Faster access than browser!
172 relations: Allan Herschell Company, Alton Towers, Amusement park, Amusement park accidents, Anton Schwarzkopf, Ares I, Ares I-X, Arrow Development, Arrow Dynamics, Čakovec, B.A. Schiff & Associates, Behemoth (roller coaster), Black Mamba (roller coaster), Bobsled roller coaster, Bolliger & Mabillard, Boomerang (roller coaster), Brake run, Brooklyn, Busch Gardens Tampa, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Canada's Wonderland, Carowinds, Catherine the Great, Cedar Point, Chance Morgan, Chance Rides, Coney Island, Coney Island Cyclone, Croatia, Custom Coasters International, D. H. Morgan Manufacturing, Dinn Corporation, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disneyland, Dive Coaster, Dragon Khan, Dual-tracked roller coaster, Dynamic Structures, E&F Miler Industries, Euro-Mir, Europa-Park, Euthanasia Coaster, Expedition Everest, Expedition GeForce, Fabbri Group, Fahrenheit (roller coaster), Figure 8 roller coaster, Floorless Coaster, Flying roller coaster, Friction, ..., Fuji-Q Highland, Fury 325, G-force, Gerstlauer, Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter, Giovanola, Gravity railroad, Great Bear (roller coaster), Great Coasters International, Griffon (roller coaster), Haverhill, Massachusetts, Hersheypark, Holiday Park, Germany, Hopkins Rides, Hypercoaster, Hypersonic XLC, Incidents at Disney parks, Incidents at SeaWorld parks, Incidents at Six Flags parks, Intamin, Intimidator 305, Inverted roller coaster, Jack Rabbit (Kennywood), Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, John Miller (entrepreneur), Joseph Oller, Jungle Jack's Landing, Kennywood, Kinematics, Kinetic energy, Kingda Ka, Kings Dominion, Kings Island, Knoebels Amusement Resort, LaMarcus Adna Thompson, Launched roller coaster, Leviathan (roller coaster), Lift hill, Linnanmäki, List of amusement parks, List of amusement rides, List of roller coaster rankings, Mack Rides, Magnum XL-200, Martin & Vleminckx, Massachusetts, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, Maurer AG, Millennium Force, Mine train roller coaster, Montu (roller coaster), Moonsault Scramble, Motorbike roller coaster, Moulin Rouge, Nagashima Spa Land, New Texas Giant, New York (state), Oblivion (roller coaster), Oranienbaum, Russia, Out and back roller coaster, Paris in the Belle Époque, Phantasialand, Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Phoenix (roller coaster), Pinfari, Pipeline roller coaster, Playland Park (San Antonio, Texas), PortAventura World, Potential energy, Powered roller coaster, Premier Rides, Preston & Barbieri, Programmable logic controller, Raptor (Cedar Point), Rocky Mountain Construction, Rollback (roller coaster), Roller Coaster Corporation of America, Roller coaster inversion, Roller rink, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Russian Mountains, S&S - Sansei Technologies, Sansei Technologies, Sea Dragon (roller coaster), Shuttle roller coaster, Side friction roller coaster, Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Over Texas, Son of Beast, Spinning roller coaster, Stand-up roller coaster, Steel Dragon 2000, Steel roller coaster, Steeplechase (roller coaster), Superman: Escape from Krypton, Suspended roller coaster, Switchback Railway, Terrain roller coaster, The Gravity Group, The Racer (Kings Island), The Sun-Herald, Thrillville: Off the Rails, Thrust Air 2000, Toboggan, TOGO, Top Thrill Dragster, Track (rail transport), Train (roller coaster), Twister roller coaster, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Underfriction, Vekoma, Virginia Reel roller coaster, Walt Disney World, Whiplash (medicine), Wild Mouse roller coaster, Wing Coaster, Wooden roller coaster, Zamperla, Zierer, 4th Dimension roller coaster. Expand index (122 more) »
Allan Herschell Company
The Allan Herschell Company specialized in the creation of amusement rides, particularly carousels and roller coasters.
New!!: Roller coaster and Allan Herschell Company · See more »
Alton Towers
Alton Towers Resort, often shortened to Alton Towers, is a theme park resort located in Staffordshire, England.
New!!: Roller coaster and Alton Towers · See more »
Amusement park
An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes.
New!!: Roller coaster and Amusement park · See more »
Amusement park accidents
Amusement park accidents refer to serious injuries or deaths that occur at amusement parks.
New!!: Roller coaster and Amusement park accidents · See more »
Anton Schwarzkopf
Anton Schwarzkopf (8 July 1924 – 30 July 2001) was a German engineer of amusement rides, and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries Company, which built numerous amusement rides and large roller coasters for both amusement parks and traveling funfairs.
New!!: Roller coaster and Anton Schwarzkopf · See more »
Ares I
Ares I was the crew launch vehicle that was being developed by NASA as part of the Constellation program.
New!!: Roller coaster and Ares I · See more »
Ares I-X
Ares I-X was the first-stage prototype and design concept demonstrator in the Ares I program, a launch system for human spaceflight developed by the United States space agency, NASA.
New!!: Roller coaster and Ares I-X · See more »
Arrow Development
Arrow Development was an amusement park ride and roller coaster design and manufacturing company, incorporated in California on November 16, 1945, and based in Mountain View.
New!!: Roller coaster and Arrow Development · See more »
Arrow Dynamics
Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster design and manufacturing company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Arrow Dynamics · See more »
Čakovec
Čakovec (Csáktornya; Aquama; Tschakathurn) is a city in northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital.
New!!: Roller coaster and Čakovec · See more »
B.A. Schiff & Associates
B.A. Schiff & Associates was a roller coaster manufacturing firm based in Miami, Florida, United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and B.A. Schiff & Associates · See more »
Behemoth (roller coaster)
Behemoth is a steel roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.
New!!: Roller coaster and Behemoth (roller coaster) · See more »
Black Mamba (roller coaster)
Black Mamba is an inverted roller coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard in the German theme park Phantasialand.
New!!: Roller coaster and Black Mamba (roller coaster) · See more »
Bobsled roller coaster
A bobsled roller coaster is a roller coaster that uses a track design that is essentially a "pipe" with the top half removed and has cars that are sent down this pipe in a freewheeling mode.
New!!: Roller coaster and Bobsled roller coaster · See more »
Bolliger & Mabillard
Bolliger & Mabillard, officially Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers Inc., and often abbreviated B&M, is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland.
New!!: Roller coaster and Bolliger & Mabillard · See more »
Boomerang (roller coaster)
Boomerang is a model of roller coaster manufactured and designed by Vekoma, a Dutch manufacturer.
New!!: Roller coaster and Boomerang (roller coaster) · See more »
Brake run
A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track meant to slow or stop a roller coaster train.
New!!: Roller coaster and Brake run · See more »
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.
New!!: Roller coaster and Brooklyn · See more »
Busch Gardens Tampa
Busch Gardens Tampa (formerly known as Busch Gardens Africa and Busch Gardens: The Dark Continent) is a African-themed animal theme park located in the city of Tampa, Florida.
New!!: Roller coaster and Busch Gardens Tampa · See more »
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Busch Gardens Williamsburg (formerly known as Busch Gardens Europe and Busch Gardens: The Old Country) is a theme park located in James City County, Virginia, United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Busch Gardens Williamsburg · See more »
Canada's Wonderland
Canada's Wonderland is a theme park located in Vaughan, Ontario, a suburb approximately north of Downtown Toronto.
New!!: Roller coaster and Canada's Wonderland · See more »
Carowinds
Carowinds is a amusement park, located adjacent to Interstate 77 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
New!!: Roller coaster and Carowinds · See more »
Catherine the Great
Catherine II (Russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Yekaterina Alekseyevna; –), also known as Catherine the Great (Екатери́на Вели́кая, Yekaterina Velikaya), born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, was Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796, the country's longest-ruling female leader.
New!!: Roller coaster and Catherine the Great · See more »
Cedar Point
Cedar Point is a amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio.
New!!: Roller coaster and Cedar Point · See more »
Chance Morgan
Chance Morgan Coasters, Inc. is a roller coaster and amusement ride manufacturer.
New!!: Roller coaster and Chance Morgan · See more »
Chance Rides
Chance Rides Manufacturing is a roller coaster and amusement ride manufacturer.
New!!: Roller coaster and Chance Rides · See more »
Coney Island
Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination of Long Island on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.
New!!: Roller coaster and Coney Island · See more »
Coney Island Cyclone
The Coney Island Cyclone (better known as simply the Cyclone) is a historic wooden roller coaster in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York City.
New!!: Roller coaster and Coney Island Cyclone · See more »
Croatia
Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea.
New!!: Roller coaster and Croatia · See more »
Custom Coasters International
Custom Coasters International (CCI) was one of the premier wooden roller coaster manufacturers in the world and produced 34 wooden coasters in the short span of eleven years — more than any other company in recent times.
New!!: Roller coaster and Custom Coasters International · See more »
D. H. Morgan Manufacturing
D.
New!!: Roller coaster and D. H. Morgan Manufacturing · See more »
Dinn Corporation
Dinn Corporation was a roller coaster designing and manufacturing company established in West Chester, Ohio in 1983 by Charles Dinn.
New!!: Roller coaster and Dinn Corporation · See more »
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Disney's Animal Kingdom is a zoological theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando.
New!!: Roller coaster and Disney's Animal Kingdom · See more »
Disneyland
Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955.
New!!: Roller coaster and Disneyland · See more »
Dive Coaster
The Dive Coaster is a steel roller coaster model developed and manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard.
New!!: Roller coaster and Dive Coaster · See more »
Dragon Khan
Dragon Khan is a steel sit-down roller coaster located in the PortAventura Park theme park in Salou and Vilaseca (Tarragona), Catalonia, Spain.
New!!: Roller coaster and Dragon Khan · See more »
Dual-tracked roller coaster
A dual-tracked roller coaster is a roller coaster which consists of two tracks.
New!!: Roller coaster and Dual-tracked roller coaster · See more »
Dynamic Structures
Dynamic Structures is a Canadian company with a history of steel fabrication dating back to 1926.
New!!: Roller coaster and Dynamic Structures · See more »
E&F Miler Industries
E&F Miler Industries (formerly Miler Coaster, Inc. and Miler Manufacturing) is a family-owned roller coaster manufacturing firm based in Portland, Oregon, United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and E&F Miler Industries · See more »
Euro-Mir
Euro-Mir is a spinning roller coaster located at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany.
New!!: Roller coaster and Euro-Mir · See more »
Europa-Park
Europa-Park is a theme park and the largest in Germany, and the second most popular theme park resort in Europe, following Disneyland Paris.
New!!: Roller coaster and Europa-Park · See more »
Euthanasia Coaster
The Euthanasia Coaster is an art concept for a steel roller coaster designed to kill its passengers.
New!!: Roller coaster and Euthanasia Coaster · See more »
Expedition Everest
Expedition Everest — Legend of the Forbidden Mountain is a steel roller coaster built by Vekoma at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
New!!: Roller coaster and Expedition Everest · See more »
Expedition GeForce
Expedition GeForce is a steel roller coaster located at Holiday Park in Haßloch, Germany.
New!!: Roller coaster and Expedition GeForce · See more »
Fabbri Group
Fabbri Group is an Italian amusement rides manufacturer based in Calto.
New!!: Roller coaster and Fabbri Group · See more »
Fahrenheit (roller coaster)
Fahrenheit is a steel roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
New!!: Roller coaster and Fahrenheit (roller coaster) · See more »
Figure 8 roller coaster
Figure 8 roller coasters are a category of roller coasters where the train runs through a figure 8 shaped course before returning to the boarding station.
New!!: Roller coaster and Figure 8 roller coaster · See more »
Floorless Coaster
A Floorless Coaster is a type of steel roller coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard where riders sit with no floor underneath them allowing their feet to swing freely just above the track.
New!!: Roller coaster and Floorless Coaster · See more »
Flying roller coaster
A flying roller coaster is a type of roller coaster meant to simulate the sensations of flight by harnessing riders in a prone position during the duration of the ride.
New!!: Roller coaster and Flying roller coaster · See more »
Friction
Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.
New!!: Roller coaster and Friction · See more »
Fuji-Q Highland
is an amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.
New!!: Roller coaster and Fuji-Q Highland · See more »
Fury 325
Fury 325 is a steel roller coaster at the Carowinds amusement park located in Charlotte, North Carolina and Fort Mill, South Carolina.
New!!: Roller coaster and Fury 325 · See more »
G-force
The gravitational force, or more commonly, g-force, is a measurement of the type of acceleration that causes a perception of weight.
New!!: Roller coaster and G-force · See more »
Gerstlauer
Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH is a German manufacturer of stationary and transportable amusement rides and roller coasters, located in Münsterhausen, Germany.
New!!: Roller coaster and Gerstlauer · See more »
Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter
The Euro-Fighter is a type of steel roller coaster developed by Gerstlauer.
New!!: Roller coaster and Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter · See more »
Giovanola
Giovanola Freres SA was one of the prominent thrill ride manufacturers in the world.
New!!: Roller coaster and Giovanola · See more »
Gravity railroad
A gravity railroad (American English) or gravity railway (British English) is a railroad on a slope that allow cars carrying minerals or passengers to coast down the slope by the force of gravity alone.
New!!: Roller coaster and Gravity railroad · See more »
Great Bear (roller coaster)
Great Bear is an inverted roller coaster located at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
New!!: Roller coaster and Great Bear (roller coaster) · See more »
Great Coasters International
Great Coasters International, Inc. (GCI or GCII) is a Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based roller coaster manufacturer which has created several award-winning rides since its formation in 1994.
New!!: Roller coaster and Great Coasters International · See more »
Griffon (roller coaster)
Griffon is a steel Dive Coaster roller coaster located at the Busch Gardens Williamsburg amusement park in James City County, Virginia, United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Griffon (roller coaster) · See more »
Haverhill, Massachusetts
Haverhill is a hilly and historic city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Haverhill, Massachusetts · See more »
Hersheypark
Hersheypark (known as Hershey Park until 1970) is a family theme park situated in Hershey, Derry Township, Pennsylvania, United States, about east of Harrisburg, and west of Philadelphia.
New!!: Roller coaster and Hersheypark · See more »
Holiday Park, Germany
Holiday Park is an amusement park in Haßloch, Germany.
New!!: Roller coaster and Holiday Park, Germany · See more »
Hopkins Rides
Hopkins Rides is an amusement ride manufacturer based in Palm City, Florida.
New!!: Roller coaster and Hopkins Rides · See more »
Hypercoaster
A hypercoaster is any complete circuit roller coaster with a height measuring greater than.
New!!: Roller coaster and Hypercoaster · See more »
Hypersonic XLC
Hypersonic XLC was a roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia.
New!!: Roller coaster and Hypersonic XLC · See more »
Incidents at Disney parks
The following lists of Incidents that occurred at various Walt Disney Parks and Resorts are organized by resort area.
New!!: Roller coaster and Incidents at Disney parks · See more »
Incidents at SeaWorld parks
This is a summary of notable incidents that have taken place at various SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment-owned amusement parks, water parks or theme parks.
New!!: Roller coaster and Incidents at SeaWorld parks · See more »
Incidents at Six Flags parks
The following is a summary of notable incidents at any of the amusement parks and water parks operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation.
New!!: Roller coaster and Incidents at Six Flags parks · See more »
Intamin
Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland.
New!!: Roller coaster and Intamin · See more »
Intimidator 305
Intimidator 305 is a steel roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Intimidator 305 · See more »
Inverted roller coaster
An inverted roller coaster is a roller coaster in which the train runs under the track with the seats directly attached to the wheel carriage.
New!!: Roller coaster and Inverted roller coaster · See more »
Jack Rabbit (Kennywood)
Jack Rabbit is a wooden roller coaster located at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Jack Rabbit (Kennywood) · See more »
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Jim Thorpe is a borough and the county seat of Carbon County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
New!!: Roller coaster and Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania · See more »
John Miller (entrepreneur)
John A. Miller (born August John Mueller in 1872, Homewood, Illinois – died June 24, 1941, Houston, Texas) was an American roller coaster designer and builder, inventor, and businessman.
New!!: Roller coaster and John Miller (entrepreneur) · See more »
Joseph Oller
Joseph Oller (Josep Oller i Roca in Catalan) (1839–1922) was a Spanish entrepreneur who lived in Paris for most of his life.
New!!: Roller coaster and Joseph Oller · See more »
Jungle Jack's Landing
Jungle Jack's Landing is a small amusement park attached to and owned by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, Ohio.
New!!: Roller coaster and Jungle Jack's Landing · See more »
Kennywood
Kennywood is an amusement park located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
New!!: Roller coaster and Kennywood · See more »
Kinematics
Kinematics is a branch of classical mechanics that describes the motion of points, bodies (objects), and systems of bodies (groups of objects) without considering the mass of each or the forces that caused the motion.
New!!: Roller coaster and Kinematics · See more »
Kinetic energy
In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the energy that it possesses due to its motion.
New!!: Roller coaster and Kinetic energy · See more »
Kingda Ka
Kingda Ka is a steel accelerator roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey.
New!!: Roller coaster and Kingda Ka · See more »
Kings Dominion
Kings Dominion is an amusement park located in Doswell, Virginia, north of Richmond and south of Washington, D.C..
New!!: Roller coaster and Kings Dominion · See more »
Kings Island
Kings Island is a amusement park located northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio.
New!!: Roller coaster and Kings Island · See more »
Knoebels Amusement Resort
Knoebels Amusement Resort is a family-owned and operated amusement park, picnic grove, and campground in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
New!!: Roller coaster and Knoebels Amusement Resort · See more »
LaMarcus Adna Thompson
LaMarcus Adna Thompson (March 8, 1848 – May 8, 1919) was an American inventor and businessman most famous for developing a variety of gravity rides.
New!!: Roller coaster and LaMarcus Adna Thompson · See more »
Launched roller coaster
The sped up roller coaster is a modern form of roller coaster which has increased in use in the last two decades.
New!!: Roller coaster and Launched roller coaster · See more »
Leviathan (roller coaster)
Leviathan is a steel roller coaster in the Medieval Faire section of the park at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.
New!!: Roller coaster and Leviathan (roller coaster) · See more »
Lift hill
A lift hill, or chain hill, is an upward-sloping section of track on a roller coaster on which the roller coaster train is mechanically lifted to an elevated point or peak in the track.
New!!: Roller coaster and Lift hill · See more »
Linnanmäki
Linnanmäki (Borgbacken, colloquially Lintsi, literal translation Castle Hill) is an amusement park in Helsinki, Finland.
New!!: Roller coaster and Linnanmäki · See more »
List of amusement parks
This page provides links to lists of amusement parks by region (below), and alphabetically beginning with the name of the park (right).
New!!: Roller coaster and List of amusement parks · See more »
List of amusement rides
Amusement rides, sometimes called carnival rides, are mechanical devices or structures that move people to create enjoyment.
New!!: Roller coaster and List of amusement rides · See more »
List of roller coaster rankings
Roller coasters are amusement rides developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks.
New!!: Roller coaster and List of roller coaster rankings · See more »
Mack Rides
Mack Rides GmbH & Co KG, also known simply as Mack Rides, is a German company that designs and constructs amusement rides.
New!!: Roller coaster and Mack Rides · See more »
Magnum XL-200
Magnum XL-200, colloquially known as simply Magnum, is a steel roller coaster built by Arrow Dynamics at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.
New!!: Roller coaster and Magnum XL-200 · See more »
Martin & Vleminckx
Martin & Vleminckx is a roller coaster manufacturing and construction company based in Montreal, Quebec (Canada) with a subsidiary office in Haines City, Florida, United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Martin & Vleminckx · See more »
Massachusetts
Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Massachusetts · See more »
Matterhorn Bobsleds
The Matterhorn Bobsleds are a pair of intertwined steel roller coasters at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
New!!: Roller coaster and Matterhorn Bobsleds · See more »
Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
The Mauch Chunk and Summit Railroad was a coal hauling railroad in the mountains of Pennsylvania that operated between 1828 and 1932.
New!!: Roller coaster and Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway · See more »
Maurer AG
Maurer AG is a steel construction company and roller coaster manufacturer.
New!!: Roller coaster and Maurer AG · See more »
Millennium Force
Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio.
New!!: Roller coaster and Millennium Force · See more »
Mine train roller coaster
A mine train roller coaster is a steel roller coaster whose trains often depict a set of mine carts, with the forward-most car or portions of it sometimes resembling a small steam locomotive.
New!!: Roller coaster and Mine train roller coaster · See more »
Montu (roller coaster)
Montu is an inverted roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida.
New!!: Roller coaster and Montu (roller coaster) · See more »
Moonsault Scramble
Moonsault Scramble was a shuttle roller coaster that operated from 1983 until 2000 at Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.
New!!: Roller coaster and Moonsault Scramble · See more »
Motorbike roller coaster
A motorbike roller coaster is a type of steel roller coaster designed with motorcycle type cars.
New!!: Roller coaster and Motorbike roller coaster · See more »
Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge (French for "Red Mill") is a cabaret in Paris, France.
New!!: Roller coaster and Moulin Rouge · See more »
Nagashima Spa Land
is a major amusement park in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
New!!: Roller coaster and Nagashima Spa Land · See more »
New Texas Giant
New Texas Giant, formerly known as Texas Giant, is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas.
New!!: Roller coaster and New Texas Giant · See more »
New York (state)
New York is a state in the northeastern United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and New York (state) · See more »
Oblivion (roller coaster)
Oblivion is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in England.
New!!: Roller coaster and Oblivion (roller coaster) · See more »
Oranienbaum, Russia
Oranienbaum (Ораниенба́ум) is a Russian royal residence, located on the Gulf of Finland west of St. Petersburg.
New!!: Roller coaster and Oranienbaum, Russia · See more »
Out and back roller coaster
Out and back refers to the layout of a roller coaster.
New!!: Roller coaster and Out and back roller coaster · See more »
Paris in the Belle Époque
Paris in the Belle Époque was a period in the history of the city between the years 1871 to 1914, from the beginning of the Third French Republic until the First World War.
New!!: Roller coaster and Paris in the Belle Époque · See more »
Phantasialand
Phantasialand is a theme park in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that attracts approximately 1.75 million visitors annually.
New!!: Roller coaster and Phantasialand · See more »
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, commonly referred to as PTC, is one of the oldest existing roller coaster manufacturing companies in the world.
New!!: Roller coaster and Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters · See more »
Phoenix (roller coaster)
Phoenix is a wooden roller coaster located at the Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
New!!: Roller coaster and Phoenix (roller coaster) · See more »
Pinfari
F.lli Pinfari S.r.l was an Italian ride manufacturing company based in Suzzara, Italy.
New!!: Roller coaster and Pinfari · See more »
Pipeline roller coaster
The Pipeline Coaster is a roller coaster model where the trains ride between the tracks as opposed to a traditional roller coaster where they ride above them.
New!!: Roller coaster and Pipeline roller coaster · See more »
Playland Park (San Antonio, Texas)
Playland Park was an amusement park formerly located at 2222 North Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
New!!: Roller coaster and Playland Park (San Antonio, Texas) · See more »
PortAventura World
PortAventura World is an entertainment resort in Salou and Vila-seca, Tarragona, on the Costa Daurada in Spain.
New!!: Roller coaster and PortAventura World · See more »
Potential energy
In physics, potential energy is the energy possessed by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors.
New!!: Roller coaster and Potential energy · See more »
Powered roller coaster
A powered roller coaster is a railed amusement ride similar to a roller coaster.
New!!: Roller coaster and Powered roller coaster · See more »
Premier Rides
Premier Rides is an amusement ride manufacturer based in the United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Premier Rides · See more »
Preston & Barbieri
Preston & Barbieri is an amusement ride manufacturing company based in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
New!!: Roller coaster and Preston & Barbieri · See more »
Programmable logic controller
A programmable logic controller (PLC), or programmable controller is an industrial digital computer which has been ruggedized and adapted for the control of manufacturing processes, such as assembly lines, or robotic devices, or any activity that requires high reliability control and ease of programming and process fault diagnosis.
New!!: Roller coaster and Programmable logic controller · See more »
Raptor (Cedar Point)
Raptor is a steel inverted roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Raptor (Cedar Point) · See more »
Rocky Mountain Construction
Rocky Mountain Construction (also abbreviated as RMC) is a manufacturing and construction company based in Hayden, Idaho, United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Rocky Mountain Construction · See more »
Rollback (roller coaster)
A rollback occurs on a launched roller coaster when the train is not launched fast enough to reach the top of the tower.
New!!: Roller coaster and Rollback (roller coaster) · See more »
Roller Coaster Corporation of America
Roller Coaster Corporation of America (abbreviated RCCA) was an amusement ride manufacturer based in the United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Roller Coaster Corporation of America · See more »
Roller coaster inversion
A roller coaster inversion is a roller coaster element in which the track turns riders upside-down and then returns them to an upright position.
New!!: Roller coaster and Roller coaster inversion · See more »
Roller rink
A roller rink is a hard surface usually consisting of Hardwood, Rollerboard or Concrete used for roller skating or inline skating.
New!!: Roller coaster and Roller rink · See more »
RollerCoaster Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon is a series of simulation video games about building and managing an amusement park.
New!!: Roller coaster and RollerCoaster Tycoon · See more »
Russian Mountains
Russian Mountains were a predecessor to the roller coaster.
New!!: Roller coaster and Russian Mountains · See more »
S&S - Sansei Technologies
S&S - Sansei Technologies, formerly S&S Worldwide, is an American company known for its pneumatically powered amusement rides and roller coaster designing.
New!!: Roller coaster and S&S - Sansei Technologies · See more »
Sansei Technologies
Sansei Technologies, Inc. (formerly Sansei Yusoki Co., Ltd.) is a manufacturing firm based in Osaka, Japan.
New!!: Roller coaster and Sansei Technologies · See more »
Sea Dragon (roller coaster)
Sea Dragon is a junior wooden roller coaster located at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, Ohio.
New!!: Roller coaster and Sea Dragon (roller coaster) · See more »
Shuttle roller coaster
A shuttle roller coaster is any roller coaster that ultimately does not make a complete circuit, but rather reverses at some point throughout its course and traverses the same track backwards.
New!!: Roller coaster and Shuttle roller coaster · See more »
Side friction roller coaster
A side friction coaster is an early roller coaster design that has two sets of wheels - normal road wheels, and side-friction wheels to prevent the cars from derailing on sharp curves.
New!!: Roller coaster and Side friction roller coaster · See more »
Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Great Adventure is an amusement park located in Jackson, New Jersey, owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corp. Situated between New York City and Philadelphia, the park complex also contains the Hurricane Harbor water park.
New!!: Roller coaster and Six Flags Great Adventure · See more »
Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over Texas is a 212-acre (86 ha) theme park located in Arlington, Texas, east of Fort Worth and about 15 miles (24 km) west of Dallas.
New!!: Roller coaster and Six Flags Over Texas · See more »
Son of Beast
Son of Beast was a record-breaking wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio.
New!!: Roller coaster and Son of Beast · See more »
Spinning roller coaster
A spinning roller coaster is a roller coaster with cars that rotate on a vertical axis.
New!!: Roller coaster and Spinning roller coaster · See more »
Stand-up roller coaster
A stand-up roller coaster is a roller coaster designed to have the passengers stand through the course of the ride.
New!!: Roller coaster and Stand-up roller coaster · See more »
Steel Dragon 2000
is a steel roller coaster at Nagashima Spa Land amusement park in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
New!!: Roller coaster and Steel Dragon 2000 · See more »
Steel roller coaster
A steel roller coaster is a roller coaster that is defined by having a track made of steel.
New!!: Roller coaster and Steel roller coaster · See more »
Steeplechase (roller coaster)
A Steeplechase roller coaster has several side-by-side tracks in a dueling "racing" arrangement.
New!!: Roller coaster and Steeplechase (roller coaster) · See more »
Superman: Escape from Krypton
Superman: Escape from Krypton (originally known as Superman: The Escape) is a steel shuttle roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.
New!!: Roller coaster and Superman: Escape from Krypton · See more »
Suspended roller coaster
A suspended roller coaster is a type of steel roller coaster in which the car hangs from the bottom of the rolling stock by a pivoting fulcrum or hinge assembly.
New!!: Roller coaster and Suspended roller coaster · See more »
Switchback Railway
The original Switchback Railway was the first roller coaster at Coney Island and one of the earliest designed for amusement in America.
New!!: Roller coaster and Switchback Railway · See more »
Terrain roller coaster
Terrain roller coasters are roller coasters which, as their name suggests, take advantage of the (usually) natural undulations of the land upon which they are built.
New!!: Roller coaster and Terrain roller coaster · See more »
The Gravity Group
The Gravity Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is an American-based roller coaster design firm.
New!!: Roller coaster and The Gravity Group · See more »
The Racer (Kings Island)
The Racer is a wooden, racing roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio.
New!!: Roller coaster and The Racer (Kings Island) · See more »
The Sun-Herald
The Sun-Herald is an Australian newspaper published in tabloid or compact format on Sundays in Sydney by Fairfax Media.
New!!: Roller coaster and The Sun-Herald · See more »
Thrillville: Off the Rails
Thrillville: Off the Rails is a 2007 theme park simulation video game developed by Frontier Developments and published by LucasArts.
New!!: Roller coaster and Thrillville: Off the Rails · See more »
Thrust Air 2000
A Thrust Air 2000 (commonly known as a thrust air coaster) is a unique form of launched roller-coaster created by S&S Worldwide, Inc., that uses refrigerated, compressed air to shoot a rubber-wheeled car down a steel track.
New!!: Roller coaster and Thrust Air 2000 · See more »
Toboggan
A toboggan is a simple sled which is a traditional form of transport used by the Innu and Cree of northern Canada.
New!!: Roller coaster and Toboggan · See more »
TOGO
was a Japanese amusement ride company that built roller coasters, giant wheels, carousels, flumes, dark rides, sky cycles and other amusement rides.
New!!: Roller coaster and TOGO · See more »
Top Thrill Dragster
Top Thrill Dragster is a steel accelerator roller coaster built by Intamin at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States.
New!!: Roller coaster and Top Thrill Dragster · See more »
Track (rail transport)
The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.
New!!: Roller coaster and Track (rail transport) · See more »
Train (roller coaster)
A roller coaster train is a vehicle made up of two or more cars connected by specialized joints which transports passengers around a roller coaster's circuit.
New!!: Roller coaster and Train (roller coaster) · See more »
Twister roller coaster
A twister roller coaster is the generic name given to any roller coaster layout which tends to twist or interweave its track within itself several times.
New!!: Roller coaster and Twister roller coaster · See more »
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is an independent agency of the United States government.
New!!: Roller coaster and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission · See more »
Underfriction
On a roller coaster train, the underfriction, up-lift, or up-stop wheels are a device to keep the train from jumping off the track under intense movement.
New!!: Roller coaster and Underfriction · See more »
Vekoma
Vekoma Rides Manufacturing is a Dutch amusement ride manufacturer.
New!!: Roller coaster and Vekoma · See more »
Virginia Reel roller coaster
Virginia Reel was an older style of spinning roller coaster characterized by spinning circular "tubs" that zig-zagged down a flat-bottomed track.
New!!: Roller coaster and Virginia Reel roller coaster · See more »
Walt Disney World
The Walt Disney World Resort, commonly known as Walt Disney World, or often just as Disney World, is an entertainment complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, near Orlando and Kissimmee, Florida.
New!!: Roller coaster and Walt Disney World · See more »
Whiplash (medicine)
Whiplash is a non-medical term describing a range of injuries to the neck caused by or related to a sudden distortion of the neck associated with extension, although the exact injury mechanisms remain unknown.
New!!: Roller coaster and Whiplash (medicine) · See more »
Wild Mouse roller coaster
A Wild Mouse roller coaster (also Mad Mouse or Crazy Mouse) is a type of roller coaster characterised by small cars that seat four people or fewer and ride on top of the track, taking tight, flat turns (without banking) at modest speeds, yet producing high lateral G-forces.
New!!: Roller coaster and Wild Mouse roller coaster · See more »
Wing Coaster
A Wing Coaster is a type of steel roller coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard where pairs of riders sit on either side of a roller coaster track in which nothing is above or below the riders.
New!!: Roller coaster and Wing Coaster · See more »
Wooden roller coaster
A wooden roller coaster is most often classified as a roller coaster with running rails made of flattened steel strips mounted on laminated wooden track.
New!!: Roller coaster and Wooden roller coaster · See more »
Zamperla
Antonio Zamperla S.p.A. is an Italian design and manufacturing company founded in 1966.
New!!: Roller coaster and Zamperla · See more »
Zierer
Zierer Karussell- und Spezialmaschinenbau GmbH & Co.
New!!: Roller coaster and Zierer · See more »
4th Dimension roller coaster
A 4th Dimension Roller Coaster is a type of steel roller coaster whereby riders are rotated independently of the orientation of the track, generally about a horizontal axis that is perpendicular to the track.
New!!: Roller coaster and 4th Dimension roller coaster · See more »
Redirects here:
Axles on roler coasters, Complete-circuit roller coaster, Family roller coaster, Giga Coaster, Giga coaster, Giga coasters, Giga-coaster, Giga-coasters, Gigacoaster, Gigacoasters, Intermediate roller coaster, Jet coaster, Jet coasters, Kiddie roller coaster, Kilocoaster roller coaster, Mega coaster roller coaster, Megacoaster roller coaster, Roller Coaster, Roller Coasters, Roller coasters, Roller-coaster, Rollercoaster, Rollercoasters, Rollercoster, Scenic Railway, Scenic railroad, Scenic railway, Sit Down roller coaster, Sit down roller coaster, Strata Coaster, Strata coaster, Strata coasters, Strata roller coaster, Strata-coaster, Strata-coasters, Stratacoaster, Stratacoasters, 🎢.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_coaster
