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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.
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 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.
At the time of its introduction in 2000, Son of Beast was the only wooden roller coaster nationally ranked in the top 10 for track height, track length, drop height, and speed. 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 ...
Height: 130.9 ft (39.9 m) ... Le Monstre is the largest wooden roller coaster in Canada and is also the tallest two-track wooden roller coaster in the world ...
Voted the world's #1 wooden roller coaster by the National Amusement Park Historical Association [26] The Beast: Kings Island: 1979 United States Longest wooden roller coaster in the world [27] Colossos: Heide Park: 2001 Germany One of the largest wooden coasters in the world [28] Colossus: Six Flags Magic Mountain: 1978 United States
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).