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Extremeroller

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Park section
  
America

Opening date
  
1976

Replaced by
  
Timber Wolf

Height
  
21 m

Max speed
  
80 km/h

Capacity
  
1,800 people/hour

Status
  
Relocation

Closing date
  
1988

Type
  
Steel

Closed
  
1988

Opened
  
1976

Track length
  
381 m

Similar
  
Schussboomer, Zambezi Zinger, Timber Wolf, Orient Express, Cosmic Coaster

Extremeroller was a steel stand-up roller coaster at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri. It was built by Arrow Dynamics and the first stand-up roller coaster in the United States. It was built in 1976 under the name Screamroller. In 1983, Arrow designed a stand-up train for the attraction, which was subsequently renamed Extremeroller (also known as EXT). However, the original sit-down trains were reinstalled in 1984, remaining in place until the attraction was removed in 1988 and replaced by Timber Wolf that opened in 1989. In 1990 extremeroller was relocated to Formosa WonderWorld in Taipei Taiwan under as "spiral" which standing until end of 2006 the attraction have been removed and it is unknown if it its being scrapped or in storage somewhere.

The original station, entrance and few cement platform from EXT still remain today (as commonly seen in the water and exit from station) and notice the gate doesn't match the timber wolf train proper, it was original arrow designed for extremeroller train. American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) still has the stand up train stored in storage.

References

Extremeroller Wikipedia