Notable Designs
Ron Toomer's designs were highly innovative with many of his coasters breaking records. Notable designs include:
- Runaway Mine Train (Six Flags Over Texas), first mine train type coaster.
- Roaring 20's Corkscrew, (Knott's Berry Farm), first coaster with two inversions.
- Corkscrew (Cedar Point), first with three inversions.
- Carolina Cyclone (Carowinds), first with four inversions.
- Viper (Darien Lake), first with five inversions.
- Vortex (Kings Island), first with six inversions.
- Shockwave (Six Flags Great America), first with seven inversions.
- Motorcycle Chase (Knott's Berry Farm), first modern-day steeplechase coaster.
- Loch Ness Monster (Busch Gardens Williamsburg), first with interlocking vertical loops.
- Orient Express (Worlds of Fun), introduced the Arrow Boomerang Element, originally called a Kamikaze Curve.
- The Bat (Kings Island), prototype suspended coaster, although not the first suspended, it was the first in an amusement park.
- Gemini (Cedar Point), only Arrow racing coaster, record breaking height when opened.
- Magnum XL-200 (Cedar Point), first to exceed 200 feet.
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