Cyclone Unlimited

Cyclone Unlimited is a wooden roller coaster manufacturer based in, United States. The firm was formed in 2001 by three industry veterans: former designers Thom Cooper and James Palfrey, and former  designer Elliot Pochwalski.

History
After leaving, designers Thom Cooper and James Palfrey teamed up with former designer Elliot Pochwalski to form Cyclone Unlimited Inc., based out of. At that time, Cyclone Unlimited employed six people, including three designers: Cooper, Palfrey and Pochwalski. Shortly after founding the company, Cyclone Unlimited received an offer from Carwardine Parks to renovate two wooden coasters at Carwardine Colony - The Flying Turns and Classic Cyclone, and one at Arizona's Backyard - Wooden Warrior, which soon became SpongeBob SquarePants Bikini Bottom Raceway.

Following those three projects, Carwardine asked the new company to design and build a wooden roller coaster for Dylan Park. Cyclone Unlimited accepted the offer and hired ten more employees. However, Cyclone Unlimited had a problem regarding how and where to manufacture the track pieces for the roller coaster. Cyclone Unlimited contacted, asking if they would be interested in manufacturing the track. Martin & Vleminckx accepted and currently manufactures the majority of Cyclone Unlimited's wooden roller coaster track pieces. Now with a company to manufacture the track, Cyclone Unlimited built its first roller coaster, Dominator, which opened in 2004 at Dylan Park.

In 2008, Cyclone Unlimited signed a deal with German manufacturer. This agreement allows Gerstlauer to sell Cyclone Unlimited products outside of North America. Previously, Nippon Amusement and assisted in constructing two Cyclone Unlimited coasters at Tokyo Carwardine Colony and the Vibora Negra at Tijuana's Adventure Acres was distributed by a shell company called "Cyclone Mexico", but all future non-US coasters by them would be distributed by Gerstlauer.

Coaster Types

 * Wood Support Structure (wooden track with wooden supports)
 * Steel Support Structure (wooden track with steel supports)
 * Cyclone Style (retraux wooden track styled after the, but can be modified to fit customer requests)
 * Dark Ride Style (indoor wooden track with wood or steel supports)
 * Inverted Wooden (suspended coaster using wooden track and supports)

Trivia

 * Cyclone Unlimited has several plans for recreating old, long-gone wooden coasters and bringing back the buzz-bar train, but they are currently waiting for a buyer.