7. The Desperado

Buffalo Bill's Casino , Primm, NV Like a yellow phoenix rising from the sands, the incredibly tall, meandering track of the steel Desperado roller coaster punctures the blue sky on the highway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. What is a roller coaster doing in the middle of the desert? Scaring the daylights out of riders as it plummets 225 feet at 80 mph. Of all the roller coasters Levine's boarded, he says that this one produced the most sustained free-floating airtime. What a rush! Read Levine's review of Desperado . <!-- // define variables var date = new Date(); var current_time = date.getTime(); // write SCRIPT tag to browser document.writeln(' '); // -->
Buffalo Bill's Casino, Primm, NV

Like a yellow phoenix rising from the sands, the incredibly tall, meandering track of the steel Desperado roller coaster punctures the blue sky on the highway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. What is a roller coaster doing in the middle of the desert? Scaring the daylights out of riders as it plummets 225 feet at 80 mph. Of all the roller coasters Levine's boarded, he says that this one produced the most sustained free-floating airtime. What a rush!

Read Levine's review of Desperado.

(Text by Arthur Levine / Handout Photo)