So it’s good to have goals right? This year I set the goal to ride every roller coaster in the State of Georgia. For Georgia that’s 27 coasters spread across several theme parks and a couple of oddballs. Georgia also gained 3 new coasters this year with the opening of ArieForce One and the two dueling tracks of Kid Flash Cosmic Coaster. On the last Saturday in November I finished off my list adding the 6 credits available at Wild Adventures with the last one being the Swamp Thing, a Vekoma suspended family coaster pictured above. I can’t claim this goal has any redeeming value, although I did walk 170+ miles at theme parks this year according to the Log Ride tracking app, but it sure was fun.

There were some fun days along the way. I got to ride ArieForce One and Kid Flash on opening day. I rode my first mountain coaster with the Georgia Mountain Coaster in Helen, GA. I made my way to the North Georgia Fair to ride Wildcat, a Schwarzkopf mouse coaster only open a few weeks a year. I also went to Lake Winnie for the first time and rode the 56 year old ACE Landmark Cannon Ball. The favorite of the bunch was probably Boomerang at Wild Adventures as it’s just so unique and nothing else is really like it in the Southeast.

There is one exception to this list and that’s the Sea Serpent at Keller’s Flea Market near Savannah. I should say I rode every coaster I’m allowed to ride. The flea market won’t let anyone over 13 ride Sea Serpent (even though other places with the same model do), so this is a box unchecked. I did give it the college try though and wrote Keller’s to check on the rule and see if I could perhaps ride with my 7 year old son and the answer was no. I have however rode that model, so I’m guessing I’m not missing much by just riding it in a new location.

Below is the complete list for Georgia. On it you’ll see the last entry is “unknown” under construction. You know what that means? Until 2024, when there will be coaster #28 in Georgia with the new Ultra Splash Coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia!