Desperado

Arrow Dynamics built the first roller coaster that was over 200 feet tall.  The term "hyper-coaster" was created to refer to rides that were over the 200-foot mark.  Arrow built five hyper-coasters:  Magnum XL-200 (1989) at Cedar Point in Ohio, Desperado (1994) shown here, Pepsi Max Big One (1994) at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in the United Kingdom, Titan V at Space World in Japan, and Steel Phantom at Kennywood in Pennsylvania.  Only Steel Phantom had loops, but these were removed when the ride was converted to Phantom's Revenge.

©2009 Joel A. Rogers.