Comments on: The End of the Record Breaking Roller Coaster Era

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:21:47 +0000

I think that now, either tallest loop, most inversions, or some like new form of record. Gatekeeper recently broke the tallest loop that stood since about 2000 with volcano and the smiler broke the loops. I bet you that most airtime will be another new craze. Unless someone makes a “terra” coaster.

By: bigjoe97

bigjoe97 — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:42:28 +0000

"Diving Coaster" is the name of the model line. It doesn't matter how steep the drop was, Oblivion was still the first coaster of the model line that they made.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:22:49 +0000

It's technically a steel roller coaster because a coaster's type is based on what its rails are made of. I guess you could call it a hybrid if you want, but I don't really use that term because it's not descriptive. See, RCDB classifies it as a steel coaster.

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 19 May 2012 04:09:18 +0000

now does that make a ride like the texas giant now steel instead of a wooden? or just a hybrid?

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 20:02:49 +0000

I've always wondered this myself. Coasters sadly have to reach that limit when it comes to being a record breaker or just a marketing campaign at that. I think we have (in a specific way) reached the end of the coaster wars era.

We've already hit the records for "fastest", "quickest launch", "tallest", and so forth. I only assume that, if some parks were desperate, we can stretch the boundaries of "most inversions" and/or "longest coaster" at this point.

This is off tangent, but I think parks would be more successful in creating good coasters if they focus JUST on the ride layout instead, say like X2, Space mountain at Disneyland, Phoenix, Giant Dipper, and Megalites.

None of them are the tallest, fastest, or longest. But what makes them popular and well loved all around is the fact that they keep providing good thrills in different ways without the use of speed/length/height. If more parks wanted to market what is believed to be the best ride ever, I just think they should focus on creating a good ride layout that people will always say is fun.

that's just my opinion all the way

By: Player 118462.

Player 118462. — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:34:42 +0000

Also, Oblivion was only 87 or 88 degrees.

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:30:45 +0000

Vortex gives me good memories of one of my first roller coasters

By: Matt McIrvin

Matt McIrvin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:27:23 +0000

Roller coasters can get arbitrarily big without killing people with g-forces. It's just a matter of scaling up the curves and inversions proportionally with the drops.

The acceleration on a curve is the square of speed divided by the radius of curvature. Since the square of speed is proportional to the kinetic energy of the train, it's proportional to the height of the lift hill (if there is one). Make the turns gentler by scaling up the radius of curvature to the same degree, and the acceleration stays the same; and the jerk–the time derivative of acceleration–actually goes down.

So while there may well be limits to the size of a roller coaster, the acceleration the human body can stand isn't one.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:19:41 +0000

Although coasters maybe reaching the limits with their tracks, the trains may not have, other types of seats could be made meaning that the coasters can be a simple track design but still be thrilling because of the train design. Or trains that have already been designed could be made to fit other tracks such as; stand up suspended coasters, lay down/ flying trains on a launch coaster such as ALton Towers Rita or they could be fitted to coasters such as Stealth at Thorpe Park or Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Sun, 08 May 2011 21:24:57 +0000

I said the first dive machine "to our shores". By that I meant SheiKra was the first dive machine in the U.S.