National Roller Coaster Day

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2021 Date	August 16, 2021
2022 Date	August 16, 2022

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National Roller Coaster Day in 2021

Monday, Aug 16

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National Roller Coaster Day History

National Roller Coaster Day aims to promote the amusement park ride. A roller coaster is a ride that typically consists of a railroad type track with turns and steep slopes that is ridden on a small cart. Roller Coasters are commonly the most popular ride in amusement parks. In 1884, the first known roller coaster opened in America. It was called the Switchback Railway and opened at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. It was later renamed the Cyclone. LaMarcus Thompson was credited with the idea for this roller coaster.

Top Tweets for National Roller Coaster Day

It's Roller Coaster Day. Whee. #RollerCoasterDay https://t.co/x7dMpdbFKf
— Sandra Boynton (@SandyBoynton) August 16, 2020

On this day in 2005, I joined the @CallofDuty PR team, first working on #CallOfDuty2BigRedOne...I went on to join @Treyarch in 2012, starting work on #BlackOps2. It's been a roller coaster thrill ride along the way and I'm lucky to be part of an amazing team...THANK YOU! https://t.co/IES2ICUrVn
— John Rafacz (@jrafacz) August 10, 2020

Sometimes you wake up at the top of a roller coaster drop... You can either hold on tight or throw your hands up. This day is happening. So choose the way you want to ride it.
— Alex Brightman (he/him) (@ABrightMonster) August 5, 2020