About the tour

After 18 trips to the US over 20 years, Adrian & Ian, 2 Roller Coaster Enthusiasts from the UK, have ridden almost 700 Roller Coasters, and visited more than 100 Theme Parks. In this time, they have ridden almost every wooden coaster in the US.

In 2010, after a failed attempt 2 years earlier, they are planning to ride the remaining 1 wooden coaster they missed and a further 4 that have opened since then. At the end of the trip, they should be in a position to boast that they have ridden every operating wooden coaster in the US*.

The remaining coasters are spread from Pennsylvania to California. With 2 of the 5 still under construction, the route has been decided, but is yet to be confirmed until opening dates for parks are published. The latest itinerary covers 27 parks, 8 new to them and 144 coasters in total, 46 new to them.

The ‘Total Timber Tour 2’ will travel from New Jersey, through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Minnesota, Texas, Southern Alabama, and through to the West via New Mexico. The climax of the tour will be a ride on ‘Terminator Salvation: The Ride’ at Magic Mountain, California - a new wooden coaster that opened in May 2009. In all, the tour will cross up to 26 states, and totals 6500+ miles!

You will be able to follow the trip via a daily blog and track the route as the pair work their way from East to West. On the 1st attempt in 2008, this website attracted 3000+ hits a day during the tour.

*Excluding those SBNO (Standing, but non-operational), those under construction until the trip is complete and junior rides that have a maximum rider height limit