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20) Everland - New roller coaster19) Alton Towers and Gardaland - 'Ice Age' 4D movie18) Universal Studios Japan - Wonderland kiddie land17) Toverland - Spinning coaster16) Alton Towers - Nemesis: What Lies Beneath thrill ride15) Mirabilandia - DiVertical water coaster14) Park Asterix - Inverted coaster13) Blackpool Pleasure Beach - Wallace & Gromit ride12) Efteling - Aquanura water show11) Legoland Billund - Polar X-Plorer drop coaster10) Europa-Park - Mythos wooden coaster9) Port Aventura - Shambhala hyper coaster8) Nurburgring - Ring Racer coaster7) Happy Valley Wuhan - Dueling wooden coaster6) Hopi Hari - 10 inversion coaster5) Jinling Happy World - 11 Inversion Coaster4) Legoland Malaysia - New theme park3) Thorpe Park - Swarm wing coaster2) Dinosaur Land - Fourth-dimension roller coaster1) Hong Kong Disneyland - Grizzly Gulch themed land

Everland officials have announced plans to replace Eagle Fortress at the South Korean park with a new roller coaster in 2012. The Arrow suspended terrain coaster, which hasn't operated since 2009, is similar to Ninja at California's Six Flags Magic Mountain and Iron Dragon at Ohio's Cedar Point.

20) Everland - New roller coaster

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Everland officials have announced plans to replace Eagle Fortress at the South Korean park with a new roller coaster in 2012. The Arrow suspended terrain coaster, which hasn't operated since 2009, is similar to Ninja at California's Six Flags Magic Mountain and Iron Dragon at Ohio's Cedar Point.

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