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	<title>The Coaster Critic&#039;s Blog &#187; Roller Coaster News</title>
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		<title>New B&amp;M Concept Will Debut on X-Raptor at Gardaland in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/07/new-bm-concept-will-debut-on-x-raptor-at-gardaland-in-2011.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been talk for years about a new Bolliger &#38; Mabillard roller coaster type. Last week, the rumors about the ride&#8217;s design were confirmed as Italian theme park Gardaland released an image of their 2011 roller coaster X-Raptor.


Gardaland is pleased to introduce a spectacular new attraction in 2011:
X-Raptor &#8211; the most extreme roller coasters, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roller Coaster For Sale: Still No Buyers for the Big Dipper</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/07/roller-coaster-for-sale-still-no-buyers-for-the-big-dipper.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/07/roller-coaster-for-sale-still-no-buyers-for-the-big-dipper.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Coaster Critic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big Dipper is the sole survivor of the now defunct Geauga Lake Amusement Park in North Eastern Ohio. In 2007, Cedar Fair closed the amusement park while keeping the adjacent water park, Wildwater Kingdom, open. Several of the park&#8217;s largest roller coasters found new homes and others were scrapped. Thunderhawk migrated to Michigan&#8217;s Adventure, Head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sky Rocket Test Video</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/06/sky-rocket-test-video.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Coaster Critic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kennywood&#8217;s Sky Rocket looks to be about ready to open. As you can see from the video below the coaster has had test runs:

As I said in my previous posts, I think Sky Rocket will be a strong addition to Kennywood&#8217;s loopless lineup. It will boast all of the ingredients of a solid modern looper. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chang Could Replace Great American Scream Machine at Great Adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/06/chang-could-replace-great-american-scream-machine-at-great-adventure.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/06/chang-could-replace-great-american-scream-machine-at-great-adventure.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Coaster Critic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chang may not be opening at Six Flags Great America (near Chicago) as everyone had thought. Rumors have the stand-up roller coaster moving to Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson, NJ), arguably the company&#8217;s flagship theme park. The rumor also has Chang replacing the Arrow looper, Great American Scream Machine.
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom&#8217;s Chang started coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Ronde Attacked by Sea Monster Ednör</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/04/la-ronde-attacked-by-sea-monster-ednor.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/04/la-ronde-attacked-by-sea-monster-ednor.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Coaster Critic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Montreal theme park La Ronde announced the name and theme of their new (ish) roller coaster. The Six Flags affiliated park received a Vekoma SLC that was orignially Serial Thriller at Six Flags AstroWorld from 1999 until 2005. When AstroWorld closed, the coaster remained in storage at Great Escape for nearly 4 years.
Last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Busch Gardens Tampa&#8217;s 2011 Roller Coaster</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/04/busch-gardens-tampa-2011-roller-coaster.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/04/busch-gardens-tampa-2011-roller-coaster.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Coaster Critic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rumors of a new Busch Gardens Tampa roller coaster had been making the rounds on the Web for a while. A member of Orlando United did some digging around and hit the mother lode. They found plans for the 2011 ride in a public folder on a construction contractor&#8217;s website. The plans align with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intimidator 305 Opens: POV Video, Reviews, &amp; a Poll</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/04/intimidator-305-pov-video-reviews-poll.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/04/intimidator-305-pov-video-reviews-poll.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Coaster Critic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The highly anticipated Intimidator 305 opens to the public today at Kings Dominion (near Richmond, VA). At 305&#8242; or about 30 stories tall, it is one of the tallest roller coasters in the U.S. and the World. Its little brother Intimidator at Carowinds opened last week. They both bear the nickname of the legendary NASCAR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carowinds&#8217; Intimidator Reviews, POV Video, &amp; a Poll</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/03/carowinds-intimidator-reviews-pov-video.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/03/carowinds-intimidator-reviews-pov-video.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Coaster Critic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carowinds&#8217; new hyper coaster Inimidator opened to the public on Saturday and I&#8217;ve been scouring the Web, local news stations, and talking to my friends who have ridden it to see how it is. I live about 30 minutes from the park, but I wasn&#8217;t able to make it to Media Day as I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Videos Reveal Thirteen&#8217;s Secret Weapon</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/03/videos-reveal-thirteens-free-fall-drop.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/03/videos-reveal-thirteens-free-fall-drop.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Coaster Critic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen&#8217;s Secret Weapon Revealed!
You might not want to read this post if you&#8217;re planning on visiting Alton Towers and you want to be completely surprised by Thirteen. British news shows GMTV and ITV were on location to film the first footage of Thirteen, Alton Towers highly anticipated new roller coaster. The park boasted that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thirteen&#8217;s Creepy Blipvert TV Ads</title>
		<link>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/03/thirteens-creepy-blipvert-tv-ads-alton-towers.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecoastercritic.com/2010/03/thirteens-creepy-blipvert-tv-ads-alton-towers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Coaster Critic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alton Towers has the hype machine going at full speed as the opening for their much anticipated new roller coaster draws near. Not much is known about Thirteen other than that it&#8217;s supposed to be so scary that there will be a controversial age limit. There was also talk of a limit to the times [...]]]></description>
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