[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 105 (Friday, June 21, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E813]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IN RECOGNITION OF AMERICAN COASTER ENTHUSIASTS

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                          HON. J. LUIS CORREA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 21, 2019

  Mr. CORREA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the American Coaster 
Enthusiasts (ACE), a non-profit organization founded in 1978, that 
represents the interests of the most ardent amusement ride enthusiasts. 
With more than 5,500 members from over 16 countries, ACE amasses a 
collective historical perspective making ACE the world's largest club 
of its kind.
  It all started when four coaster lovers met at a coaster-riding 
marathon in Virginia in 1977. Today, ACE is an international volunteer 
run organization that offers an online newspaper, a quarterly magazine, 
and a National Roller Coaster Museum and Archive.
  ACE's goal is to promote the conservation, appreciation, and 
enjoyment of roller coasters and their place in history as 
architectural and engineering landmarks. ACE celebrates wooden roller 
coasters as an integral part of the fabric that is Americana.
  ACE has successfully saved and refurbished endangered coasters, 
including Leap-the-Dips, the world's oldest roller coaster located at 
Lakemont Park in Altoona, Pennsylvania and the 1925 Giant Dipper in San 
Diego. Since 1985, the club has either directly or indirectly helped to 
save more than half a dozen classic coasters and presents awards in 
recognition of significant roller coasters.
  ACE holds many events including tours throughout the world to 
celebrate extreme coasters of all kinds and an annual Coaster 
Convention.
  At this year's Coaster Convention Gala at the Knott's Berry Farm 
Resort Hotel on June 20th, the ACE ``Landmark Coasters'' Award will 
honor Montezooma's Revenge, the first flywheel-launched roller coaster 
in the world. Introduced May 21, 1978, Montezooma's Revenge is the last 
roller coaster of its kind still in operation in the United States.
  Please join me in honoring the accomplishments of the American 
Coaster Enthusiasts, who certainly live up to their motto: ``You join 
ACE for the roller coasters; you stay for the friendships.''

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