--- title: Coney Island Cyclone Roller Coaster Gets Stuck, Passengers Climb Down description: "It was terrifying," one rider said canonical: https://time.com/3763100/coney-island-cyclone-roller-coaster-stuck/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-30T11:50:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:32.285Z og:title: Breakdown of Classic New York Roller Coaster Forces Riders to Climb Down By Foot og:description: "It was terrifying," one rider said og:url: https://time.com/3763100/coney-island-cyclone-roller-coaster-stuck/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbaa0312be229697/698785b6a988ca18966ad21a/cyclone-roller-coaster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Workers assist thrill seekers on the Luna Park Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster after it got stuck on its inaugural run of the Summer 2015 season, on March 29, 2015 in Brooklyn, N.Y. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Breakdown of Classic New York Roller Coaster Forces Riders to Climb Down By Foot twitter:description: "It was terrifying," one rider said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbaa0312be229697/698785b6a988ca18966ad21a/cyclone-roller-coaster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Breakdown of Classic New York Roller Coaster Forces Riders to Climb Down By Foot > Sponsored content. 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It may not be as tall as some steel roller coasters out there, but Goliath at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Ill. brings the fear factor to another level._ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 30, 2015 11:50 AM UTC  Workers assist thrill seekers on the Luna Park Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster after it got stuck on its inaugural run of the Summer 2015 season, on March 29, 2015 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Workers assist thrill seekers on the Luna Park Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster after it got stuck on its inaugural run of the Summer 2015 season, on March 29, 2015 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Richard Levine—Demotix/Corbis by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 30, 2015 11:50 AM UTC Thrill-seekers had a scarier ride than anticipated Sunday when the legendary Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster in New York [got stuck](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Cyclone-Gets-Stuck-on-Opening-Day-Forcing-Riders-to-Take-Long-Climb-by-Foot-297930981.html) on its first run of the season. Staff members were forced to spend Luna Park’s opening day assisting shaken roller coaster riders climb down the wooden structure by foot. “It was terrifying, because I was up there and everything was spinning,” Gabriella Centeno told [NBC](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Cyclone-Gets-Stuck-on-Opening-Day-Forcing-Riders-to-Take-Long-Climb-by-Foot-297930981.html) after taking the long climb down. “I’m scared of heights.” The amusement park staff said the coaster had been tested in preparation for opening day. \[[_NBC_](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Cyclone-Gets-Stuck-on-Opening-Day-Forcing-Riders-to-Take-Long-Climb-by-Foot-297930981.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3763100/coney-island-cyclone-roller-coaster-stuck/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3763100/coney-island-cyclone-roller-coaster-stuck/"},"headline":"Breakdown of Classic New York Roller Coaster Forces Riders to Climb Down By Foot","datePublished":"2015-03-30T11:50:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:32.285Z","description":"\"It was terrifying,\" one rider said","url":"https://time.com/3763100/coney-island-cyclone-roller-coaster-stuck/","keywords":["Newsfeed","U.S.","coney island"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbaa0312be229697/698785b6a988ca18966ad21a/cyclone-roller-coaster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbaa0312be229697/698785b6a988ca18966ad21a/cyclone-roller-coaster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Workers assist thrill seekers on the Luna Park Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster after it got stuck on its inaugural run of the Summer 2015 season, on March 29, 2015 in Brooklyn, N.Y.","caption":"Workers assist thrill seekers on the Luna Park Coney Island Cyclone roller coaster after it got stuck on its inaugural run of the Summer 2015 season, on March 29, 2015 in Brooklyn, N.Y.","creditText":"Richard Levine—Demotix/Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3763100/coney-island-cyclone-roller-coaster-stuck/","name":"Breakdown of Classic New York Roller Coaster Forces Riders to Climb Down By Foot"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Take a Ride on The Newest Record-Breaking Wooden Roller Coaster","description":"It may not be as tall as some steel roller coasters out there, but Goliath at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Ill. brings the fear factor to another level.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/xU0OJJig/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-24T14:17:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xU0OJJig.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3763100/coney-island-cyclone-roller-coaster-stuck/","duration":"PT1M45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3763100/coney-island-cyclone-roller-coaster-stuck/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```