presented by: kathryn middlebrook project 16: roller coaster thrills january 13, 2012
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Presented by: Kathryn MiddlebrookProject 16: Roller Coaster Thrills January 13, 2012
The Thrills and Chills of Roller Coasters
• Roller Coasters have been a source of thrill and entertainment for years. The feeling of plummeting down the tracks at a fast speed is just crazy. Some people enjoy them, some people don’t, but for young and old alike, the butterflies that you get in your stomach is a wild feeling!
The History of the Roller Coaster
The First roller coaster was built in 1817 in France. It was built too provide thrills for the upper class of Russia and France. Catherine the Great was thought to love these coasters. The ride was built by using the idea of tracks from mining companies.
The History of the Roller Coaster Cont.
• The first Coaster in the United States was built in Coney Island, New York, in June, 1884. In 1912, John Miller introduced the first under friction roller coaster
Did You Know?...1. The fastest roller coaster in the world title goes to the newly
opened Formula Rossa ride which has a top speed of 149 miles per hour.
2. The Six Flags Great Adventure Park is home to the Kingda Ka roller coaster, a whopping height of 465 feet.
3. The longest roller coaster in the world can be found at Japan's Nagashima Spa Land that covers 8133 feet.
4. The Colossus roller coaster in Thorpe Park, England, has an incredible 10 inversions.
5. The oldest recorded roller coaster was built in Coney Island, New York, in June, 1884
Did You Know?...Cont. 6. Cedar Point theme park has the highest number of roller
coasters, with 17 different rides to choose from.
7. In 2010, 102 roller coaster enthusiasts set a new world record at Adventure Island in Essex, for the most amount of people riding a roller coaster after eating a chinese buffet.
8. Richard Rodriguez holds the world record for the longest time spent on a roller coaster, a total of 401 hours.
9. Most conventional roller coasters do not have engines, instead they work by converting potential energy into kinetic energy.
10. In 1959, the first ever tubular steel roller coaster was created.
Fastest Roller Coasters in the
WORLDRank Speed Roller Coaster
Amusement Park
Location Year Opened
1 149 mph Formula Rossa
Ferrari World
Yas Island in Abu Dhabi
2010
2 128 mph Kingda Ka Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson, New Jersey
2008
3 120 mph Top Thrill Dragster
Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio
2003
4 107 mph Dodonpa Fuji-Q Highland
Yamanashi, Japan
2011
5 100 mph Tower of Terror
Dreamworld Queensland, Australia
2008
Fastest Roller Coasters in the
WORLD Cont.Rank Speed Roller
CoasterAmusement Park
Location Year Opened
6 95 mph Steel Dragon 2000
Nagashima Spa Land
Nagashima, Japan
2009
7 94 mph Intimidator Kings Dominion
Doswell, Virginia
2010
8 93 mph Millennium Force
Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio
2007
9 92 mph Leviathan Canada’s Wonderland
Maple, Ontario
2012
10 85 mph Titan Six Flags Arlington, Texas
2007
Fastest Roller Coasters in the United States
Rank Speed Roller Coaster
Amusement Park
Location
Year Opened
1 128 mph Kingda Ka
Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson, New Jersey
2010
2 120 mph Top Thrill Dragster
Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio
2003
3 100 mph Superman: The Escape
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Valencia, California
2006
4 93 mph Millennium Force
Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio
2000
5 85 mph Titan Six Flags Over Texas
Arlington, Texas
2005
Fastest Roller Coasters in the United States
Cont.Rank Speed Roller Coaster
Amusement Park
Location Year Opened
6 85 mph Goliath Six Flags Magic Mountain
Valencia, California
2003
7 82 mph Phantom’s Revenge
Kennywood
West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
2001
8 78.4 mph
Son of Beast
Kings Island
Mason, Ohio
2000
9 70 mph El Toro Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson Township, New Jersey
2000
10 67.4 mph
The Voyage
Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari
Santa Claus, IN
2002
Roller Coasters in Action
• I have been on many roller coasters, probably about 11! I have been on Kingda Ka, Batman, Twister in Six Flags and many more! The first roller coaster I went on I was very scared, but after the experience I loved it! The jittery feeling before the ride and the butterflies in your stomach make it so exciting and fun!