point
#11 - Raging Wolf Bobs - Geauga Lake
#12 - Laser Loop - Kennywood
#13 - Wildcat - Hersheypark
#14 - T3 - Kentucky Kingdom
#15 - Mad Mouse - Lakemont Park
#16 - Vortex - King's Island
#17 - King Cobra - King's Island
#18 - Firehawk - King's Island
#19 - Skyrider - Canada's Wonderland
#20 - Mean Streak - Cedar Point