Homemade Roller Coaster

Top of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1568, Segment 6

Apr 2, 2021 • 13m

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)

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