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Washuzan Highland also has a similar layout to Freestyle until after the second camelback hill, where the trip back to the brake run is shorter and does not feature a banked section of straight track. Unlike Freestyle, only one of the two trains used on Star Jet has riders standing up. The second
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753:Snoopy's Racing Railway
611:Roller Coaster DataBase
382:stand-up roller coaster
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149:43.840209°N 79.542890°W
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1053:Starlight Spectacular
703:Backlot Stunt Coaster
211:Tundra Twister (2023)
176:May 4, 1985
154:43.840209; -79.542890
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972:(1981–2009)
776:Wilde Beast
761:Thunder Run
723:Flight Deck
718:Dragon Fyre
683:Attractions
560:"Freestyle"
372:in 1985 as
267:Astro Comet
203:Replaced by
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54:Coordinates
1087:Categories
1058:Winterfest
925:(rethemed)
913:Jet Scream
864:WindSeeker
811:Lumberjack
795:Flat rides
499:2009-05-03
475:References
386:King Cobra
315:Inversions
195:2014-09-01
180:1985-05-04
140:79°32′34″W
137:43°50′25″N
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1068:Website:
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825:Shockwave
766:Time Warp
738:Leviathan
698:AlpenFury
635:Official
524:August 6,
427:Shockwave
350:Freestyle
95:Operating
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1021:ZoomZone
948:Sections
929:SkyRider
815:Psyclone
757:Taxi Jam
713:Behemoth
637:SkyRider
458:See also
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374:SkyRider
324:Duration
240:Stand-up
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820:Riptide
728:The Fly
708:The Bat
362:Tuscany
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616:16 May
595:, RCDB
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366:Italy
352:is a
306:Speed
256:Model
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