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  • SoCal's first 'water coaster' is driven by magnets

    by 
    Andrew Tarantola
    Andrew Tarantola
    03.18.2015

    It's not just the Circle K, strange things are afoot throughout San Dimas, California -- like the wacky 1000-foot-long, magnetically driven "water coaster" recently installed at a local Raging Waters park in the midst of a debilitating statewide drought. Dubbed the Aqua Rocket, this unusual attraction -- the first such ride in all of Southern California and one of just two dozen throughout the US -- combines the motion of conventional roller coasters with the sloshy fun of waterslides.