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Roller coaster. The Scenic Railway at Luna Park, Melbourne, is the world's second-oldest operating roller coaster, built in 1912. A roller coaster is a type of amusement ride employing a form of elevated railroad track that carries passengers on a train through tight turns, steep slopes, and other elements usually designed to produce a ...
Formula Rossa, the world's fastest roller coaster. Roller coasters are amusement rides developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. Early iterations during the 16th and 17th centuries, which were popular in Russia, were wooden sleds that took riders down large slides made from ice. The first roller coasters that attached a train to a ...
Shuttle roller coasters (1 C, 56 P) Side friction roller coasters (3 P) Single-rail roller coasters (8 P) Spinning roller coasters (30 P) Stand-up roller coasters (1 C, 14 P) Steel roller coasters (1 C, 728 P) Stratacoasters (3 P) Suspended roller coasters (17 P)
Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Manufactured by Intamin, it was the park's fourteenth roller coaster when it opened in 2000, dating back to the opening of Blue Streak in 1964. Upon completion, Millennium Force broke five world records and was the world's first ...
The roller coaster is an amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson obtained a patent regarding roller coasters on January 20, 1885, which were made out of wood , but this patent is considerably later than the "Russian mountains" described in the article.
Iron Rattler at RCDB. Iron Rattler is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. The ride originally opened in 1992 as Rattler, the tallest wooden roller coaster in the world. It was converted to steel in 2013 by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC), led by designer Alan Schilke, and reopened as Iron Rattler.
This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total. Roller coaster introductions by year (107 C) Roller coasters by amusement park (2 C) Roller coasters by country (28 C) Roller coasters by manufacturer (72 C) Roller coasters by operating company (10 C) Roller coasters by status (4 C)
A wild mouse is a type of roller coaster consisting of single or spinning cars traversing a tight-winding track with an emphasis on sharp, unbanked turns. The upper portion of the track usually features multiple 180-degree turns, known as flat turns, that produce high lateral G-forces even at modest speeds. Cars are often designed to be wider ...
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