Total Timber Tour

August 20 - September 9 2008 | 6769 Miles, 20 States, 21 Days | 85 Roller Coasters, 20 Parks

About the Tour

After 17 trips to the US over 20 years, Adrian & Ian, 2 Roller Coaster Enthusiasts from the UK, had ridden over 600 Roller Coasters, and visited more than 100 Theme Parks. At this time, they had ridden almost every wooden coaster in the US.

Breakfast Show Host Shane O'Conner and Adrian

Radio Derby's Shane O'Conner and Adrian

In 2008 they planned to ride the remaining 9 wooden coasters they hadn’t ridden. At the end of the trip, they should have been in a position to boast that they had ridden every wooden coaster in the US.

The remaining coasters were spread from New Jersey to Washington State, with the latter in Puyallup only being open for 21 days of the year, 4 in spring and 17 in September.

The ‘Total Timber Tour’ was due to travel through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Texas, Southern Alabama, and through to the West via Utah. The climax of the tour was a ride on the ‘Coaster Thrill Ride’ at Puyallup Fair in September. In all, the tour crossed 20 states, and totals 6769 miles!

However, regretfully, they were not be able to complete their goal of riding every wooden coaster in the United States during the tour. Hurricane Gustav hit the Gulf Coast on the day they were to tick off the Cannonball at Waterville, in Gulf Shores, Alabama and this park was within an official evacuation line. Also, Flying Turns at Knoebel's had yet to open although this would not have affected the outcome of the trip alone as long as it remained 'under construction' for the duration of the trip.

The trip website attracted 3000+ hits a day during the tour.

Holiday World

Day 4 - Saturday August 23rd

Nothing new for us here, but 3 world-class wooden coasters to take through their paces.

Six Flags St. Louis

Day 5 - Sunday August 24th

Six Flags St. Louis to ride their new Evel Knievel coaster. We have always had a great day out at this park and, with 3 woodies, this is definitely a coaster-lovers destination.

Six Flags Great America | Little Amerricka

Day 6 - Monday August 25th

Again, nothing new for us here, but we couldn't drive by without stopping in!

Drive up to Little Amerricka for a quick go on the Meteor junior woodie, just to say we've done it! If we get to Wisconsin Dells in time, might sneak a quick go on Hades and Avalanche. Hades in the dark........!