Post: Ultimate Roller Coaster Thread
07-15-2010, 07:09 PM #1
-Smithy-
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Well, I heard a lot of guys earlier talking about roller-coaster before in the shout-box. So I decided to make a thread all about them =D

If you think I have missed any roller-coasters out, then please inform me and I will check it up on the internet, and then if it is good enough. I will put it in the thread =D

Hope you all enjoy !


[multipage=Top 10 Roller-Coasters In America]
Kingda Ka is a roller coaster which is located at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey, USA. It is know to be the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, claiming the titles from Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point when it opened on May 21, 2005. The train is launched by a hydraulic launch mechanism to 128 miles per hour (206 km/h) in 3.5 seconds. At the end of the launch track, the train travels to the main top tower, reaching a height of 456 feet (139 meters).
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Top Thrill Dragster is a thrill ride, which boasts a height of 420 feet, drop of 400 feet, and amazing 120 mph speed.
When Top Thrill Dragster first debuted, it set three new records:
    Tallest coaster
    Fastest top speed of any coaster
    Steepest drop on a roller coaster (tied with other coasters)

Top Thrill Dragster was the fourth roller coaster to break the 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) speed barrier. It was preceded in this feat by Tower of Terror at Dreamworld, Australia, Superman: The Escape at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California and Dodonpa (located at Fuji-Q Highland).
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Millennium Force is located also at Cedar Point, Millennium Force ranks on the list for longest as well as fastest, tallest, and tallest drop. It has stats of 310 feet in height, a 300-foot drop, is 6595 feet long, and runs at 93 miles per hour. It’s a force to be reckoned with.
Coaster records:
    First ever complete circuit roller coaster to top 300 feet (91 m)
    Tallest complete circuit roller coaster (310 feet (94 m))
    Longest drop on a complete circuit roller coaster (300 feet (91 m)
    Fastest complete circuit roller coaster (92 miles per hour (148 km/h)
    Steepest non-inversion banked turn on a roller coaster (122°) (Half Corkscrew)
    First roller coaster in the United States to utilize a cable lift system
    First roller coaster at Cedar Point to feature magnetic braking system

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Goliath is a steel roller coaster made by Giovanola of Switzerland. The hypercoaster is located in the Colossus County Fair area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. It is considered to be Six Flags Magic Mountain's signature coaster.
During a brief period from its opening on February 11 to May 13, 2000, Goliath's 255-foot (78 m) opening drop was recognized as the longest and fastest (85 mph) on a closed-circuit roller coaster in the world. Millennium Force at Cedar Point eclipsed these records when it opened on May 13, 2000 with a drop of 300 feet (91 m) and speeds of 93 mph (150 km/h).
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Superman Escape is an Intamin AG Accelerator Coaster at Warner Bros. Movie World in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The ride opened on Boxing Day, 26 December 2005. It is the third major roller coaster in the theme park. It accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in two seconds. Goliath’s neighbor at Six Flags Magic Mountain may not hold as many records, but with a drop of 328 feet and speed of 100 mph, it’s a superhero in the world of roller coasters.
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Son of Beast is a record breaking wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, United States, outside of Cincinnati. Son of Beast is billed as the sequel to The Beast. At the time of its introduction in 2000, Son of Beast was the only wooden roller coaster in the top 10 categories (worldwide) that are typically dominated by steel-based coasters for track length, height, speed, and drop. It was also the only wooden roller coaster to feature a vertical loop, which was removed in 2006 after an incident in which 27 people were injured. The loop was not directly related to the incident, but was removed to allow for lighter trains, thus reducing the chances of the 2006 incident's re-occurrence
    Location Kings Island
    Park section Action Zone
    Opened May 26, 2000
    Manufacturer Roller Coaster Corporation of America
    Designer Werner Stengel
    Track layout Terrain
    Lift/launch system Chain lift hill
    Height 218 ft (66 m)
    Drop 214 ft (65 m)
    Length 7,032 ft (2,143 m)
    Max speed 78 mph (126 km/h)
    Inversions 1 (2000-2006)
    0 (2007-present)
    Duration 3:00
    Max vertical angle 55°
    Capacity 1000 riders per hour
    Cost $20,000,000 USD (estimated)
    Acceleration lift hill
    Max G force 4.5
    Height restriction 4 ft 0 in (122 cm)

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El Toro, meaning The Bull in Spanish, is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure. It opened to the public on June 11, 2006. It was designed by Intamin AG of Switzerland. It had the steepest drop of any wooden roller coaster in the world, at 76 degrees, until this record was broken by T Express in 2008. It is the third tallest (188 ft; 57 m) and third fastest (70 mph; 113 km/h) wooden roller coaster in the world. It is also the first wooden roller coaster to use a cable lift hill instead of the traditional chain lift. Because of the extreme negative g-forces (airtime) on the ride, the lap-bar restraints are very tight, causing some problems for older and larger riders.
El Toro is the main attraction of a new Mexican-themed section, Plaza Del Carnaval. Some of the ride's track is located in Rolling Thunder's infield. It is the steepest lifted (as opposed to launched) roller coaster in the park.
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The Voyage is a hybrid wooden roller coaster which opened in May 2006 at Holiday World, an amusement park located in Santa Claus, Indiana, USA. A wooden hybrid consists of a steel structure with wood track. The Voyage has a lift hill of 163 feet, followed by drops of 154 feet, 107 feet and 100 feet. It travels underground through tunnels five times. It is the second-longest operating wooden coaster in the world at 6,442 feet (only The Beast at Kings Island is longer) and third fastest at 67.4 mph. In addition, The Voyage has the most air time of any wooden roller coaster in the world with 24.2 seconds and features three 90-degree banked turns and a first drop that is a steep 66 degrees. The Voyage is also the sixth-tallest wooden roller coaster. In 2006, The Voyage won the Golden Ticket Award from Amusement Today magazine as the Best New Ride. In 2007, The Voyage was awarded the Golden Ticket Award for Best Wooden Coaster. In fact, it captured more vote points than any other wooden or steel roller coaster ever. It retained the title for 2008 and 2009. For 2009, it received more votes than the top steel coaster at 1250 votes.
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Mean Streak is a wooden roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It is a wooden roller coaster and was the tallest and fastest one of its kind when it debuted in 1991. It was constructed using 1.7 million board feet (4,000 m³) of treated Southern Yellow pine, and if stacked one in front of the other could span the US from Washington DC to Sacramento just over three times. Although Cedar Point holds the record for the most roller coasters at one park (17), Mean Streak is one of two wooden roller coasters there; the other being the Blue Streak. The track is re-tracked almost every year and has its own carpentry staff.
With a duration time 2 minutes and 45 seconds, the Mean Streak is the longest ride of any roller coaster in the park.
    Location Cedar Point
    Type Wood
    Status Open
    Opened May 11, 1991
    Manufacturer Dinn Corporation
    Designer Curtis D. Summers
    Track layout Twister
    Lift/launch system Chain lift
    Height 161 ft (49 m)
    Drop 155 ft (47 m)
    Length 5,427 ft (1,654 m)
    Max speed 65 mph (105 km/h)
    Inversions 0
    Duration 2:45
    Max vertical angle 52°
    Capacity 1,600 riders per hour
    Cost $7,500,000 USD
    Height restriction 4 ft 0 in (122 cm)

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The Boss is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri. Ranked among the top 5 wooden coasters in America, it features a lift of 122 feet, a first drop of 150 feet, four drops of 150',112',103',and 72', and a 570 degree helix. The Boss is a very rough, physically demanding ride and people with back and heart problems should reconsider before riding it.[citation needed]
It was opened in 2000 and entered many roller coaster top ten lists. It is acclaimed for its "terrain twister" style, dipping up and down with the terrain beneath it.
    Location Six Flags St. Louis
    Type Wood
    Status Open
    Opened April 29, 2000
    Manufacturer Custom Coasters International
    Designer Dennis McNulty, Larry Bill
    Height 122 ft (37 m)
    Drop 150 ft (46 m)
    Length 5,051 ft (1,540 m)
    Max speed 66.3 mph (106.7 km/h)
    Inversions 0
    Duration 3:00
    Capacity 1400 per hour, 3 trains, 6 cars per train, 24 riders per train [1] riders per hour
    Height restriction 4 ft 0 in (122 cm)

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[multipage=Top 10 Fastest Roller-coasters Of The United Kingdom (UK)]
Stealth is a steel roller coaster built by Intamin AG of Switzerland. The coaster is located in the Amity Cove area of Thorpe Park in Surrey, England and opened in 2006. The ride reaches a maximum height of 62.5 m (206 ft), which makes it the tallest roller coaster in Europe. The ride reaches speeds of around 130 km/h (80 mph) in 1.83 seconds. Stealth was the fastest roller coaster in Europe, although it lost this record when Furius Baco opened in 2007 at Port Aventura in Spain. The ride produces G-forces of up to 4.8g and is thought to have cost < £10 million.
    Location Thorpe Park
    Park section Amity Cove
    Type Steel
    Status Open
    Opened March 15, 2006
    Manufacturer Intamin AG
    Designer Werner Stengel
    Model Accelerator Coaster
    Track layout Out and back
    Lift/launch system Hydraulic launch track
    Height 205 ft (62 m)
    Drop 200 ft (61 m)
    Length 1,312 ft (400 m)
    Max speed 80 mph (130 km/h)
    Inversions 0
    Duration 27 seconds
    Max vertical angle 87°
    Capacity 1200 / 1000 Depending on staff efficiency riders per hour.
    Cost £10 million
    Acceleration 0–80 mph in 1.8 seconds
    Max G force 4.8

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The Pepsi Max Big One is a steel roller coaster located at Pleasure Beach Blackpool in the United Kingdom. The ride was originally manufactured by Arrow Dynamics, a now defunct steel coaster manufacturer, and is sponsored by the soft drinks firm Pepsi, under their brand of Pepsi Max. The ride cost £12,000,000 ($19,669,316 USD) to build and is the second biggest ever investment for Pleasure Beach
    Location Pleasure Beach Blackpool
    Type Steel
    Status Operating
    Opened May 28, 1994
    Manufacturer Arrow Dynamics
    Designer Ron Toomer
    Model Hyper Coaster
    Lift/launch system Chain lift hill
    Height 213 ft (65 m)
    Drop 205 ft (62 m)
    Length 5,497 ft (1,675 m)
    Max speed 87 mph (140 km/h)
    Duration 3:00
    Max vertical angle 65°
    Capacity 1700 riders per hour
    Cost £12,000,000 ($19,000,000)
    Max G force 3.5
    Height restriction 4 ft 4 in (132 cm)

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Oblivion is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in England. The ride opened as the world's first vertical drop roller coaster in 1998 amidst a large publicity campaign.The ride has a height restriction of 1.4 metres. With a maximum speed of 68mph, it is the third fastest roller coaster in the UK.
    Location Alton Towers
    Park section X-Sector
    Type Steel
    Status Operating
    Opened 14 March 1998
    Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
    Designer John Wardley
    Model Diving Machine
    Lift/launch system Chain lift hill
    Height 65 ft (20 m)
    Drop 180 ft (55 m)
    Length 1,222 ft (372 m)
    Max speed 68 mph (109 km/h)
    Inversions 0
    Duration 1:15
    Max vertical angle 87°
    Capacity 1,920 riders per hour
    Cost £12,000,000
    Acceleration no launch
    Max G force 4.5
    Height restriction 4 ft 6 in (137 cm)

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Jubilee Odyssey is a roller coaster at Fantasy Island in Ingoldmells, England. Built by Vekoma of the Netherlands, it's the largest SLC (Suspended Looping Coaster) in the world. Built in 2002, it was named to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Original plans for the ride showed a SLC coaster 265' (81m) in height, which would have made it the tallest Inverted Coaster in the world and seventh tallest overall. The plans were scrapped due to complaints from local residents, limiting the height to a maximum of 180' (54.60m) . As it is, standing at 167' (51m), it is the third tallest coaster in the UK, after the Pepsi Max Big One (213'Winky Winky and Stealth (205'Winky Winky . It was also ranked 209th in Mitch Hawker's Roller Coaster poll in 2007 and 177th in 2008.
    Location Fantasy Island UK
    Type Steel
    Status Operating
    Opened 23 May 2002
    Manufacturer Vekoma
    Model SLC (Custom)
    Lift/launch system Chain Lift Hill
    Height 167 ft (51 m)
    Drop 141 ft (43 m)
    Length 2,924 ft (891 m)
    Max speed 63 mph (101 km/h)
    Inversions 5
    Duration 2:52
    Max vertical angle 60°
    Capacity 350 riders per hour
    Cost £28,000,000
    Acceleration No Launch
    Max G force 4.8
    Height restriction 4 ft 0 in (122 cm)

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Rita (formerly known as Rita: Queen of Speed) is an Intamin AG accelerator coaster located in the Dark Forest area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. It accelerates to 100 km/h (62 mph) in approximately 2.2 seconds (previously 2.5 seconds). The ride is loosely based on drag racing. It is similar to Stealth at Thorpe Park which opened in 2006, though this partly changed with the retheming of Ug Land into the Dark Forest for 2010. Riders must be over 1.4 m (55 in) tall to experience this ride.
    Location Alton Towers
    Park section Dark Forest
    Type Steel
    Status Open
    Opened April 1, 2005
    Manufacturer Intamin AG
    Designer Werner Stengel
    Model Accelerator Coaster
    Track layout Steel twister
    Lift/launch system Hydraulic Launch
    Height 69 ft (21 m)
    Drop 52 ft (16 m)
    Length 2,122 ft (647 m)
    Max speed 62.14 mph (100.00 km/h)
    Inversions 0
    Duration 0:49
    Max vertical angle 53°
    Capacity 800 riders per hour
    Cost £8,000,000
    Acceleration 0 − 62.1 mph in 2.2 seconds, maximum 1.5 g (12.6ms-2)
    Max G force 4.7
    Height restriction 4 ft 6 in (137 cm)

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Speed is a roller coaster at Oakwood Theme Park, Pembrokeshire, UK. It is a Gerstlauer Eurofighter and contains a 90° chain lift hill and a 97° first drop. The ride uses four trains, each consisting of two rows, each with four across seating and can carry eight people per train. The trains use standard Eurofighter over-the-shoulder restraints. The ride begins with a 115 foot vertical 90° chain lift hill, this is followed by a 110 foot beyond vertical 97° first drop. Cars then reach a speed of 59 miles per hour at the base of this drop, pulling 4.5 G, cars then crest over an airtime hill, pulling -1.3 G. This is followed by an overbanked turn at an angle of 110° and a vertical loop, cars then rise up into a set of brakes. Cars then descend a small dip, into a zero-G-roll and the ride ends with a double helix into the final brake run, cars then return to the station. The ride is painted orange and green and it's lift hill and first drop tower can be seen from a distance away. It is the tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster in Wales.
    Location Oakwood Theme Park
    Type Steel
    Status Operating
    Opened 13 April 2006
    Manufacturer Gerstlauer
    Designer Werner Stengel
    Track layout Steel
    Lift/launch system Vertical chain lift
    Height 115 ft (35 m)
    Drop 110 ft (34 m)
    Length 1,970 ft (600 m)
    Max speed 59 mph (95 km/h)
    Inversions 2
    Duration 1:30
    Max vertical angle 97°
    Capacity 800 riders per hour
    Cost £3,000,000

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Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster built by Intamin AG located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It is the fourteenth roller coaster built at the park since the Blue Streak opened in 1964. Standing 310 feet (95 m) tall at its highest point, the coaster overlooks Lake Erie. When built in 2000, it was the first roller coaster to exceed 300 feet in height, and was briefly the tallest closed circuit roller coaster in the world, before being surpassed by Steel Dragon 2000, Cedar Point's own Top Thrill Dragster, and Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure. Additionally, it is the longest steel roller coaster in the United States.
    Location Sandusky, Ohio
    Type Open
    Opened May 13, 2000
    Manufacturer Intamin AG
    Designer Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH
    Model Giga coaster
    Track layout Out and Back
    Lift/launch system Cable lift hill
    Height 310 ft (94 m)
    Drop 300 ft (91 m)
    Length 6,595 ft (2,010 m)
    Max speed 93 mph (150 km/h)
    Inversions 0
    Duration 2:20
    Max vertical angle 80°
    Capacity 1,600 riders per hour
    Cost $25,000,000
    Height restriction 4 ft 0 in (122 cm)

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Kumali, installed 2006, is a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC), located in Flamingo Land Resort in North Yorkshire, England. The ride is a custom layout with some new elements for Vekoma SLCs, including the cobra roll, which Flamingo Land wished to be out over a lake. It is named after one of the zoo's lions. In 2008 Flamingo Land added video recorders to each car so riders can purchase their own video of them on the ride as well as the on-ride photo. The themed Kumali ride music was written and produced by ElectricStreetPolice, a British TV composer by the name of Paul Bickerdike. Kumali is currently only one of three operating Vekoma SLCs in the UK. The Jubilee Odyssey at Fantasy Island UK in Ingoldmells, Skegness, is the largest, and the other, Infusion at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, is the smallest.
    Location Flamingo Land Resort
    Park section Lost Kingdom Reserve
    Coordinates  / 54.2117°N 0.8066°W
    Type Steel
    Status Open
    Opened 2006
    Manufacturer Vekoma
    Model SLC
    Lift/launch system Chain Lift Hill
    Height 117.75 ft (35.89 m)
    Drop 111.75 ft (34.06 m)
    Length 2,202.75 ft (671.40 m)
    Max speed 54.9 mph (88.4 km/h)
    Inversions 4
    Duration 1:32
    Capacity 1125 riders per hour
    Max G force 4.7
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    Sorry. I could not find much info about this roller-coaster on any sites.
    Velocity
    54 mph
    Located at Flamingo Land in the United Kingdom
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    Shockwave is an Intamin stand-up roller coaster at Drayton Manor Theme Park. It was opened in 1994 and is the only stand-up coaster in Europe. It's also the only stand-up roller coaster with a zero-g roll ever made. The ride(Designed by Werner Stengel) was created as part of a two year £4m project in 1993-94 to build Splash Canyon as well.[citation needed] The ride's station is located directly above Splash Canyon's station area. The ride, which reaches 53mph (85 km/h) and delivers up to 4 g, features a lift hill up to 120 ft (37 m), then down a 80 ft (24 m) drop into a loop followed by a zero-gravity roll and then finishes with two corkscrews and a bend around back to the station. Originally the track was white with brown supports, but in 2004 it was repainted to have a light blue track and turquoise supports. Shockwave is located in the 'Action Park' area next to G Force. In 1994, the ride opened alongside two other roller coasters in the UK, the Pepsi Max Big One at Pleasure Beach Blackpool and Nemesis at Alton Towers, which opened one week before Shockwave. In 1994 after the completion of the ride, neighbours complained that the final bend was too close to the edge of the property.[citation needed] In fact it had been built as planned but local Councillors had not noticed the proximity to the boundary on the plans
      Location Drayton Manor Theme Park
      Park section Action Park
      Type Steel
      Status Open
      Opened 26th March 1994
      Manufacturer Intamin AG
      Designer Werner Stengel
      Model Stand-up roller coaster
      Track layout Out and back
      Lift/launch system Chain lift hill
      Height 120 ft (37 m)
      Drop 80 ft (24 m)
      Length 1,640 ft (500 m)
      Max speed 53 mph (85 km/h)
      Inversions 4
      Duration 2:00
      Cost £4 million
      Max G force 4
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      Thanks for looking at my thread. I hope you enjoyed it ! =D

      [multipage=Requests :carling:]

      Hulk was requested by Otaku's Hoe
      The Incredible Hulk is a steel roller coaster located in Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, USA. It is named for the popular comic book superhero character, the Hulk. Voted the #1 roller coaster by Discovery Channel viewers in 1999, [1] the roller coaster is unique because it features a launch lift hill as opposed to conventional chain lifts. This means the train accelerates to 40 mph (64 km/h) in a short time (approximately two seconds) before speeding through several inversions. When the Incredible Hulk opened, it featured the world's tallest cobra roll (110 feet (34 m)).
        Location Islands of Adventure
        Park section Marvel Super Hero Island
        Type Steel- Launched
        Status Open
        Opened May 28, 1999
        Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
        Designer Werner Stengel
        Model Sitting Coaster
        Lift/launch system Drive tire launched lift hill
        Height 110 ft (34 m)
        Drop 105 ft (32 m)
        Length 3,700 ft (1,100 m)
        Max speed 67 mph (108 km/h)
        Inversions 7
        Duration 2:15
        Capacity 1920 riders per hour
        Acceleration 0 − 40 mph in 2 seconds, producing 1.42 G's
        Max G force 4
        Height restriction


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      Nemesis was requested by Alphex
      Nemesis is Europe's first inverted roller coaster located at Alton Towers, England. The ride's concept was created by John Wardley, designed by Werner Stengel, manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard and opened in 1994. It is located in the Forbidden Valley area of the park, adjacent to Air, which is a flying B&M roller coaster that opened in 2002.
        Location Alton Towers
        Park section Forbidden Valley
        Type Steel- Inverted
        Status Open
        Opened 19 March 1994
        Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
        Designer Werner Stengel
        Model Inverted Coaster
        Lift/launch system Chain lift hill
        Height 43 ft (13 m)
        Drop 104 ft (32 m)
        Length 2,349 ft (716 m)
        Max speed 50 mph (80 km/h)
        Inversions 4
        Duration 1:20
        Max vertical angle 40°
        Capacity 1,400 riders per hour
        Cost £10,000,000
        Acceleration No launch
        Max G force 4.0
        Height restriction 140 cm (4 ft 7 in)


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      Saw was requested by braddersd
      SAW - The Ride (also written as Saw: The Ride or simply Saw) is a custom Euro-Fighter roller coaster in Thorpe Park, a UK theme park. It is themed around the Saw horror film franchise. The codename 'Project Dylan' was used during construction to keep the movie tie-in secret, until the full details were anounced on Friday 13 October 2008. The name 'Awesome faceylan' in fact came from the project director's cat, with no actual relevance to the ride. Competition winners and annual pass holders were allowed to attend a preview event, before it opened to the public on Saturday 14 March 2009 a day later. Saw - Alive, a live action horror maze, was opened at the park in 2010 as a spin off to Saw - The Ride.
        Location Thorpe Park
        Park section Saw Island
        Type Steel
        Status Open
        Opened 13 March 2009
        Manufacturer Gerstlauer
        Designer Candy Holland
        Model Eurofighter
        Track layout Custom
        Lift/launch system Chain lift hill
        Height 100 ft (30 m)
        Drop 99 ft (30 m)
        Length 2,362 ft (720 m)
        Max speed 55.6 mph (89.5 km/h)
        Inversions 3
        Duration 1:40
        Max vertical angle 100°
        Capacity 1,300 riders per hour
        Cost £13.5 million
        Acceleration 1.1
        Max G force 4.7


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      Griffon was requested by LADYSKILLZZ
      Griffon is a roller coaster, announced on August 23, 2006, at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The coaster, a Bolliger & Mabillard diving machine, now reigns as tallest and fastest dive machine coaster, surpassing its sister, SheiKra, at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. Griffon originally had two other potential names — "IronEagle" and "Voltare" — before Busch Gardens decided on the name "Griffon". Griffon has notably replaced The LeMans Raceway, one of the park's original rides. Griffon is the fourth diving machine coaster ever created worldwide, and the second ever constructed in the United States.
      Griffon is themed after a griffin, the half-lion/half-eagle mythological creature, and not a griffon, which is a breed of dog. It is believed that the spelling used is the French version of the word. The ride features several new shops located in a new inlet area located behind the former Left Bank Portrait shop (now Griffon Gifts), near the Grande Gourmet ice cream and dessert shop. The ride maneuvers through this new section, including a water splash zone near the new "Bistro 205," a new all-you-can-eat buffet, and a first drop that dives under a bridge that is built up over the existing ground level.
        Location Busch Gardens Williamsburg
        Park section Aquitaine (France)
        Type Steel- Dive- Floorless
        Status Operating
        Opened May 18, 2007
        Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
        Model Floorless Diving Machine
        Lift/launch system Chain lift hill
        Height 205 ft (62 m)
        Drop 205 ft (62 m)
        Length 3,108 ft (947 m)
        Max speed 71 mph (114 km/h)
        Inversions 2
        Duration 3:00
        Max vertical angle 90°
        Capacity 1,400 riders per hour
        Cost $15,600,000 USD
        Max G force 4
        Height restriction 4 ft 6 in (137 cm)


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      Expedition Everest Mountain was requested by jonnyman69
      If the Expedition Everest mountain were real, it would be ranked fourth on the list of the highest summits in Florida at 320 feet (98 m) above sea level. Although moderate in height and length by contemporary roller coaster standards, Expedition Everest is unique for having its trains travel forward and backward as a result of the yeti's interference with the journey. This is accomplished through two sets of rotating track segments on pivot before and after the backwards segment. In its publicity material, Disney pointedly has described the attraction as a family thrill ride. This was the first Disney roller coaster to have a backwards section on it, but it was the second Disney roller coaster proposed with a backwards section: The planned runaway mine train roller coaster at the Magic Kingdom's never built Western River Expedition would have had a backwards section before it was shelved in 1972. The plans for the mine train roller coaster eventually evolved into Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. It would be another 34 years until a roller coaster with a backwards segment opened in a Disney park.
        Land Asia
        Designer Walt Disney Imagineering
        Manufacturer Vekoma
        Attraction type Roller coaster
        Theme Himalayan expedition
        Propulsion method Chain lift
        Opening date April 7, 2006
        Vehicle names Norbu, Bob, Serka, Norgay, Bhat, Ronin, Balram, Saint Yeti, Everest Explorer, Tibetan Warrior, Baichung, Tenzing and Spirit of Nepal
        Vehicle capacity 34
        Cars per vehicle 6
        Guests per car 6 (first 5 cars)/4 (back car)
        Ride duration 3-4 minutes
        Length 4424 ft (1348.4 m)
        Total height 199.5 ft (60.8 m)
        Track height 112 ft (34.1 m)
        Height requirements 44" (112 cm)
        Number of lifts 2
        Audio-animatronics Yeti, Bird
        Forward speed 50 mph (80 km/h)
        Backward speed 30 mph (48 km/h)
        Type Steel
        Drop 80 ft
        Max Backward G-Force: 3
        Max Forward G-Force: 2.2
        Sponsored by Disney's Fastpass


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07-15-2010, 07:13 PM #2
ive ridden all 10 us roller coasters. The Boss was the best! i rode El Toro and Kingda Ka when i was 10 Winky Winky
07-15-2010, 07:40 PM #3
aZlan
Never come on here anymore
I rode the King and it was the SHIT!!!!!
07-15-2010, 08:07 PM #4
Nknights23
Original Gamer
I<3ROLLERCOASTERS

they should make a T-Shirt like that... lol

Nice thread
07-15-2010, 08:11 PM #5
-Smithy-
Call Me Sherminator !
Originally posted by The
ive ridden all 10 us roller coasters. The Boss was the best! i rode El Toro and Kingda Ka when i was 10 Winky Winky


Haven't been on any of the American ones :L

Originally posted by aZlan View Post
I rode the King and it was the SHIT!!!!!


Lol !

Originally posted by SSJ4 View Post
I<3ROLLERCOASTERS

they should make a T-Shirt like that... lol

Nice thread



Feel free to thank and nominate the post XD
07-15-2010, 08:13 PM #6
Nknights23
Original Gamer
Originally posted by Smithy
Haven't been on any of the American ones :L



Lol !




Feel free to thank and nominate the post XD


i dont usually thank and Nominate posts when people ask me to

The following user thanked Nknights23 for this useful post:

Hells
07-15-2010, 08:13 PM #7
Fionn
Banned
I was on Oblivion and Rita. Awesome :y:
07-15-2010, 08:15 PM #8
-Smithy-
Call Me Sherminator !
Originally posted by SSJ4 View Post
i dont usually thank and Nominate posts when people ask me to


I didn't ask. I said feel free =D Lol. No probz.

Originally posted by nnoiF
I was on Oblivion and Rita. Awesome :y:


I've been on them too XD
07-15-2010, 08:16 PM #9
Spaz-
i HaZ mY ☆GET ME ANOTHA 1
you missed out the hulk, and oblivion is absolute shit, you just go down that tunnel, and it lasts for about 5 secs then your back at the start
07-15-2010, 08:23 PM #10
SuperProHD
Bounty hunter
Great thread ! I've been on stealth and saw, going to alton towers in october hopefully and wana go on air, Oblivion, 13 + Rita

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