Homemade Roller Coaster

Homemade Roller Coaster

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Kid of the Year, Gee's Bend, Cosmic Queries

Episode: Kid of the Year, Gee's Bend, Cosmic Queries

  • Apr 2, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 12:56 mins

A family of tinkerers in Napa, California are huge Disneyland fans, and when the amusement park closed due to the pandemic, they decided to make their own Matterhorn-inspired rollercoaster in their backyard. Their rollercoaster is called Matterhorn: Alpine Escape and has room for one rider and even an animatronic Yeti. Sean LaRochelle is a grad student studying architecture at Clemson University. (Originally aired Dec 15, 2020)