Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Cyclone, formerly called the Riverside Cyclone, is a wooden roller coaster currently located at Six Flags New England. It was originally opened in 1983, and modifications to the first hill were made in 2001. More intense than the other wooden roller coaster, Thunderbolt, it shakes and rattles much more, giving riders a more thrilling experience. In addition the rattling has the potential to give riders intense headaches and in some cases bruises, due to restraints being not extremely tight. Cyclone was opened as the Riverside Cyclone in 1983 when the park was known as Riverside Park. At the time, Riverside was very limited in size. At that time, Riverside had a decent number of typical flat rides, a log flume, and two roller coasters. One was Thunderbolt which was built decades before, and a steel looping coaster called Black Widow. The owners wanted another wooden coaster, but space was limited; so a wooden coaster that was based on the compact Coney Island Cyclone was built and named after it. The lack of land resulted in a wooden twister that had extreme turns and twists and very steep drops. In addition, the actual layout bears little to almost no resemblance to the Coney Island Cyclone's layout.. }
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- Cyclone_(Six_Flags_New_England) abstract "Cyclone, formerly called the Riverside Cyclone, is a wooden roller coaster currently located at Six Flags New England. It was originally opened in 1983, and modifications to the first hill were made in 2001. More intense than the other wooden roller coaster, Thunderbolt, it shakes and rattles much more, giving riders a more thrilling experience. In addition the rattling has the potential to give riders intense headaches and in some cases bruises, due to restraints being not extremely tight. Cyclone was opened as the Riverside Cyclone in 1983 when the park was known as Riverside Park. At the time, Riverside was very limited in size. At that time, Riverside had a decent number of typical flat rides, a log flume, and two roller coasters. One was Thunderbolt which was built decades before, and a steel looping coaster called Black Widow. The owners wanted another wooden coaster, but space was limited; so a wooden coaster that was based on the compact Coney Island Cyclone was built and named after it. The lack of land resulted in a wooden twister that had extreme turns and twists and very steep drops. In addition, the actual layout bears little to almost no resemblance to the Coney Island Cyclone's layout.".