Ron Toomer

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Ronald Valentine Toomer (born 31 May 1930) is one of the prominent roller coaster designers in the world.

He graduated from the University of Nevada with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was on the design team for the heat shield on the Apollo spacecraft. When he joined Arrow Dynamics, he was hired to work on the first all-steel roller coaster, Runaway Mine Ride. He worked for the firm Arrow Dynamics for many years before becoming its President in 1986. Toomer is responsible for designing the Magnum XL 200 at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, the Desperado in Primm, Nevada, and Big Bad Wolf at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, among many others. It has been noted that Toomer never actually rides any of the roller coasters he designs, having had a motion sickness problem since childhood.