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| 2. || ''[[T Express]]'' || [[Everland]] || {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Yongin]], [[Gyeonggi-do]], [[South Korea]] || {{convert|183|ft|m}} || [[Intamin]] || {{N/A}} |
| 2. || ''[[T Express]]'' || [[Everland]] || {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Yongin]], [[Gyeonggi-do]], [[South Korea]] || {{convert|183|ft|m}} || [[Intamin]] || {{N/A}} |
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| 3. ||''[[El Toro (roller coaster)|El Toro]]'' || [[Six Flags Great Adventure]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jackson Township, New Jersey|Jackson Township]], [[New Jersey]], [[USA]] || {{convert| |
| 3. ||''[[El Toro (roller coaster)|El Toro]]'' || [[Six Flags Great Adventure]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jackson Township, New Jersey|Jackson Township]], [[New Jersey]], [[USA]] || {{convert|188|ft|m}} || [[Intamin]] || {{N/A}} |
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| 4. || ''[[Rattler (roller coaster)|Rattler]]'' || [[Six Flags Fiesta Texas]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], [[USA]] || {{convert|179|ft|m}} || RCCA || March 1992 – May 2000 |
| 4. || ''[[Rattler (roller coaster)|Rattler]]'' || [[Six Flags Fiesta Texas]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], [[USA]] || {{convert|179|ft|m}} || RCCA || March 1992 – May 2000 |
Revision as of 18:54, 3 September 2011
This list of roller coaster rankings includes data for several categories including height, speed, steepness, and length, as well as the results of public polls.
Height rankings
Tallest steel roller coasters
Tallest steel roller coaster drops
Tallest wooden roller coasters
Tallest wooden roller coaster drops
Tallest roller coaster inversions
Tallest vertical loops
Speed rankings
Fastest steel roller coasters
Rank | Name | Park | Location | Speed | Manufacturer | Record Holder |
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1. | Formula Rossa | Ferrari World | ![]() |
240 kilometres per hour (150 mph) | Intamin | November 2010 – Present |
2. | Kingda Ka | Six Flags Great Adventure | ![]() |
206 kilometres per hour (128 mph) | Intamin | May 2005– November 2010 |
3. | Top Thrill Dragster | Cedar Point | ![]() |
190 kilometres per hour (120 mph) | Intamin | May 2003 – May 2005 |
4. | Dodonpa | Fuji-Q Highland | ![]() |
172 kilometres per hour (107 mph) | S&S Power | December 2001 – May 2003 |
5. | Superman: Escape from Krypton | Six Flags Magic Mountain | ![]() |
160 kilometres per hour (99 mph) | Intamin | March 1997 – December 2001 |
Tower of Terror II | Dreamworld | ![]() |
160 kilometres per hour (99 mph) | Intamin | January 1997 – December 2001 | |
6. | Steel Dragon 2000 | Nagashima Spa Land | ![]() |
153 kilometres per hour (95 mph) | Chance Morgan | — |
7. | Millennium Force | Cedar Point | ![]() |
150 kilometres per hour (93 mph) | Intamin | — |
8. | Intimidator 305 | Kings Dominion | ![]() |
145 kilometres per hour (90 mph) | Intamin | — |
9. | Goliath | Six Flags Magic Mountain | ![]() |
137 kilometres per hour (85 mph) | Giovanola | — |
Phantom's Revenge | Kennywood | ![]() |
137 kilometres per hour (85 mph) | Chance Morgan | May 1991 – March 1997 | |
Titan | Six Flags Over Texas | ![]() |
137 kilometres per hour (85 mph) | Giovanola | — [2] | |
10. | Furius Baco | Port Aventura | ![]() |
135 kilometres per hour (84 mph) | Intamin | — |
Fastest wooden roller coasters
Rank | Name | Park | Location | Speed | Manufacturer | Record Holder |
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* | Son of Beast (SBNO) | Kings Island | ![]() |
126.2 kilometres per hour (78.4 mph) | RCCA | May 2000 – June 2009 |
1. | Colossos | Heide Park | ![]() |
120.1 kilometres per hour (74.6 mph) | Intamin | June 2009 – Present |
2. | El Toro | Six Flags Great Adventure | ![]() |
110 kilometres per hour (68 mph) | Intamin | — |
3. | The Voyage | Holiday World & Splashin' Safari | ![]() |
108.5 kilometres per hour (67.4 mph) | The Gravity Group | — |
4. | The Boss | Six Flags St. Louis | ![]() |
106.7 kilometres per hour (66.3 mph) | CCI | — |
5. | American Eagle | Six Flags Great America | ![]() |
106 kilometres per hour (66 mph) | Intamin | May 1981 – May 2000 |
6. | Mean Streak | Cedar Point | ![]() |
105 kilometres per hour (65 mph) | Dinn Corporation | — |
Rattler | Six Flags Fiesta Texas | ![]() |
105 kilometres per hour (65 mph) | RCCA | — | |
7. | The Beast | Kings Island | ![]() |
104.3 kilometres per hour (64.8 mph) | Charles Dinn / Al Collins | April 1979 – May 1981 |
8. | T Express | Everland | ![]() |
104 kilometres per hour (65 mph) | Intamin | — |
9. | Montezum | Hopi Hari | ![]() |
103 kilometres per hour (64 mph) | RCCA | — |
10. | White Cyclone | Nagashima Spa Land | ![]() |
102 kilometres per hour (63 mph) | Intamin | — |
Steepness rankings
Steepest steel roller coasters
Steepest wooden roller coasters
Rank | Name | Park | Location | Max. Vertical Angle | Manufacturer | Record Holder |
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1. | T Express | Everland | ![]() |
77° | Intamin | March 14, 2008 – Present |
2. | El Toro | Six Flags Great Adventure | ![]() |
76° | Intamin | June 11, 2006 – March 13, 2008 |
3. | Balder | Liseberg | ![]() |
70° | Intamin | April 12, 2003 – June 10, 2006 |
4. | The Voyage | Holiday World | ![]() |
66° | The Gravity Group | — |
5. | Hades | Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park | ![]() |
65° | The Gravity Group | — |
Length rankings
Longest steel roller coasters
Longest wooden roller coasters
Amusement park rankings
Number of roller coasters
Rank | Park | Location | Opened | Coasters | Owner | Notes |
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1. | Six Flags Magic Mountain | ![]() |
1971 | 18 | Six Flags | [23] |
2. | Cedar Point | ![]() |
1870 | 17 | Cedar Fair | [24] |
3. | Canada's Wonderland | ![]() |
1981 | 15 | Cedar Fair | [25] |
Kings Dominion | ![]() |
1975 | 15 | Cedar Fair | [26] | |
4. | Kings Island | ![]() |
1972 | 14 | Cedar Fair | [27] |
5. | Carowinds | ![]() |
1973 | 13 | Cedar Fair | [28] |
Six Flags Great Adventure | ![]() |
1974 | 13 | Six Flags | [29] | |
Six Flags Great America | ![]() |
1976 | 13 | Six Flags | [30] | |
Six Flags Over Texas | ![]() |
1961 | 13 | Six Flags | [31] |
Number of inversions
Rank | Park | Location | Opened | Inversions | Owner | |
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1. | Six Flags Magic Mountain | ![]() |
1971 | 35 | Six Flags | [32][33] |
2. | Thorpe Park | ![]() |
1979 | 22 | Merlin Entertainments | [32][34] |
3. | Carowinds | ![]() |
1973 | 20 | Cedar Fair | [32][35] |
4. | Six Flags Great Adventure | ![]() |
1974 | 19 | Six Flags | [32][36] |
Six Flags Over Georgia | ![]() |
1967 | 19 | Six Flags | [32][37] | |
5. | Kings Dominion | ![]() |
1975 | 18 | Cedar Fair | [32][38] |
Kings Island | ![]() |
1972 | 18 | Cedar Fair | [32][39] | |
Six Flags Fiesta Texas | ![]() |
1992 | 18 | Six Flags | [32][40] |
Poll rankings
Mitch Hawker – Best Steel Roller Coaster Poll 2010
Rank | Name | Park | Location | Manufacturer / Type | Debut Year |
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1. | Bizarro | Six Flags New England | ![]() |
Intamin Hyper Coaster | 2000 |
2. | Expedition GeForce | Holiday Park | ![]() |
Intamin Hyper Coaster | 2001 |
3. | Intimidator 305 | Kings Dominion | ![]() |
Intamin Giga Coaster | 2010 |
4. | Kawasemi | Tobu Zoo | ![]() |
Intamin Mega-Lite | 2008 |
5. | Nemesis | Alton Towers | ![]() |
B&M Inverted | 1994 |
6. | Piraten | Djurs Sommerland | ![]() |
Intamin Mega-Lite | 2008 |
7. | Goliath | Walibi Holland | ![]() |
Intamin Hyper Coaster | 2002 |
8. | Millennium Force | Cedar Point | ![]() |
Intamin Giga Coaster | 2000 |
9. | Katun | Mirabilandia | ![]() |
B&M Inverted | 2000 |
10. | iSpeed | Mirabilandia | ![]() |
Intamin Blitz Coaster | 2009 |
Mitch Hawker – Best Wooden Roller Coaster Poll 2010
Rank | Name | Park | Location | Manufacturer | Debut Year |
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1. | El Toro | Six Flags Great Adventure | ![]() |
Intamin | 2006 |
T Express | Everland | ![]() |
Intamin | 2008 | |
2. | Boulder Dash | Lake Compounce | ![]() |
CCI | 2000 |
3. | Phoenix | Knoebels Amusement Resort | ![]() |
Philadelphia Toboggan Company | 1985 |
4. | Ravine Flyer II | Waldameer | ![]() |
The Gravity Group | 2008 |
5. | The Voyage | Holiday World | ![]() |
The Gravity Group | 2006 |
6. | Balder | Liseberg | ![]() |
Intamin | 2003 |
7. | Colossos | Heide Park | ![]() |
Intamin | 2001 |
8. | Aska (SBNO) | Nara Dreamland | ![]() |
Intamin | 1998 |
9. | Fireball | Happy Valley Songjiang | ![]() |
The Gravity Group | 2009 |
10. | Troy | Toverland | ![]() |
GCI | 2007 |
Golden Ticket Awards – Top 10 Steel Coasters of 2010
Rank | Name | Park | Location | Manufacturer / Type | Debut Year |
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1. | Millennium Force | Cedar Point | ![]() |
Intamin Hyper Coaster | 2000 |
2. | Bizarro | Six Flags New England | ![]() |
Intamin Hyper Coaster | 2000 |
3. | Nitro | Six Flags Great Adventure | ![]() |
B&M Hyper Coaster | 2001 |
4. | Apollo's Chariot | Busch Gardens Williamsburg | ![]() |
B&M Hyper Coaster | 1999 |
5. | Goliath | Six Flags Over Georgia | ![]() |
B&M Hyper Coaster | 2006 |
6. | Expedition GeForce | Holiday Park | ![]() |
Intamin Hyper Coaster | 2001 |
7. | Diamondback | Kings Island | ![]() |
B&M Hyper Coaster | 2009 |
8. | Magnum XL-200 | Cedar Point | ![]() |
Arrow Hyper Coaster | 1989 |
9. | Phantom's Revenge | Kennywood | ![]() |
Arrow Hyper Coaster | 1991 |
10. | Top Thrill Dragster | Cedar Point | ![]() |
Intamin Strata Coaster | 2003 |
Golden Ticket Awards – Top 10 Wood Coasters of 2010
Rank | Name | Park | Location | Manufacturer | Debut Year |
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1. | The Voyage | Holiday World & Splashin' Safari | ![]() |
The Gravity Group | 2006 |
2. | El Toro | Six Flags Great Adventure | ![]() |
Intamin | 2006 |
3. | Phoenix | Knoebels' Amusement Resort | ![]() |
Philadelphia Toboggan Company | 1985 |
4. | Boulder Dash | Lake Compounce | ![]() |
CCI | 2000 |
5. | Thunderhead | Dollywood | ![]() |
GCI | 2004 |
6. | Ravine Flyer II | Waldameer | ![]() |
The Gravity Group | 2008 |
7. | The Beast | Kings Island | ![]() |
Charles Dinn / Al Collins | 1979 |
8. | Hades | Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park | ![]() |
The Gravity Group | 2005 |
9. | The Raven | Holiday World & Splashin' Safari | ![]() |
CCI | 1995 |
10. | Lightning Racer | Hersheypark | ![]() |
GCI | 2000 |
See also
References
- ^ Marden, Duane. "Record Holders – Height". Roller Coaster Database. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ http://www.sixflags.com/overtexas/rides/titan.aspx
- ^ Marden, Duane. "Record Holders – Steel – Speed". RCDB. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ List of roller coaster rankings at the Roller Coaster DataBase Please specify an RCDB ID number as the first parameter.
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- ^ List of roller coaster rankings at the Roller Coaster DataBase Please specify an RCDB ID number as the first parameter.
- ^ Marden, Duane. "Record Holders – Steel – Length". RCDB. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
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- ^ "Steel Roller Coaster Poll 2010". Best Roller Coaster Poll. 2010. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ^ "Detailed Wood Roller Coaster Poll Results 2010". Best Roller Coaster Poll. 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
- ^ Amusement Today – Top 10 Steel Coasters of 2010
- ^ Amusement Today – Top 10 Wood Coasters of 2010