The ride was called Ozark's Wildcat at the defunct park, Celebration City. The park had closed back in 2008 with this demolition taking place seven years (2015). To see the ride still fighting after being abandoned for so long tells you how well it was made. However, the launched freefall ride as well as other kiddie flat rides have survived and have been relocated to Silver Dollar City. I haven't been on that side of Branson lately but I believe the park is still been abandoned since the day it closed down.
GCI, Great Coasters International, based out of Sunbury, PA. One of the founders was a designer for CCI. Mike Boodley Their direct competitor in the early days was CCI, Custom Coasters International which was formed by the daughter of The Beast designer, Charles Dinn ,who also formed the DInn Corporation, which got its start moving the PLayland Park Rocket, to Knoebels Grove where it was re-assemble and renamed... The Phoenix. Dinn also designed and constructed many other coasters such as Mean Streak at Cedar Point (now Steel Vengeance), Hercules (Defunct) at Dorney Park, the relocation of Giant Coaster to Six FLags Maryland where it was renamed WIld One, Wolverine Wildcat, Raging Wolf bobs, and ending the business with Pegasus at Efteling. GCI has about 4 coasters in SBNO or Defunct status which goes to show their commitment to the industry. WHile CCI shut down in the early 2000;s GCI has continued to grow and become the premiere wooden coaster manufacturer. CCI became Gravity Group which is finding a lot of success in CHina with its booming Amusement Park industry, but GCI has been in continuous operation since opening in 1994, and is also taking a bite out of the business Gravity Group has in China, their most significant and some say best contribution is a coaster known as Wooden Coaster, which is a terrain based model built on the side of a cliff in China. GCI also has a lucrative Retracking business, they have re-tracked not only classic designed PTC (Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters) wooden coasters, but have retracked CCI and DINN coasters, as well as the in house built Twister at Knoebels. (Knoebels staff retracks the Phoenix on their own) @@blakestaredwards
Chimkin Nugglet of course it was different because son of beast was taller but saying there wasn’t a fault in the quality of construction of son of beast is ridiculous, loose bolts and a cracked plank want to have a word with you.
I know where that is, that's the defunct Celebration City park in Branson. That roller coaster may have died but Outlaw Run was born at Silver Dollar City and it is awesome!
Such a shame to see such a great coaster go like this. Luckily I got to ride it on a special exclusive ride session with a US enthusiast group called RideWorld back in June 2005, if I recall correctly. I'll never forget it as this was the last Park on our tour and we had an exhausting long drive home afterwards.
airplanefan 987 It made me sad how badly the spark was managed which led to the death of this really great wooden coaster also mad that they didn’t try to sell it
Such a devastating thing to watch. They are destroying a beautiful park that was a famous sight to explore and witness. It’s a shame the new owner wanted to destroy it and ruin all of its history and basically erase it from history.
Sadly, the park is no longer open. Celebration City had closed back in 2008, this ride was finally torn down after sitting abandoned for 7 years. Most of the kiddie rides there and a launched freefall ride, however, survived and were relocated to Silver Dollar City.
Jonathan Clark it was Ozark Wildcat at Celebration City. I rode it when I was younger and thought it was a very fun GCI. Sad the park never found a new owner
