Custom Coasters International

Custom Coasters International (CCI) was one of the premier wooden roller coaster manufacturers in the world and produced 34 wooden coasters in eleven years — more than any other company in recent times.^[1] It was located in West Chester, Ohio.^[2]

Custom Coasters International

Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1991 (1991)
Defunct	2002 (2002)
Fate	Bankrupt, designers broke off to form The Gravity Group and Great Coasters International as well as to join S&S Worldwide
Successor	Gravitykraft Corporation The Gravity Group Great Coasters International
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Wooden roller coasters

History

Custom Coasters Incorporated opened its doors on September 1, 1991. The company was founded by Denise Dinn-Larrick, the daughter of coaster designer Charles Dinn — founder of the Dinn Corporation, her brother Jeff Dinn and her husband Randy Larrick.^[3] The original designers for the company included freelance design engineers Mike Boodley and Bill Kelley of California. Larry Bill, formerly with Curtis D. Summers & Associates joined the design team in 1992.^[3] Initially the company promoted small, affordable, family coasters but eventually progressed to larger models known for their speed and intensity. Once the company started working with international clients the name was changed in November 1994 to Custom Coasters International.^[3]

CCI filed for bankruptcy in 2002 while still building the New Mexico Rattler at Cliff's Amusement Park. Cliff's was left with a partially completed coaster and quickly hired the construction crew and completed the ride themselves. No attempt was made to reorganize the company and Denise Dinn, who by then had been divorced from Randy Larrick, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy which resulted in liquidation of the company's assets.^[3] Denise Dinn was hired by S&S Power to start a new wooden coaster division for that company. Four coasters were produced before that division was closed.^[3] Four of the designers for CCI (Larry Bill, Chad Miller, Korey Kiepert, and Michael Graham) founded The Gravity Group in 2002.^[4] Other coaster designers Bill Kelley, Dennis McNulty and Mike Boodley left CCI years before the company went bankrupt. Mike Boodley started Great Coasters International in 1994, Dennis McNulty returned to civil engineering in 1999 and Bill Kelley currently works for Dynamic Designs, Inc.^[5]

List of roller coasters

CCI's Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce

CCI's Boss at Six Flags St. Louis

CCI's Shivering Timbers at Michigan's Adventure

CCI's Hurricane at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion

CCI's Tremors at Silverwood

See also: Category:Roller coasters manufactured by Custom Coasters International

Over the span of 11 years, Custom Coasters International had built 34 roller coasters around the world.^[2] As of 2019, 29 continue to operate, one is closed, two have been demolished, and two have been converted to steel roller coasters (Medusa to Medusa Steel Coaster and Twisted Twins to Storm Chaser) by Rocky Mountain Construction.

The roller coasters in the following table are listed in order of installation.^[6]

Name	Model	Park	Country	Opened	Status	Ref
Kingdom Coaster Formerly Sky Princess	Wood Support Structure	Dutch Wonderland	United States	1992	Operating	[7]
Outlaw	Wood Support Structure	Adventureland	United States	1993	Operating	[8]
Hoosier Hurricane	Steel Support Structure	Indiana Beach	United States	1994	Operating	[9]
Zach's Zoomer	Wood Support Structure	Michigan's Adventure	United States	1994	Operating	[10]
Cyclops	Wood Support Structure	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	United States	1995	Operating	[11]
Cannonball Run	Wood Support Structure	Waterville USA	United States	1995	Removed	[12]
The Raven	Wood Support Structure	Holiday World	United States	1995	Operating	[13]
Timber Terror Formerly Grizzly	Wood Support Structure	Silverwood Theme Park	United States	1996	Operating	[14]
The Underground	Wood Support Structure	Adventureland	United States	1996	Closed Standing but not operating	[15]
Pegasus	Wood Support Structure	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	United States	1996	Operating	[16]
The Great White	Steel Support Structure	Morey's Piers	United States	1996	Operating	[17]
Megafobia	Wood Support Structure	Oakwood Theme Park	United Kingdom	1996	Operating	[18]
Tonnerre 2 Zeus Formerly Tonnerre de Zeus	Wood Support Structure	Parc Astérix	France	1997	Operating	[19]
Stampida	Wood Support Structure	PortAventura Park	Spain	1997	Operating	[20]
Tomahawk	Wood Support Structure	PortAventura Park	Spain	1997	Operating	[21]
Zeus	Wood Support Structure	Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park	United States	1997	Operating	[22]
Shivering Timbers	Wood Support Structure	Michigan's Adventure	United States	1998	Operating	[23]
Rampage	Wood Support Structure	Alabama Splash Adventure	United States	1998	Closed Standing but not operating	[24]
Excalibur	Wood Support Structure	Funtown Splashtown USA	United States	1998	Operating	[25]
Twisted Twins Formerly Twisted Sisters	Steel Support Structure	Kentucky Kingdom	United States	1998	Converted Now known as Storm Chaser	[26]
GhostRider	Wood Support Structure	Knott's Berry Farm	United States	1998	Refurbished by Great Coasters International	[27]
Silver Comet	Steel Support Structure	Niagara Amusement Park & Splash World	United States	1999	Operating	[28]
Tremors	Wood Support Structure	Silverwood Theme Park	United States	1999	Operating	[29]
The Boss	Wood Support Structure	Six Flags St. Louis	United States	2000	Operating	[30]
Villain	Steel Support Structure	Geauga Lake	United States	2000	Removed	[31]
The Legend	Wood Support Structure	Holiday World	United States	2000	Operating	[32]
Hurricane	Steel Support Structure	Myrtle Beach Pavilion	United States	2000	Removed	[33]
Mega Zeph	Steel Support Structure	Six Flags New Orleans	United States	2000	Closed Standing but not operating	[34]
Boulder Dash	Wood Support Structure	Lake Compounce	United States	2000	Operating	[35]
Medusa	Wood Support Structure	Six Flags Mexico	Mexico	2000	Converted Now known as Medusa Steel Coaster	[36]
Cornball Express	Steel Support Structure	Indiana Beach	United States	2001	Operating	[37]
Cheetah	Steel Support Structure	Wild Adventures	United States	2001	Removed	[38]
Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain	Steel Support Structure	Indiana Beach	United States	2002	Operating	[39]
New Mexico Rattler	Steel Support Structure	Cliff's Amusement Park	United States	2002	Operating	[40]

References

1. "CoasterGallery.com -- Roller Coaster Manufactures". Archived from the original on 2001-07-08.
2. "Custom Coasters International, Inc". rcdb. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
3. Seifert, Jeffrey (2012). "The Custom Coasters Revolution". RollerCoaster! Magazine. Vol. 33, no. 4. pp. 21–31. ISSN 0896-7261.
4. "Custom Coasters International (CCI)". CoasterGallery.com. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
5. "Dynamic Designs Inc". Buzzfile.com. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
6. "CCI on RCDB". Roller Coaster Database. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
7. Marden, Duane. "Kingdom Coaster  (Dutch Wonderland)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
8. Marden, Duane. "Outlaw  (Adventureland)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
9. Marden, Duane. "Hoosier Hurricane  (Indiana Beach)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
10. Marden, Duane. "Zach's Zoomer  (Michigan's Adventure)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
11. Marden, Duane. "Cyclops  (Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
12. Marden, Duane. "Cannonball Run  (Waterville USA)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
13. Marden, Duane. "The Raven  (Holiday World)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
14. Marden, Duane. "Timber Terror  (Silverwood Theme Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
15. Marden, Duane. "Underground  (Adventureland)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
16. Marden, Duane. "Pegasus  (Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
17. Marden, Duane. "The Great White  (Morey's Pier)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
18. Marden, Duane. "Megafobia  (Oakwood Theme Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
19. Marden, Duane. "Tonnerre 2 Zeus  (Parc Astérix)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
20. Marden, Duane. "Stampida  (PortAventura)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
21. Marden, Duane. "Tomahawk  (PortAventura)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
22. Marden, Duane. "Zeus  (Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
23. Marden, Duane. "Shivering Timbers  (Michigan's Adventure)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
24. Marden, Duane. "Rampage  (Alabama Splash Adventure)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
25. Marden, Duane. "Excalibur  (Funtown Splashtown USA)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
26. Marden, Duane. "Twisted Twins  (Kentucky Kingdom)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
27. Marden, Duane. "GhostRider  (Knott's Berry Farm)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
28. Marden, Duane. "Silver Comet  (Fantasy Island)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
29. Marden, Duane. "Tremors  (Silverwood Theme Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
30. Marden, Duane. "The Boss  (Six Flags St. Louis)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
31. Marden, Duane. "Villain  (Geauga Lake)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
32. Marden, Duane. "The Legend  (Holiday World)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
33. Marden, Duane. "Hurricane  (Myrtle Beach Pavilion)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
34. Marden, Duane. "Mega Zeph  (Six Flags New Orleans)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
35. Marden, Duane. "Boulder Dash  (Lake Compounce)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
36. Marden, Duane. "Medusa  (Six Flags Mexico)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
37. Marden, Duane. "Cornball Express  (Indiana Beach)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
38. Marden, Duane. "Cheetah  (Wild Adventures)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
39. Marden, Duane. "Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain  (Indiana Beach)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
40. Marden, Duane. "New Mexico Rattler  (Cliff's Amusement Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase.

External links

• The Gravity Group
• S&S Sansei