Roller Coasters
The Beast at Paramounts Kings Island
height: 135 feet high
opened: in 1978
cost: $4 million
Has three cars
length: 7,400 feet long
Ride Time: 4 minutes and 30 seconds
made by Dinn Corporat
Son of Beast at Paramounts Kings Island
opened in 2000
top speed: 78.3 mph
height:218 feet
inversions: 1
Length: 7032 feet long
Ride Time: 3 minutes long
Has three cars
Made by Werner Stengel
Steel Dragon 2000 at Nagashma Spaland , Japan
opened in 2000
height: 318 feet high
length: 8133 feet long
Made by Morgan Manufacturing
The Cyclone at Coney Island
height:85 feet
length:2640 feet long
first opened in 1927
rebuilt in 1937
Speed: 60 mph
has three cars
maker: Vernon Keenan
Millennium Force at Cedar Point
length: 6595 feet long
Height: 310 feet long
top speed: 92 miles an hour
time: 2 minutes and 45 seconds
made by Intamin A.G.
Stealth at Paramounts Great America
length: 2781 feet
top speed: 51 mph
height: 115 feet
inversions: 8
time: 2 minutes and 50 seconds
has two cars
Alpengeist at Bush Gardens
length: 3828 feet
inversions: 6
top speed: 67mph
time: 2 minutes
height: 170 feet high
opened in April of 1997
made by Bolliger & Malbillard
Loch Ness Monster at Bush Gardens
opened in 1978
height: 130 feet
length: 3240 feet
top speed: 60 mph
Inversions: 2
time: 2 minutes and 45 seconds
made by: Arrow Dynamics
Viper at Six Flags Magic Mountain
height: 180 feet
length: 3831
top speed: 73 mph
has three cars
opened in 1990
inversions:7
time: 2 minutes
made by Arrow Dynamics
Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain
height: 255 feet high
top speed: 85 mph
length: 4500 feet long
time: 3 minutes
has three cars
opened in February of 2000
made by Giovanola
Volcano at Paramounts Kings Dominion
top speed: 70 mph
height: 155 feet high
opened in 1998
ends with an 80 foot drop
Superman: The Escape at Six Flags Magic Mountain
the world's fastest and tallest roller coaster
top speed: 100 mph
as tall as a 41-story building
two side by side tracks
each car weighs 6 tons
the wheels are 2 feet in diameter
each car carries 4 people
time: 30 seconds
opened in 1997
Zoomerang at Lake Compounce, Bristol, Connecticut
Date Opened: July 1997
Type: Boomerang Shuttle
Top Speed: 48 mph
Lift Height: 125 feet
First Drop: 120 feet
Inversions: 6
Track Length : 875
Ride Time: 50 seconds
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Mantis at Cedar Point
Length: 3900 feet long
Lift Height: 145 feet
Height of Drop: 137 feet
Angle of Descent: 52 degrees
vertical loopheight : 119 feet
top speed: 60 mph
ride time: 2 minutes and 40 seconds
Cost: $12 million
Manufacturer: Bolliger & Mabillard , Monthey, Switzerland
Vampire at Chesington World of Adventures
Steel Suspended
opened in 1990
2220 feet long
height: 70 feet
Manufacturer: Arrow Dynamics
The Villain at Six Flags, Ohio
Year opened: 2000
top speed: 60 mph
height of Drop: 117
length: 3990
has two cars
Manufacturer: Custom Coasters International
Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce , Bristol, Connecticut
Top Speed: 60 mph
Height of Drop: 140 feet
length : 4500 feet long
Ride Time: 2 minutes and 30 seconds
Has two cars
Cost: $6million
Manufacturer: Custom Coasters International
Right beside a mountain
Wild Thing at Valley Fair, Shkaopee, Minnesota
Type: steel hypercoaster
opened in May of 1996
height of drop:207 feet
has 3 cars
Ride Time : 3 minutes
length: 5469 feet long
top speed: 74 mph
Manufacturer: DH Morgan Manufacturing Inc.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How are Roller Coasters made?
A: First an amusement park asks a design company for a new roller coaster design. The amusement park owner usually tells the company the price range and intensity of roller coaster. The park sends measurements of the area that the company has to build the coaster on. Then the company designs a roller coaster that meets the standards of safety and intensity set by the park owner. IF he owner likes it the company sends an order to a company for all the supplies needed. Many times the designer has to rewrite the plan. Once the parts arrive at the park, you have yourself a giant jigsaw puzzle. There is a huge plan that can be over 300 pages long. Using the plan builders can take more than 3 months to build the coaster with a team of 75 people and many machines.
Q: What are Roller Coasters made of?
A: Roller Coasters are made mostly out of steel now but some like the Son of Beast are made out of wood.
Q: How can you turn upside down without falling out?
A: It's very simple. When going threw loops or corkscrews on roller coasters you have to be traveling at a certain speed. Try filling a bucket of with water. ( Make sure you are outside ) Then turn the bucket in a loop quickly .Does all the water fall out? That is exactly how roller coasters work.
Q: What affects the speed of roller coasters.
A: The higher the lift hill, the faster you go. Turns slow down the coaster.
Q: When was the first roller coaster built?
A: The idea for a roller coaster came from the 16th century Russian ice slides. In 1817 two real roller coasters were built in France. The first looping roller coaster was built in 1846 but failed miserably because of accidents.