Rampage, Wooden roller coaster in Bessemer, Alabama, United States
Rampage is a wooden roller coaster that stretches over 3,500 feet and climbs to about 120 feet high. It accelerates to speeds around 56 miles per hour as it travels through nine crossovers and twelve curves with six-car trains.
Rampage opened with VisionLand on May 23, 1998, built by Custom Coasters International to a Larry Bill design. It sat out the 2002 season after the park's owners filed for bankruptcy, then reopened on May 26, 2003 under Southland Entertainment Group. General Attractions closed it again in 2012; after four dormant years Dan and Natalie Koch renovated it for a 2015 reopening.
Vision Land held a "Name That Coaster" contest and picked "Rampage" on December 15, 1997, from 1,400 entries. A Pleasant Grove High School student submitted the winning name; "Scorpion's Tail" and "Jaguar" placed second and third.
Rampage stands in the Alabama Splash Adventure park in Bessemer, Alabama. Its twister layout packs nine crossovers into 3,500 feet of track, so riders pass close to the wooden structure and to each other. The trains were built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters.
The name "Rampage" won a "Name That Coaster contest" held by Vision Land representatives, chosen on December 15, 1997, from 1,400 entries. It was submitted by a student at Pleasant Grove High School; "Scorpion's Tail" and "Jaguar" placed second and third. Before opening, testing on March 24, 1998, used bagged oats as test dummies.
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