Georgia Scorcher, or simply Scorcher, is a

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located at

Six Flags Over Georgia Six Flags Over Georgia is a theme park located in Mableton, Georgia. Opened in 1967, it is the second park in the Six Flags chain following the original Six Flags Over Texas, which opened in 1961. Six Flags Over Georgia is one of three parks ...

located in

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, United States. Manufactured by

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, Georgia Scorcher opened on May 8, 1999, and was the last stand-up coaster installation ever built for almost 24 years until 2023 when Sea World Orlando opened Pipeline the Surf Coaster. Georgia Scorcher is tall and reaches a maximum speed of . The attraction was marketed with the

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, "Put your feet to the fire."

History

Georgia Scorcher is the third attraction to occupy this location in the Georgia section of the park. It replaced the Ragin' Rivers "wet-dry" raft slide tower that was added for the 1991 season, which itself replaced one of the two Log Jamboree log flumes. Unlike

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, Chang and

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, which opened at

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in 1996,

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in 1997 and

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in 1998 respectively, Georgia Scorcher did not continue the trend of the world's tallest and fastest stand-up roller coasters. Its layout is more modest, in fitting with the long, narrow site selected for it. On November 10, 1998, Six Flags Over Georgia announced that they would be building a new

. It would be named Georgia Scorcher and was scheduled to open for 1999 season. Georgia Scorcher would open to guests in May 1999. The track was originally painted yellow with purple supports. For the 2019 season, the track was repainted cherry red with dark grey supports.

Track layout

Georgia Scorcher departs the station and climbs its lift hill, then drops down a 101 ft drop. Then the roller coaster enters its

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. It then climbs to the right, circling back towards the station before diving sharply down to the left, entering a non-inverting

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that threads through the center of the vertical loop. After exiting the element, the roller coaster then climbs a small hill and is twisted over on its right side, twisting back as it enters its second inversion, a

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. The roller coaster climbs up to the left, crossing over the start of the lift hill, before diving down and performing a ground-level 270-degree

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turn, crossing itself again as it rises one final time to enter the

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, returning to the station via a U-turn to the left.

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* {{Six Flags Over Georgia rides Roller coasters introduced in 1999 Roller coasters in Georgia (U.S. state) Roller coasters operated by Six Flags Six Flags Over Georgia Stand-up roller coasters manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard