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The Thrills and chills of Roller Coasters
Presented By Gage Holzhauer
Project 16 Roller Coasters
1/11/12
Roller Coasters are the thrill of the world. As you fly
around the track doing crazy inversions and at
amazing speeds you get a weird feeling in your
stomach that is exhilarating. Roller coasters are a lot
of fun and entertaining.
The History of Roller Coasters
The roller coaster was first built in 1784 in Russia and
others believe it was in Paris in the year 1812. The first
roller coaster was built out of wood and its purpose was
for entertainment. The first roller coaster in America was
built in 1884 on Coney Island New york. The first friction
roller coaster was in the 1920’s. But later on the steel
roller coaster was innovated and is more popular and
better.
Did you know
Below are ten fun facts about roller coasters
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Longest coaster is the Steel Dragon 8,133ft
The fastest is Kingda Ka at 128mph
Their are 4 coasters with a 97 degree drop
Kingda ka is the highest at 450ft
Kingda ka has the farthest drop at 432ft
The second longest is 7,677ft long in the U.S
Top thrill dragster is the second fastest at 123mph
The farthest vertical drop is the Griffin at 205ft at
90degrees
9. Top thrill dragsters drop is 405ft
10. Top thrill dragster is 430 ft tall
Fastest Roller Coasters in the World
Rank
Speed
mph
Roller coaster
Amusement
park
Location
1
149
Formula Rosso
Yas Island
Arab Emirates
2
128
Kingda Ka
Six flags
U.S New
Jersey
3
120
Top Thrill
Dragster
Cedar Point
U.S Ohio
4
107
Dodonpa
Fuji-Qi-Highland
Japan
5
100
Tower of Terror Dream World
Australia
6
95
Steel Dragon
Nagashima Spa
Land
Japan
7
94
Intimidator
Kings Dominion
U.S Virginia
8
93
Millennium
Force
Cedar Point
U.S Ohio
9
92
Leviathan
Canada's
wonderland
Canada
10
85
Titan
Six Flags Texas
Texas
Fastest Roller Coasters in the U.S
Rank
Speed
mph
Roller coaster
Amusement
park
Location
1
128
King da Ka
Six Flags
New Jersey
2
120
Top Thrill Dragster
Cedar Point
Ohio
3
100
Superman
Six flags
California
4
93
Millennium Force
Cedar Point
Ohio
5
90
Intimidator
Kings Dominion
Virginia
6
85
Goliath
Six Flags
California
7
85
Phantoms Revenge
Kenny wood
Pennsylvania
8
85
Titan
Six Flags
Texas
9
78
Son of Beast
Kings Island
Ohio
10
74
El Toro
SixFlags
New Jersey
Roller Coasters in Action
King Da KA
Top Thrill Dragster
Roller Coaster are some of the most fun
and exciting things in the world. I have
been on countless coasters. This
summer I went on Mind Eraser, and
Batman. When your on roller coasters
you have adrenaline running though you
and it is so much fun.