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Wooden roller coaster built to the plans of Ervin Dragon, is 17 m (55.8 ft) in height and travels 980 m (3,215 ft) in five minutes. It is one of the few remaining side friction roller coasters in the world, and is an ACE Coaster Classic, [42] It has not been operational since 2015. [43] Jack Rabbit: Seabreeze Amusement Park: 1920 United States
It is the largest roller coaster in the park. Hades 360 is a rarity among wooden roller coasters due to its 360 degree roll, 110-degree over banked turn, [ 1 ] and steep 65-degree drop as well as its 90-degree banked turn, as drops and angles this steep are generally not included on wooden roller coasters due to structural limitations.
Fastest wooden roller coasters [note 3] [note 4] [22] Rank Name Park Country Speed Manufacturer Record held 1 Goliath: Six Flags Great America United States: 72 mph (116 km/h) Rocky Mountain Construction: June 2014 – June 2016 September 2020 – present 2 Wildfire: Kolmården Wildlife Park Sweden: 71.5 mph (115.1 km/h) Rocky Mountain ...
Son of Beast was a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, United States.Built and designed by the now-defunct Roller Coaster Corporation of America (RCCA), the ride opened as the tallest and fastest wooden coaster in the world on April 28, 2000.
Timber Wolf is one of three wooden roller coasters at Worlds of Fun and Worlds of Fun's first wooden roller coaster. The coaster's highest point is 100 feet (30 m) and its largest drop is 95 feet (29 m), at which point it reaches speeds of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) and incurs g-forces of 2.8.
El Toro is the main attraction of the Mexican-themed section of the park, Plaza Del Carnaval. It replaced another roller coaster, Viper, which closed following the 2004 season. When it opened, El Toro had the steepest drop of any wooden roller coaster in the world at 76 degrees, a record that was later broken by T Express at Everland in 2008.
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).
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.