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List of roller coaster elements

Index List of roller coaster elements

Roller coasters are widely known for their drops, inversions, airtime, and other intense ride elements that contribute to a thrilling ride experience. [1]

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  1. 210 relations: Aerobatic maneuver, Afterburn (roller coaster), Air time (rides), Alton Towers, Amusement park, Arrow Dynamics, Banshee (roller coaster), Batwing (roller coaster), Behemoth (roller coaster), Black Mamba (roller coaster), Blue Fire, Blue Hawk (roller coaster), Bolliger & Mabillard, Boomerang (roller coaster), Brake run, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Camera, Canada's Wonderland, Carowinds, Cedar Point, Chessington World of Adventures, China Dinosaurs Park, Cobra, Colossus (Thorpe Park), Corkscrew, Corkscrew (Silverwood), DC Rivals HyperCoaster, Diamondback (Kings Island), Dinoconda, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disneyland, Dive Coaster, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, Drachen Fire, Dragon Challenge, Dragon Mountain, Dragon's Fury (roller coaster), Drayton Manor Resort, Eddy current, Eejanaika (roller coaster), Electric motor, Energylandia, Europa-Park, Fahrenheit (roller coaster), Ferrari World, Ferris wheel, Firehawk (roller coaster), Floorless Coaster, Flying roller coaster, ... Expand index (160 more) »

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Aerobatic maneuver

Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dogfights or competition aerobatics.

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Afterburn (roller coaster)

Afterburn is an inverted roller coaster located at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Air time (rides)

In the context of amusement rides, air time, or airtime, refers to the time during which riders of a roller coaster or other ride experience either frictionless or negative G-forces. List of roller coaster elements and air time (rides) are roller coaster elements.

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Alton Towers

Alton Towers Resort (often shortened to Alton Towers) is a theme park and resort complex in Staffordshire, England, near the village of Alton.

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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.

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Arrow Dynamics

Arrow Dynamics was an American manufacturing and engineering company that specialized in designing and building amusement park rides, especially roller coasters.

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Banshee (roller coaster)

Banshee is an inverted roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, United States.

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Batwing (roller coaster)

Batwing is a steel flying roller coaster built by Vekoma at Six Flags America in Prince George's County, Maryland.

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Behemoth (roller coaster)

Behemoth is a steel roller coaster located at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario.

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Black Mamba (roller coaster)

Black Mamba is an inverted roller coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard in the German theme park Phantasialand.

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Blue Fire

Blue Fire is a launched roller coaster at Europa-Park.

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Blue Hawk (roller coaster)

Blue Hawk is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Georgia.

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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.

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Boomerang (roller coaster)

Boomerang is a model of roller coaster manufactured and designed by Vekoma, a Dutch manufacturer.

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Brake run

A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track that utilizes some form of brakes to slow or stop a roller coaster train. List of roller coaster elements and brake run are roller coaster elements.

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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is a animal theme park located in Tampa, Florida, United States, with the entire park landscaped and designed around themes of Africa and Asia.

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Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Busch Gardens Williamsburg (formerly Busch Gardens Europe and Busch Gardens: The Old Country) is a amusement park in James City County near Williamsburg, Virginia, United States, located approximately northwest of Virginia Beach.

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Camera

A camera is an instrument used to capture and store images and videos, either digitally via an electronic image sensor, or chemically via a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.

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Canada's Wonderland

Canada's Wonderland, formerly known as Paramount Canada's Wonderland, is a amusement park located in Vaughan, Ontario, a municipality within the Greater Toronto Area.

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Carowinds

Carowinds is a amusement park primarily located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Cedar Point

Cedar Point is a amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio, United States, owned and operated by Six Flags.

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Chessington World of Adventures

Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a theme park, zoo and hotel complex in Chessington, Greater London, England, around southwest of Central London.

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China Dinosaurs Park

China Dinosaurs Park, also called China Dinosaurs Land is a theme park located in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.

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Cobra

Cobra is the common name of various venomous snakes, most of which belong to the genus Naja.

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Colossus (Thorpe Park)

Colossus is a steel roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, and the park's first major attraction.

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Corkscrew

A corkscrew is a tool for drawing corks from wine bottles and other household bottles that may be sealed with corks.

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Corkscrew (Silverwood)

Corkscrew is an Arrow Development prototype Corkscrew roller coaster located at Silverwood Theme Park in Athol, Idaho.

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DC Rivals HyperCoaster

DC Rivals HyperCoaster is a steel hypercoaster at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

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Diamondback (Kings Island)

Diamondback is a steel roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, United States.

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Dinoconda

Dinoconda is an S&S – Sansei Technologies 4th Dimension roller coaster located at Dino Watertown in Jiangsu, China.

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Disney's Hollywood Studios

Disney's Hollywood Studios is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando.

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Disneyland

Disneyland is a theme park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.

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Dive Coaster

The Dive Coaster is a steel roller coaster model developed and engineered by Bolliger & Mabillard.

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Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom

Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom is an American amusement and water park located in Dorneyville, Pennsylvania, outside Allentown.

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Drachen Fire

Drachen Fire was a steel roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Dragon Challenge

Dragon Challenge, formerly named Dueling Dragons (1999–2010), was a pair of intertwined inverted roller coasters in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter area of Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, United States.

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Dragon Mountain

Dragon Mountain is a steel roller coaster located at Marineland of Canada near Niagara Falls, Ontario.

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Dragon's Fury (roller coaster)

Dragon's Fury is a steel spinning roller coaster located at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in southwest London, England.

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Drayton Manor Resort

Drayton Manor Resort is a family theme park, zoo and accommodation in the grounds of the former Drayton Manor, in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, UK.

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Eddy current

In electromagnetism, an eddy current (also called Foucault's current) is a loop of electric current induced within conductors by a changing magnetic field in the conductor according to Faraday's law of induction or by the relative motion of a conductor in a magnetic field.

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Eejanaika (roller coaster)

is a steel fourth-dimension hypercoaster at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.

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Electric motor

An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.

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Energylandia

Energylandia is an amusement park located in Zator, Lesser Poland, in southern Poland.

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Europa-Park

Europa-Park is a theme park in Rust, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Fahrenheit (roller coaster)

Fahrenheit is a steel roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Ferrari World

Ferrari World Abu Dhabi (عالمفيراري أبوظبي) is a mostly indoors theme park located on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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Ferris wheel

A Ferris wheel (also called a Giant Wheel or an observation wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components (commonly referred to as passenger cars, cabins, tubs, gondolas, capsules, or pods) attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, they are kept upright, usually by gravity.

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Firehawk (roller coaster)

Firehawk was a flying roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio.

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Floorless Coaster

A Floorless Coaster, commonly known as a Floorless Roller 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.

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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.

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Fourth-dimension roller coaster

A fourth-dimension roller coaster is a type of steel roller coaster where riders are rotated independently of the track's orientation, generally about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the track.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Fuji-Q Highland

is an amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, owned and operated by the namesake Fuji Kyuko Co. It opened on 2 March 1968.

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G Force (roller coaster)

G Force was a roller coaster at Drayton Manor Resort, Tamworth, England.

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G-force

The g-force or gravitational force equivalent is mass-specific force (force per unit mass), expressed in units of standard gravity (symbol g or g0, not to be confused with "g", the symbol for grams).

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Galactica (roller coaster)

Galactica is a flying roller coaster located in the Forbidden Valley area of Alton Towers amusement park in Staffordshire, England.

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Galaxyland

Galaxyland Powered by Hasbro (formerly Galaxyland, Fantasyland), is an indoor amusement park located in the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Gardaland

Gardaland Resort is an amusement park resort located in northeastern Italy.

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GateKeeper (roller coaster)

GateKeeper is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio.

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Goliath (Six Flags Great America)

Goliath is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.

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Goliath (Walibi Holland)

Goliath is a steel roller coaster located at the Walibi Holland theme park in Biddinghuizen, Dronten in the Netherlands.

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Goudurix

Goudurix is a steel roller coaster located in Parc Astérix in France.

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Great American Scream Machine (Six Flags Great Adventure)

Great American Scream Machine was a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.

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Green Lantern (Six Flags Great Adventure)

Green Lantern, formerly known as Chang, is a stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.

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Griffon (roller coaster)

Griffon is a steel roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg amusement park in James City County, Virginia, United States.

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Helix (roller coaster)

Helix is a steel roller coaster located at Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Hersheypark

Hersheypark (known as Hershey Park until 1970) is a family theme park in the eastern United States in Hershey, Pennsylvania, about east of Harrisburg, and west of Philadelphia.

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Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit

Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit is a steel roller coaster at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida.

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Horseshoe

A horseshoe is a product designed to protect a horse hoof from wear.

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Hydra the Revenge

Hydra the Revenge, or simply Hydra, is a steel Floorless Coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Dorneyville, Pennsylvania.

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Hypercoaster

A hypercoaster is a roller coaster with a height or drop measuring at least.

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Hyperion (roller coaster)

Hyperion is a steel roller coaster located at Energylandia in Zator, Poland.

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Immelmann turn

The term Immelmann turn, named after German World War I Eindecker fighter ace Leutnant Max Immelmann, refers to two different aircraft maneuvers.

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Indiana Beach

Indiana Beach is an amusement park located on Lake Shafer in Monticello, Indiana.

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Intamin

Intamin Amusement Rides is a design and manufacturing company in Schaan, Liechtenstein, best-known for designing and constructing thrill rides and roller coasters at dozens of international theme parks, amusement parks and other establishments.

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Inverted roller coaster

An inverted roller coaster is a type of steel roller coaster in which the train runs under the track with the seats directly attached to the wheel carriage.

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Iron Gwazi

Iron Gwazi (formerly called Gwazi) is a steel-track hybrid roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, a theme park in Tampa, Florida, United States.

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Iron Rattler

Iron Rattler is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio.

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Jack Rabbit (Kennywood)

Jack Rabbit is a wooden roller coaster located at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

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Jack Rabbit (Seabreeze)

Jack Rabbit is an "out and back" wooden roller coaster located at Seabreeze Amusement Park in Irondequoit, New York.

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John A. Miller

John A. Miller (born August John Mueller; 1872 – June 24, 1941) was an American roller coaster designer and builder, inventor, and businessman.

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Kennywood

Kennywood is an amusement park which is located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, just southeast of Pittsburgh.

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Kinetic energy

In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the form of energy that it possesses due to its motion.

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Kingda Ka

Kingda Ka is a hydraulically-launched steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, United States.

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Kings Island

Kings Island is a amusement park located northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio, United States.

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Knott's Berry Farm

Knott's Berry Farm is a theme park located in Buena Park, California, owned and operated by Six Flags.

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Kondaa

Kondaa is a steel roller coaster at Walibi Belgium in Wavre, Belgium.

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Laff Trakk

Laff Trakk is an indoor spinning steel roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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Launched roller coaster

The launched roller coaster is a modern form of roller coaster. List of roller coaster elements and launched roller coaster are linear induction motors.

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Leviathan (Canada's Wonderland)

Leviathan is a steel roller coaster located at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.

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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. List of roller coaster elements and lift hill are roller coaster elements.

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Line (geometry)

In geometry, a straight line, usually abbreviated line, is an infinitely long object with no width, depth, or curvature, an idealization of such physical objects as a straightedge, a taut string, or a ray of light.

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Linear induction motor

A linear induction motor (LIM) is an alternating current (AC), asynchronous linear motor that works by the same general principles as other induction motors but is typically designed to directly produce motion in a straight line. List of roller coaster elements and linear induction motor are linear induction motors.

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Linear motor

A linear motor is an electric motor that has had its stator and rotor "unrolled", thus, instead of producing a torque (rotation), it produces a linear force along its length.

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Liseberg

Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden, that opened in 1923.

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List of roller coaster elements

Roller coasters are widely known for their drops, inversions, airtime, and other intense ride elements that contribute to a thrilling ride experience. List of roller coaster elements and List of roller coaster elements are linear induction motors, roller coaster elements and transport lists.

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List of roller coaster rankings

Roller coasters are amusement rides developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks.

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Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster)

Loch Ness Monster is a steel roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Lotte World

Lotte World or Lotte World Adventure is a major recreation complex in Seoul, South Korea.

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Luna Park (Coney Island, 2010)

Luna Park is an amusement park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.

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Luna Park, Melbourne

Luna Park Melbourne is a historic amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria.

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Mako (roller coaster)

Mako is a steel roller coaster located at SeaWorld Orlando in Orlando, Florida, United States.

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Manta (SeaWorld Orlando)

Manta is a steel flying roller coaster at SeaWorld Orlando.

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Marineland of Canada

Marineland (official name Marineland of Canada Inc.), is a themed zoo and amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

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Matterhorn Bobsleds

The attraction known as Matterhorn Bobsleds consists of a pair of intertwined steel roller coasters running through a fabricated mountain.

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Maurer AG

Maurer AG, formerly known as Maurer Söhne GmbH & Co.

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Maverick (roller coaster)

Maverick is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.

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Max Immelmann

Max Immelmann (21 September 1890 – 18 June 1916) PLM was the first German World War I flying ace.

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Medusa (Six Flags Great Adventure)

Medusa, formerly known as Bizarro, is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.

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Millennium Force

Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States.

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Mindbender (Galaxyland)

The Mindbender was an Anton Schwarzkopf looping roller coaster at Galaxyland, a theme park in West Edmonton Mall, in Alberta, Canada.

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Montu (roller coaster)

Montu is an inverted roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida.

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Moonsault Scramble

Moonsault Scramble (ムーンサルト・スクランブル) was a shuttle roller coaster located at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.

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Morey's Piers

Morey's Piers & Beachfront Waterparks is a seaside amusement park located on The Wildwoods' boardwalk in Wildwood and North Wildwood, New Jersey.

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Mr. Freeze (roller coaster)

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Nemesis Inferno

Nemesis Inferno is a steel inverted roller coaster at the Thorpe Park theme park in Surrey, England, UK.

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Nickelodeon Universe

Nickelodeon Universe is the name of two indoor amusement parks located at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota and American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with a third location under construction at the Mall of China in Chongqing, China.

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Nitro (Six Flags Great Adventure)

Nitro is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Olympia Looping

Olympia Looping, also known as Munich Looping, is a portable steel roller coaster owned and operated by R. Barth und Sohn Schaustellerbetriebe KG.

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Orient Express (roller coaster)

Orient Express was a steel roller coaster located at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Outlaw Run

Outlaw Run is a wooden roller coaster located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

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Parc Astérix

Parc Astérix is a theme park in France based on the comic book series Asterix by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny.

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Phantasialand

Phantasialand is a theme park in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that attracts approximately 2 million visitors annually.

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Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters

Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) is one of the oldest existing roller coaster manufacturing companies in the world.

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Physics of roller coasters

The physics of roller coasters comprises the mechanics that affect the design and operation of roller coasters, a machine that uses gravity and inertia to send a train of cars along a winding track.

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Pirate ship (ride)

A pirate ship is a type of amusement ride based on pirate ships, consisting of an open, seated gondola (usually in the style of a pirate ship) which swings back and forth, subjecting the rider to various levels of angular momentum.

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Plailly

Plailly is a commune in the Oise department of northern France.

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Potential energy

In physics, potential energy is the energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors.

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Railway track

A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as a train track or permanent way (often "perway" in Australia), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.

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Raptor (Gardaland)

Raptor is a steel roller coaster at the Gardaland amusement park in Lake Garda, Italy.

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Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith is an enclosed, launched roller coaster located at Disney's Hollywood Studios within Walt Disney World.

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Rocky Mountain Construction

Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) is a manufacturing and construction company based in Hayden, Idaho, United States.

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Rocky's Rapids

Rocky's Rapids is a Log Flume ride at Indiana Beach, in Monticello, Indiana.

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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 or hill. List of roller coaster elements and rollback (roller coaster) are roller coaster elements.

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Roller chain

Roller chain or bush roller chain is the type of chain drive most commonly used for transmission of mechanical power on many kinds of domestic, industrial and agricultural machinery, including conveyors, wire- and tube-drawing machines, printing presses, cars, motorcycles, and bicycles.

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Roller coaster

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 thrilling experience.

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Roller Coaster DataBase

Roller Coaster DataBase (RCDB) is a roller coaster and amusement park database begun in 1996 by Duane Marden.

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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. List of roller coaster elements and roller coaster inversion are roller coaster elements.

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Roller coaster train

A roller coaster train is a vehicle made up of two or more carts connected by specialized joints which transports passengers around a roller coaster's circuit. List of roller coaster elements and roller coaster train are roller coaster elements.

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Rougarou (roller coaster)

Rougarou, formerly known as Mantis, is a floorless roller coaster located at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio.

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S&S – Sansei Technologies

S&S – Sansei Technologies (formerly S&S Sports, S&S Power, and S&S Worldwide) is an American company known for its pneumatically powered amusement rides and roller coaster designing.

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Saw – The Ride

Saw – The Ride is a steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England.

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Sea Serpent (Morey's Piers)

Sea Serpent is a steel roller coaster at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, New Jersey.

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Seabreeze Amusement Park

Seabreeze Amusement Park (Seabreeze) is a historic family amusement park located in Irondequoit, New York, a suburb of Rochester, where Irondequoit Bay meets Lake Ontario.

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SeaWorld Orlando

SeaWorld Orlando is an animal theme park located in Orlando, Florida.

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SheiKra

SheiKra is a steel Dive Coaster roller coaster at the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay amusement park in Tampa, Florida, United States.

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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.

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Silver Dollar City

Silver Dollar City is a amusement park in Stone County, Missouri, near the cities of Branson and Branson West.

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Six Flags America

Six Flags America is a theme park and waterpark located in the Woodmore CDP of Prince George's County, Maryland,"." United States Census Bureau.

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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (formerly known as Six Flags Marine World, Marine World, The New Marine World Theme Park, and Marine World Africa USA) is a 135-acre (55 ha) animal theme park located in Vallejo, California, off of Interstate 80 between San Francisco and Sacramento.

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Six Flags Great Adventure

Six Flags Great Adventure is an amusement park located approximately 20 miles southeast of Trenton in Jackson, New Jersey.

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Six Flags Great America

Six Flags Great America is a themed amusement park located in Gurnee, Illinois, within the northern Chicago metropolitan area.

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Six Flags Magic Mountain

Six Flags Magic Mountain, formerly known and colloquially referred to as simply Magic Mountain, is a amusement park located in Valencia, California, northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

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Six Flags New England

Six Flags New England, formerly known as Gallup's Grove (1870–1886), Riverside Grove (1887–1911), Riverside Park (1912–1995) and Riverside: The Great Escape (1996–1999), is an amusement park located in Agawam, Massachusetts.

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Six Flags Over Georgia

Six Flags Over Georgia is a theme park located in Austell.

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Six Flags St. Louis

Six Flags St.

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Solenoid

An illustration of a solenoid Magnetic field created by a seven-loop solenoid (cross-sectional view) described using field lines A solenoid is a type of electromagnet formed by a helical coil of wire whose length is substantially greater than its diameter, which generates a controlled magnetic field.

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SpeedMonster

SpeedMonster is a launched roller coaster located at the Norwegian theme park, Tusenfryd.

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Spinning roller coaster

A spinning roller coaster is a roller coaster with cars that rotate on a vertical axis.

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Stampida

Stampida is a racing, wooden roller coaster built by Custom Coasters International at PortAventura Park in the resort PortAventura World, Salou, Catalonia, Spain.

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Stand-up roller coaster

A stand-up roller coaster is a roller coaster where passengers aboard a train stand throughout the course of the ride.

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Stealth (roller coaster)

Stealth is a launched roller coaster in the Amity area of Thorpe Park located in Surrey, England.

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Steel Curtain (roller coaster)

Steel Curtain is a steel hypercoaster located at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Superman The Ride

Superman The Ride (formerly known as Bizarro and Superman – Ride of Steel) is a steel roller coaster at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts.

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Superman: Ultimate Flight

Superman: Ultimate Flight is the name of three flying roller coasters currently operating at three Six Flags amusement parks in the United States, those being Six Flags Over Georgia, Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Great America.

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Superman: Ultimate Flight (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)

Superman: Ultimate Flight is a steel Premier Rides roller coaster located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California.

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Suspended Looping Coaster

The Suspended Looping Coaster (or SLC, as referred to by coaster enthusiasts) is a model of steel inverted roller coaster built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma.

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Takabisha

is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter steel roller coaster located at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.

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Tempesto

Tempesto is a steel roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg amusement park located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States.

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The Great Scenic Railway

The Great Scenic Railway is a heritage-listed wooden roller coaster located at Luna Park Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia.

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The Incredible Hulk Coaster

The Incredible Hulk Coaster is a launched roller coaster located at Universal Islands of Adventure theme park within the Universal Orlando Resort.

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The New Revolution (roller coaster)

The New Revolution (formerly known as Revolution, Great American Revolution and La Revolución) is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Plain Dealer

The Plain Dealer is the major newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio; it is a major national newspaper.

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The Riddler's Revenge

The Riddler's Revenge is a steel stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

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The Smiler

The Smiler is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, United Kingdom.

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The Swarm (roller coaster)

The Swarm is a steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in the United Kingdom.

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Thorpe Park

Thorpe Park, formerly also known as Thorpe Park Resort, is a theme park located in the village of Thorpe between the towns of Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey, England, southwest of Central London.

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Thunderbolt (2014 roller coaster)

Thunderbolt is a steel roller coaster at Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.

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Tire

A tire (North American English) or tyre (Commonwealth English) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over which the wheel travels.

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TMNT Shellraiser

The TMNT Shellraiser is a steel indoor roller coaster at Nickelodeon Universe amusement park, within the American Dream Meadowlands mall, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States.

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Top Thrill 2

Top Thrill 2 is a launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States.

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Train

A train (from Old French trahiner, from Latin trahere, "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight.

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Troika (ride)

The Troika is an amusement park ride designed and manufactured by HUSS Park Attractions in the mid-1970s.

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Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway.

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Tusenfryd

Tusenfryd (lit. "Thousand Joys", also Common Daisy) is an amusement park at Vinterbro, Norway.

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Twisted Timbers

Twisted Timbers is a hybrid roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia.

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Universal Islands of Adventure

Universal Islands of Adventure (also known as Islands of Adventure or IOA), originally called Universal Studios Islands of Adventure and later Universal's Islands of Adventure, is a theme park located in Orlando, Florida.

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Universal joint

A universal joint (also called a universal coupling or U-joint) is a joint or coupling connecting rigid shafts whose axes are inclined to each other.

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Universal Studios Florida

Universal Studios Florida is a theme park located in Orlando, Florida, that opened on June 7, 1990.

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USA Today

USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

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Valravn (roller coaster)

Valravn is a steel roller coaster at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio.

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Vehicle

A vehicle is a machine designed for self-propulsion, usually to transport people, cargo, or both.

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Vekoma

Vekoma Rides Manufacturing is a Dutch amusement ride manufacturer.

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Vertical loop

The generic roller coaster vertical loop, also known as a Loop-the-loop, or a Loop-de-loop, where a section of track causes the riders to complete a 360 degree turn, is the most basic of roller coaster inversions. List of roller coaster elements and vertical loop are roller coaster elements.

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Walibi Belgium

Walibi Belgium is a 64-hectare (158.15 acres) theme park located in Wavre, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium, close to the city of Brussels.

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Walibi Holland

Walibi Holland (previously called Flevohof, Walibi Flevo, Six Flags Holland and Walibi World) is a theme park in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands.

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Warner Bros. Movie World

Warner Bros.

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Werner Stengel

Werner Stengel (born 22 August 1936, in Bochum) is a German roller coaster designer and engineer.

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Wild mouse

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.

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Wildfire (Kolmården Wildlife Park)

Wildfire is a wooden roller coaster at Kolmården Wildlife Park located in Kolmården, Sweden.

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Wing Coaster

Wing Coaster is engineering firm Bolliger & Mabillard’s designation for its winged roller coaster designs.

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Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster

Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster is a steel roller coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, built by Rocky Mountain Construction and opened on May 12, 2018.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Worlds of Fun

Worlds of Fun, is a theme park located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

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X-Flight (Six Flags Great America)

X-Flight is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.

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X2 (roller coaster)

X2 (formerly known as X) is a steel roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.

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Zierer

Zierer Karussell- und Spezialmaschinenbau GmbH & Co.

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See also

Linear induction motors

Roller coaster elements

Transport lists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roller_coaster_elements

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