Premier Rides
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Premier Rides is an amusement park ride manufacturer whose innovations include the use of Linear Induction Motors (LIMs) on their rides. They are best known for their LIM roller coasters.
An accident on Batman And Robin: The Chiller at Six Flags Great Adventure caused Six Flags to close all of their rides. The Poltergeist at Six Flags Fiesta Texas is open because the problem is only prevalent in rides with booster LIMs. The Poltergeist only utilizes LIMs for the first launch. The other rides will be closed for the remainder of the 2006 season as they undergo retrofitting.
| Name | Model | Park, Location | Year Opened | Year Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight of Fear | LIM coaster | Paramount's King's Dominion | 1996 | |
| Flight of Fear | LIM coaster | Paramount's King's Island | 1996 | |
| Runaway Mountain | standard coaster | Six Flags Over Texas | 1996 | |
| Batman & Robin: The Chiller | dueling LIM shuttle loop coaster | Six Flags Great Adventure | 1998 | |
| Mr. Freeze | LIM shuttle loop coaster | Six Flags Over Texas | 1998 | |
| Mr. Freeze | LIM shuttle loop coaster | Six Flags St. Louis | 1998 | |
| Joker's Jinx | LIM coaster | Six Flags America | 1999 | |
| Poltergeist | LIM coaster | Six Flags Fiesta Texas | 1999 | |
| Speed | LIM shuttle loop coaster | Nascar Café | 2000 | |
| Vonkaputous | liquid coaster | Linnanmäki | 2001 | |
| Mad Cobra | LIM coaster | Discovery Kingdom | 2006 |
Mad Cobra originally opened at Suzuka Circuit in 1998, before being moved to Discovery Kingdom in 2006.
