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Oftentimes you may sit there and wonder, what ever happened to that ride I loved? Or, what ever happened to that ride that never made it off the drawing boards? Or perhaps, what exactly does all of that jargon translate to? The Special Listings is your place for all of the answers. This is the master section containing listings compiled over the courses of many years covering all of the unique topics such as which rides have been painted which colors and which rides opened on which days of the year. For all of your unique questions, these are your unique answer listings!
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- Name: Boardwalk Canyon Blaster
- Location: 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
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- Name: Hammerhead Stall
- Location: Sheraton Studio City Resort, Orlando, FL
- Ride Type: Steel, Spinning, Shuttl
- Planned Debut: 2000
- Cause of Cancellation: Entire resort cancelled
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- Name: HyperSonic XLC: Xtreme Launch Coaster
- Location: 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
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- Name: Industrial Revolution
- Location: Disney's America, Haymarket, VA (Cancelled)
- Ride Type: Steel, Enclosed, Mine Train
- Planned Debut: 1998
- Cause of Cancellation: Plans for park shot down
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- Name: Mr. Freeze
- Location: Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, IL
- Ride Type: Steel, LIM-launched, Shuttle-Looping
- Planned Debut: 1996
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Mr. Freeze
- Location: Six Flags Astroworld, Houston, TX
- Ride Type: Steel, LIM-launched, Shuttle-Looping
- Planned Debut: 1996
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Mr. Twister
- Location: 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.
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- Name: Riddlers Revenge
- Location: Six Flags over Georgia, Austell, GA
- Ride Type: Steel, Looping
- Planned Debut: 1996
- Cause of Cancellation: Planned 1996 retheme for MindBender that fell through
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- Name: Ripcord
- Location: Dorney Park, Allentown, PA
- Ride Type: Skycoaster
- Planned Debut: 2000
- Cause of Cancellation: Cancelled and replaced by Skyscraper ride
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- Name: Road Runner Express
- Location: Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, MO
- Ride Type: Steel, Junior, Twister
- Planned Debut: 2000
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Rolling Thunder
- Location: 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.
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- Name: Rolling Thunder
- Location: Bell's Amusement Park, Tulsa, OK
- Ride Type: Wooden, Out & Back, Enclosed / Non-Enclosed
- Planned Debut: 2002
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Secret Weapon 1
- Location: Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England
- Ride Type: Steel, Inside-Track, Looping
- Planned Debut: 1990
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Secret Weapon 2
- Location: Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England
- Ride Type: Steel, Inside-Track, Looping
- Planned Debut: 1992
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Secret Weapon 6
- Location: Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England
- Ride Type: Wooden, Out & Back, Terrain
- Planned Debut: 2005
- Cause of Cancellation: Concerns of environmental impact
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- Name: Sprocket Rockets
- Location: Six Flags America, Upper Marlboro, MD
- Ride Type: Junior
- Planned Debut: 1999
- Cause of Cancellation: Bumped off 1999 debut in favor of Great Chase
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- Name: Stunt Flyer
- Location: Fantasy Island, Skegness, England
- Ride Type: Steel, Spinning, Shuttle
- Planned Debut: 2002, 2003
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: The Dark Knight
- Location: 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.
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- Name: Turbulence
- Location: 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.
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: Disney's America, Haymarket, VA (Cancelled)
- Ride Type: Steel, Looping
- Planned Debut: 1998
- Cause of Cancellation: Plans for park shot down
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: 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
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: Morey's Piers, Wildwood, NJ
- Ride Type: Steel, Pipeline
- Planned Debut: 199?
- Cause of Cancellation: Arrow cancelled production of the pipeline coasters
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: 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
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: Six Flags AstroWorld, Houston, TX
- Ride Type: Wooden
- Planned Debut: 200
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: Walibi Belgium, Wavre, Belgium
- Ride Type: Steel, Out & Back, Looping, Tilt-Coaster
- Planned Debut: 2001
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: 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
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: 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.
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: Stone Mountain Park, Atlanta, GA
- Ride Type: Steel, Mine-Train
- Planned Debut: 2002
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: Stone Mountain Park, Atlanta, GA
- Ride Type: Steel, Mine-Train
- Planned Debut: 2002
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: Stratosphere Tower, Las Vegas, NV
- Ride Type: Steel, Fish Hook
- Planned Debut: 200?
- Cause of Cancellation: City turned down project
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: Unknown Park, Virginia Beach, VA (Cancelled)
- Ride Type: Steel, Figure-Eight, Looping
- Planned Debut: 2000
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: 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
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: 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
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England
- Ride Type: Steel, Non-Looping
- Planned Debut: 1991
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Unnamed
- Location: Heide Park, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Ride Type: Steel, Tera-Coaster
- Planned Debut: 2002
- Cause of Cancellation: Intamin coaster like Millennium Force planned, but cancelled
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- Name: Vertigo
- Location: 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
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- Name: Great America
- Location: Manassas, VA
- Park Type: Theme Park
- Planned Debut: 197?
- Cause of Cancellation: Opposition to developing battlefield land
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- Name: Great Northwest Theme Park
- Location: Lakewood, WA
- Park Type: Theme Park
- Planned Debut: 2003
- Cause of Cancellation: Land zoning issues with the city
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- Name: King Neptune's Water Park
- Location: Sarasota, FL
- Park Type: Water Park
- Planned Debut: Summer 1997
- Cause of Cancellation: Bankruptcy. Instead became a car dealership
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- Name: Paramount's Australia Studios
- Location: Australia
- Park Type: Theme Park
- Planned Debut: 2000
- Cause of Cancellation:
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- Name: Six Flags AutoWorld
- Location: 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.
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- Name: Transpo USA
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Park Type: Theme Park
- Planned Debut: 200?
- Cause of Cancellation: Unknown
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- Name: Treasures Down Under Theme Park / China World
- Location: Palmview, Australia
- Park Type: Theme Park
- Planned Debut: 20??
- Cause of Cancellation: Plans met with too much scepticism
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: 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
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- Name: Unknown
- Location: Virginia Beach, VA
- Park Type: Amusement Park
- Planned Debut: 1999
- Cause of Cancellation: Unknown
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- Name: Walt Disney World
- Location: 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
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- Name: Wonderful World of Oz
- Location: DeSoto, KS
- Park Type: Theme Park
- Planned Debut: Unconfirmed
- Cause of Cancellation: Failed to get approval
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