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Six Flags Marine World's Roar !
On 28 October 1998, Premier Parks announced that the Marine World Theme Park in Vallejo, California, would become Six Flags Marine World. Already under construction at Marine World is a new-for-1999 wooden roller coaster: Roar! Roar is a project of the firm Great Coasters International (GCI).

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Photos from 25 October 1998:
announcing Roar
announcing Roar 		Roar's site
Roar's site 		lumber for Roar
lumber for Roar 		footings
footings for Roar
Photos from 1 November 1998:
new logo appears at park
new logo appears
at park 		many more Roar footings in place
many more Roar
footings in place 		footings at north end of Roar's site
footings at north end
of Roar's site
Photos from 14 November 1998:
view from parking lot entrance
view from parking
lot entrance 		Kong looms beyond Roar's site
Kong looms beyond
Roar's site 		telephoto view of Roar's footings
telephoto view of
Roar's footings 		footings and entrance plaza
footings and
entrance plaza
Photos from 14 December 1998:
closeup of ROAR construction
closeup view of
Roar's construction 		another look at Roar's construction
another look at
Roar's construction 		overview of one of Roar's fan turns
overview of one of
Roar's fan turns
Photos from 30 January 1999:
Roar continues to rise
Roar continues
to rise 		Roar has topped out
two U.S. flags mark
Roar's highest point
Photos from 21 February 1999:
Roar overview
general view
of Roar 		Roar's progress continues
Roar's progress
continues 		Roar's lift hill
going up
Roar's lift hill
another look at Roar's lift hill
another look at
Roar's lift hill 		Roar from across the lake
Roar from across
the lake 		 
Photos from 7 March 1999:
Roar's first drop
Roar's first drop 		Roar's second hill
Roar's second
hill 		Roar's completion nears
Roar's completion
nears 		at home with Roar
at home
with Roar
Photos from 13 March 1999:
This is how Roar looked on the park's opening day.
Roar from the parking lot entrance
parking near Roar 		walkway next to ROAR
walkway next to
Roar 		Roar viewed from the park entrance
view of Roar from
the park entrance 		atop Roar's first drop
atop Roar's
first drop
Photos from 4 April 1999:
This will be my last update until I have photos of trains rolling on the track!
Roar's station
Roar's station 		track out of the station
the track turns out
of the station 		Roar is sitting pretty
Roar awaits! 		second hill almost ready to ROAR
second hill almost
ready to Roar!
Photos from 13 May 1999:
Roar is rolling!
starting down the first drop
starting down
the first drop 		ready for the second drop
ready for the
second drop 		cresting the third hill
cresting the
third hill 		 
Photos from 31 May 1999:
Roar is rolling with two trains now!
ROAR billboard on Interstate 80
Roar billboard
on Interstate 80 		view of ROAR from new parking lot
view of Roar from
new parking lot 		ready to take the big plunge
ready to take
the big plunge 		screaming down the second drop
screaming down
the second drop
orange train flies by
the orange train
flies by 		brown train heading down the first drop
brown train heading
down the first drop 		   

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