Six Flags closing famous roller coaster

AUSTELL, Ga. — Six Flags Over Georgia announced the Georgia Cyclone, the iconic wooden roller coaster, will close for good Sunday, July 30.

The classic coaster has given nearly 8.7 million rides since opening in 1990. The Georgia Cyclone is a mirror image of the legendary Coney Island Cyclone.

Considered a classic roller coaster ride,  generations of families have ridden the Georgia Cyclone together over the years.

The Georgia Cyclone begins with a 95-foot climb before riders fly over 2,970 feet of track while reaching speeds of 50 miles per hour.

There's no word on what new ride will take its place, though Six Flags New England closed its wooden version of the Cyclone in 2014. It reopened a year later as a steel roller coaster named Wicked Cyclone. And Six Flags Discovery Mountain closed its wooden roller coaster named Roar in 2015. It opened a wood-steel hybrid roller coaster named The Joker in its place a little less than a year later.

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