Worlds of Fun
Kansas City, Missouri

     Worlds of Fun opened in 1973, and Oceans of Fun, the adjacent water park, opened in 1982.  In 1995, they were sold by Lamar Hunt and Mid-America Enterprises and were acquired by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company.  Worlds of Fun is themed around Jules Verne's book "Around the World in Eighty Days" and features areas themed as Africa, Americana, Europa, The Orient, Scandinavia, and the recently added Planet Snoopy.  The park offers its guests more than 50 rides and attractions covering 235 acres of land.  Sadly, many rides, including five coasters, have been removed from the park during its brief history:

• Orient Express (pictured below) was removed at the end of 2003.
• Extremeroller (1976-1988) was also known by the names Screamroller and EXT.  It is an Arrow Corkscrew coaster that became the country's first stand-up coaster when new trains were added in 1983, but it reverted back to a sit-down ride the very next year.  It presently operates as Spiral at Formosa WonderWorld in Taipei Taiwan.
• Schussboomer (1973-1984) was a Schwarzkopf Wildcat model.
• Silly Serpent (1973-1987) was a Herschell kiddie coaster.  It was called Funicular for its first five years.
• Zambezi Zinger (1973-1997) was a neat Schwarzkopf steel coaster custom made for the park.  It is now running as Montaña Rusa at Parque Nacional Del Café in Columbia.

Boomerang
   

Mamba
                   

Orient Express

Timber Wolf

Cosmic Coaster (formerly Wacky Worm)

Patriot

Spinning Dragons

Prowler