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Kingda Ka, the tallest roller coaster in the world until it was removed from operation in November 2024: Among the tallest wooden coasters in the world, El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey features one of the longest drops. Colossos at Heide Park in Germany, one of the tallest wooden coasters in the world
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.
Colossos, one of the world's largest wooden roller coasters at Heide Park, Germany Thunderbird in the PowerPark amusement park The lift hill on Hersheypark's Comet. A wooden roller coaster is a type of roller coaster classified by its wooden track, which consists of running
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.
Le Monstre (French for "The Monster") is a wooden roller coaster at La Ronde amusement park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Le Monstre is the largest wooden roller coaster in Canada and is also the tallest two-track wooden roller coaster in the world.
Screamin' Eagle is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri.When it opened on April 10, 1976 for America's Bicentennial celebration, Guinness World Records listed it as the largest coaster at 110 feet (34 m) high and as the fastest coaster at 62 mph (100 km/h).
Originally designed and built by International Amusement Devices, the roller coaster opened as Colossus, a dual-tracked roller coaster, on June 29, 1978. It was the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in the world and the first with two drops greater than 100 feet (30 m).
Gold Striker is a wooden roller coaster located at California's Great America amusement park. Built by Great Coasters International and designed by Jeff Pike, Gold Striker was the park's eighth roller coaster which opened to the public on May 31, 2013. Its 174-foot-long (53 m) tunnel is the longest in the world to be featured on the first drop ...