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Longest wooden roller coasters [25] Rank Name Park Country Length Manufacturer Record held 1 The Beast: Kings Island United States: 7,361 ft (2,244 m) Kings Island: April 1979 – present 2 The Voyage: Holiday World & Splashin' Safari United States: 6,442 ft (1,964 m) The Gravity Group — 3 T Express: Everland South Korea: 5,383.8 ft (1,641.0 ...
The Beast is a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, United States.Designed and manufactured in-house for approximately $3 million, the ride opened in 1979 as the tallest, fastest, and longest wooden roller coaster in the world.
Opening in 1979, the coaster was, and still is, the longest wooden roller coaster in the world at 7,361 feet. Another significant wooden coaster of this era was the racing American Eagle at (now) Six Flags Great America , built by Intamin in 1981, which still holds the records for racing wooden coasters of height (127 ft), length (4650 ft ...
The Beast first opened in 1979 as the world's longest wooden roller coaster, and added two feet in recent retracking work, breaking its own world record.
It set several world records becoming the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in the world, as well as becoming the second longest following its predecessor, The Beast. [53] In addition, when it opened, Son of Beast was the only wooden roller coaster to feature a vertical loop. [54] The loop was removed prior to the 2007 season.
Goliath is also the fastest wooden roller coaster in the world, with a top speed of 72 miles per hour (116 km/h). [12] [13] After Goliath opened, Six Flags Great America had the most wooden roller coaster track of any amusement park in the world. [29] However, this record was later surpassed by Kings Island with the opening of Mystic Timbers in ...
The Texas Giant was constructed using over 900,000 board feet (2,100 m 3) of wood. [4] The trains were manufactured by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. [2] The Texas Giant officially opened on March 17, 1990. [2] At opening, the ride was the world's tallest wooden roller coaster, standing 143 feet (44 m) high. [5]
T Express is the first wooden roller coaster in South Korea. [7] [8] At time of opening, it was the tallest, fastest, and steepest roller coaster in the country, until it was superseded by Draken at Gyeongju World in 2018. [9] [10] However, it is still the longest and third fastest in the country. [11] [12] In Asia, it is the third wooden ...