8 Record-Breaking Roller Coasters Around the World
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VIVA – Roller coaster is a rides game that is liked by someone who likes adrenaline and loves challenging. Apparently, there is a roller coaster that is able to break records in this world. It seen from its speed to its length.
Rather than the usual type of roller coaster, this certainly gives a different sensation and impression. Here are 8 record-breaking roller coasters from around the world that you need to know.
1. Kingda King: Fastest and Tallest of Roller Coaster in Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey, US
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Kingda Ka, which opened in 2005, is the fastest roller coaster in North America and the tallest in the world. The ride uses a hydraulic launch system to propel passengers at a speed of 128 miles per hour (206km/h) to 456 feet (139m) sending vertigo into the air in 3.5 seconds.
Many roller coasters use long hill climbs, building tension for what's to come. Not Kingda Ka. Here, visitors directly face the speed. Basically, a rocket coaster rather than a roller coaster.
2. Everest Expeditions: The Most Expensive of Roller Coaster in Walt Disney World Resort at Lake Buena Vista, Florida, US
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The Everest Expedition is the most expensive roller coaster in the world. It cost $100m to build and took six years to draft, plan and build.
The roller coaster, which opened in 2006, rides from a Tibetan village at the foot of Mount Everest and then takes you through the frigid Himalayas at 50 miles per hour (80km/h). It’s Disney World's tallest attraction, standing at 199.5 feet (61m).
Any higher and it will require a flashing red light above to warn passing planes.
3. The Beast: The Longest Wooden of Roller Coaster in Kings Island Amusement Park, Ohio AS
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The Beast is the world's longest wooden roller coaster stretching 7,361 feet (2,243m). Set on 35 acres of forest, it was the longest and fastest roller coaster in the world when it opened back in 1979.
The Beast has two vertical drops of over 135 feet (41m) each, eight carving turns, and a 125-foot (38m) tunnel. and a 540° helical tunnel. It has held the longest wooden coaster coat for over 40 years now.
4. Red Force: The Fastest and Tallest of Roller Coaster in Ferrari Land, Catalonia, Spain, Eropa
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The fastest coaster in Europe is at Ferrari Land in Spain. Red Force, which opened in 2017, peaked at 111.9 miles per hour (180 km/h).
It’s also the tallest roller coaster in Europe at 367 feet (112m). Like a Formula One car, it accelerates off the grid in just five seconds and catapults you straight into the sky and back down again. Definitely not for the faint hearted but a must for F1 fans.
5. Top Thrill Dragster: The First Roller in Amusement Park
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The Top Thrill Dragster was the world's first strata coaster when it opened in 2003. This particular type of ride uses a powerful launch system to propel the roller coaster up 400 feet (122m) at a 90° angle and back down at the same angle.
The Top Thrill Dragster rockets riders to 120 miles per hour (193km/h) in 3.8 seconds. It has become an iconic ride among roller coaster fans.
6. The Longest Roller Coaster in Light water Valley, England, Europe
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The longest roller coaster in Europe is in the north of Yorkshire, England. The ride itself takes six minutes to circumnavigate the 7,440 feet (2,268m) track and features plenty of thrill-building hill climbs combined with exciting descents.
However, the ride is currently closed and will remain inoperable in 2022, leaving its future hanging in the balance, like many previous riders.
7. The world's largest loop: Flash, Lewa Adventure, China
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The eight-year-old rides shares the record for the world's largest inversion lap (with the Hyper Coaster in Turkey) at 139 feet (43m). A unique loop encircles the rest of the track, which also features a chain lift hill and zero-G roll. Flash is set in China's largest amusement park, Lewa Adventure.
8. The Great Scenic Railway: The Oldest of Roller Coaster in Luna Park, Melbourne, Australia
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The Great Scenic Railway in Melbourne is the oldest operating roller coaster. It opened in 1912 and has remained in operation ever since. It was designed by the 'father of the modern roller coaster' LaMarcus Adna Thompson.
The track has 3,173 feet (967m) of slopes and bends with stunning views of Port Phillip Bay. The trains themselves weigh nearly two tons each and travel at 37 miles per hour (60 km/h).
