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Cancelled Rides

Boardwalk Canyon Blaster - Six Flags Fiesta Texas, San Antonio, TX

Ride Type
Steel, Junior, Twister

Planned Debut
2001

Cause of Cancellation:
Unbuilt ride relocated to Warner Bros. Movie World Spain as Tom and Jerry Coaster for 2002

Crocodile Aquarium - Disneyland, Anaheim, CA

Ride Type
Walkthrough attraction in which visitors walk into the mouth of Tick-Tock (Crocodile in Peter Pan), and descend into his belly where an aquarium lies.

Hammerhead Stall - Sheraton Studio City Resort, Orlando, FL

Ride Type
Steel, Spinning, Shuttl

Planned Debut
2000

Cause of Cancellation:
Entire resort cancelled

HyperSonic XLC: Xtreme Launch Coaster - California's Great America, Santa Clara, CA

Ride Type
Steel, Pneumatically-Launched, Out & Back

Planned Debut
2001

Cause of Cancellation:
Ended up opening in 2001 at Paramount's Kings Dominion

Industrial Revolution - Disney's America, Haymarket, VA (Cancelled)

Ride Type
Steel, Enclosed, Mine Train

Planned Debut
1998

Cause of Cancellation:
Plans for park shot down

Mr. Freeze - Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, IL

Ride Type
Steel, LIM-launched, Shuttle-Looping

Planned Debut
1996

Mr. Freeze - Six Flags Astroworld, Houston, TX

Ride Type
Steel, LIM-launched, Shuttle-Looping

Planned Debut
1996

Mr. Twister - Knoebels Groves, Elysburg, PA

Ride Type
Wooden, Twister

Planned Debut
1999

Cause of Cancellation:
Park originally planned to relocate Mr. Twister from Colorado, ended up starting from scratch on new version of ride - Twister.

Riddlers Revenge - Six Flags over Georgia, Austell, GA

Ride Type
Steel, Looping

Planned Debut
1996

Cause of Cancellation:
Planned 1996 retheme for MindBender that fell through

Ripcord - Dorney Park, Allentown, PA

Ride Type
Skycoaster

Planned Debut
2000

Cause of Cancellation:
Cancelled and replaced by Skyscraper ride

Road Runner Express - Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, MO

Ride Type
Steel, Junior, Twister

Planned Debut
2000

Rolling Thunder - Bell's Amusement Park, Tulsa, OK

Ride Type
Wooden, Out & Back, Enclosed / Non-Enclosed

Planned Debut
2002

Cause of Cancellation:
Couldn't reach an agrement on noise level with neighbors.

Rolling Thunder - Bell's Amusement Park, Tulsa, OK

Ride Type
Wooden, Out & Back, Enclosed / Non-Enclosed

Planned Debut
2002

Secret Weapon 1 - Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England

Ride Type
Steel, Inside-Track, Looping

Planned Debut
1990

Secret Weapon 2 - Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England

Ride Type
Steel, Inside-Track, Looping

Planned Debut
1992

Secret Weapon 6 - Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England

Ride Type
Wooden, Out & Back, Terrain

Planned Debut
2005

Cause of Cancellation:
Concerns of environmental impact

Sprocket Rockets - Six Flags America, Upper Marlboro, MD

Ride Type
Junior

Planned Debut
1999

Cause of Cancellation:
Bumped off 1999 debut in favor of Great Chase

Star Palace - Disneyland, Anaheim, CA

Ride Type
Show in which a rocket would land, starring animatronic moon-walking Michael Jackson, aliens, and "Wild, Untamed. Huge Hooters from Hoth."

Planned Debut
1980s

Stunt Flyer - Fantasy Island, Skegness, England

Ride Type
Steel, Spinning, Shuttle

Planned Debut
2002, 2003

The Dark Knight - Six Flags New England, Agawam, Massachusetts

Ride Type
Steel, Enclosed, Wild Mouse

Planned Debut
2008

Cause of Cancellation:
It was cancelled because Six Flags didn't have the right permit and had to discontinue it.

Turbulence - Hersheypark, Hershey, PA, USA

Ride Type
Hersheypark, Hershey, PA, USA

Planned Debut
2005

Cause of Cancellation:
Manufacturer raised price from 2mil to 3.2mil, park sued, citing a breach of contract. It was to be the first "Frequent Faller" ride from Interactive Rides.

Unknown - Disney's America, Haymarket, VA (Cancelled)

Ride Type
Steel, Looping

Planned Debut
1998

Cause of Cancellation:
Plans for park shot down

Unknown - LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park, Middletown, OH

Ride Type
Wooden, Triple Out & Back

Planned Debut
1990

Cause of Cancellation:
Design instead used for Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom's Thunder Run

Unknown - Morey's Piers, Wildwood, NJ

Ride Type
Steel, Pipeline

Planned Debut
199?

Cause of Cancellation:
Arrow cancelled production of the pipeline coasters

Unknown - Six Flags America, Largo, MD

Ride Type
Steel, Stand-Up, Looping

Planned Debut
2001

Cause of Cancellation:
Bumped off 2001 debut in favor of Batwing

Unknown - Six Flags AstroWorld, Houston, TX

Ride Type
Wooden

Planned Debut
200

Unknown - Walibi Belgium, Wavre, Belgium

Ride Type
Steel, Out & Back, Looping, Tilt-Coaster

Planned Debut
2001

Unknown - Six Flags New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Ride Type
Steel, Inverted, Looping

Planned Debut
2001

Cause of Cancellation:
Park financial difficulties; Shipped to Magic Springs and Crystal Falls where it opened in 2004 as Gauntlet

Unknown - Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom, Aurora, OH

Ride Type
Steel, Hyper-Coaster

Planned Debut
2002

Cause of Cancellation:
Intamin AG hyper ride to be installed on park's 'Wild Life' side cancelled due to lack of approval from city. Still rumored to be on the way.

Unknown - Stone Mountain Park, Atlanta, GA

Ride Type
Steel, Mine-Train

Planned Debut
2002

Unknown - Stone Mountain Park, Atlanta, GA

Ride Type
Steel, Mine-Train

Planned Debut
2002

Unknown - Stratosphere Tower, Las Vegas, NV

Ride Type
Steel, Fish Hook

Planned Debut
200?

Cause of Cancellation:
City turned down project

Unknown - Unknown Park, Virginia Beach, VA (Cancelled)

Ride Type
Steel, Figure-Eight, Looping

Planned Debut
2000

Unknown - Heide-Park Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany

Ride Type
Steel, LIM-launched, Aqua Trax

Planned Debut
2004

Cause of Cancellation:
Cancelled and replaced by Desert Race, Intamin AG Accelerator Coaster

Unknown - Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England

Ride Type
Steel, Launch, Motorbike Coaster

Planned Debut
2004

Cause of Cancellation:
Cancelled and replaced by Rita - Queen of Speed, Intamin AG Accelerator Coaster

Unknown - Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England

Ride Type
Steel, Non-Looping

Planned Debut
1991

Unnamed - Heide Park, Lower Saxony, Germany

Ride Type
Steel, Tera-Coaster

Planned Debut
2002

Cause of Cancellation:
Intamin coaster like Millennium Force planned, but cancelled

Vertigo - Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, CA

Ride Type
Vertical Ride

Planned Debut
2001

Cause of Cancellation:
Incident at another park involving a ride similar to this caused the ride to be cancelled
 
 

Cancelled Parks

Disney's America - Haymarket, VA

Park Type
Theme park

Planned Debut
1998

Cause of Cancellation:
Opposition from residents and negative media attention

Great America - Manassas, VA

Park Type
Theme Park

Planned Debut
197?

Cause of Cancellation:
Opposition to developing battlefield land

Great Northwest Theme Park - Lakewood, WA

Park Type
Theme Park

Planned Debut
2003

Cause of Cancellation:
Land zoning issues with the city

King Neptune's Water Park - Sarasota, FL

Park Type
Water Park

Planned Debut
Summer 1997

Cause of Cancellation:
Bankruptcy. Instead became a car dealership

Paramount's Australia Studios - Australia

Park Type
Theme Park

Planned Debut
2000

Six Flags AutoWorld - Detroit, MI

Park Type
Theme Park

Planned Debut
1984

Cause of Cancellation:
After a year of operation, Six Flags pulled their name from everything in the park. The park closed after less than two years of operating the park only operated seasonally. Simply put, the park was a failure.

Transpo USA - Atlanta, GA

Park Type
Theme Park

Planned Debut
200?

Cause of Cancellation:
Unknown

Treasures Down Under Theme Park / China World - Palmview, Australia

Park Type
Theme Park

Planned Debut
20??

Cause of Cancellation:
Plans met with too much scepticism

Unknown - Dublin, Ireland

Park Type
Theme Park

Planned Debut
Unconfirmed

Cause of Cancellation:
Plans were rejected at a special meeting of Fingal County Council. Proposed by the United Entertainment Partners. Plan included the creation of 3 theme parks, 14 hotels, 10,000 apartments, a concert venue, an ice rink, a golf course, and an equestrian cen

Unknown - Virginia Beach, VA

Park Type
Amusement Park

Planned Debut
1999

Cause of Cancellation:
Unknown

Walt Disney World - St. Louis, MO

Park Type
Theme Park

Planned Debut
1970

Cause of Cancellation:
Moved to Lake Buena Vista, FL because of more room and a better climate. Anheuser-Busch wanted to sell their beer in Walt Disney World but Walt Disney had a vision of a family park and refused to have alcohol in his park

Wonderful World of Oz - DeSoto, KS

Park Type
Theme Park

Planned Debut
Unconfirmed

Cause of Cancellation:
Failed to get approval

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