Note: Riders must be at least 50 inches, or 1.27 metres, tall.
Coney Island Gets Two New Roller Coasters
By Ellen Freudenheim, About.com Guide
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A Vertical Roller Coaster in Coney Island, Called Soarin' Eagle, Open April 2011
Soaring Eagle, a Vertical Roller Coaster, opened in Coney Island in April 2011
Photo Courtesy of New York City Economic Development Corporation
Trill seekers will have a love-hate relationship with the Soarin' Eagle, given the terrifying, awesome drop in this compact roller coaster. It's the second new roller coaster in Coney's Scream Zone to be opened in 2011 in a redeveloped Coney Island Amusement Park in Brooklyn, NY.
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