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This one began at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in 1976 as Die
Wildkatze before moving to Playland Park in New York, Steel Pier
in New Jersey and Williams Grove Park in Pennsylvania before coming to
Adventure Park USA in 2007.
Despite being 42 years old and having moved five times The Wildcat
still runs smooth and has quite a bite to the ride.
I think half the thrill of the Wildcat is due to the small cars that
whizz around the track. When The Wildcat design debuted in 1964 it
was designed to have ten cars on the track. Yes there would be at
least half of them in the station but I would love to see one of these
operating at full capacity as there would be non stop cars speeding on
by.
When I was there Adventure City only had one car on the track but that
didn't stop this from being an insanely fun little coaster.
I had a great time visiting Adventure Park USA and I added three really
fun coasters to my list and I got to ride another of my favorite
designers rides. Throw in getting to show Carrie the capital and
visit one of the most important and historic buildings in the nation and
it was a pretty good day.
Now on to Coaster Con 41 for us!
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