rcjp Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I couldn't find anything similar so here it goes. Which rides have you ridden that, right now, hold some record? The only one I've been on that still holds a record is Kingda Ka. P.S. (if you want, you can also include some flats like drop towers and star flyers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker27 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Gosh, just current records? For currents - Gatekeeper - Beast (- Banshee on opening day.) I've been to universal, Seaworld, Cedar Point, Six Flags KK, Kings Island, Holiday World, Beech Bend. But that's the only record holding coasters at those parks I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 ^FYI, Parrot Coaster is currently the record holder, GateKeeper lost it. Outlaw Run FOTR (or Parrot Coaster) Riddler's Revenge Lex Luthor Texas Sky Screamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Gosh, just current records? I just don't want the lists to be huge as I know many people would have massive ones. Just to keep it simple. I would also have a lot more if I had included coasters that broke a record when they opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Projektion Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The Smiler. Though I've been on a good few coasters that either used to hold the world record or hold the European record or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 This really depends on what records you feel are important enough to include and if we're only including world records. Off the top of my head... Kingda Ka: World's Tallest Coaster Beast: World's Longest Wood Coaster Lex Luthor: World's Tallest Drop Tower Leap the Dips: World's Oldest Coaster El Toro: World's Fastest Wood Coaster SkyCoaster: Fun Spot Kissimmee: World's Tallest Sky Coaster Beyond wood and steel I'm not going to get into world's tallest / fastest / longest **insert type of coaster** here because we could go on forever. For example, I've been on the world's tallest, fastest, slowest, longest, shortest, oldest operating Flying turns coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 ^Yeah let's stick to main records rather than things like "world's coaster with the most powerful brakes". Still, if you want to include things like world's tallest invert/standup,... I don't see any big problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker27 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 ^FYI, Parrot Coaster is currently the record holder, GateKeeper lost it. So parrot coaster has broke all of these Longest wing coaster - 4,164 feet Fastest non-launched wing coaster - 67 mph Tallest inversion on any roller coaster - 170 feet Longest drop on a wing coaster - 164 feet Most inversions on a wing coaster - 6 ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Here's Wikipedia's entry and here's a starting point on RCDB. Any others? I guess that pretty much covers it, though. Looks to me like I've ridden every world record holder that is currently operating and located in the US. At a glance, I appear to have all the US record holders as well, but I won't bother posting the non-world ones. My world record holders (according to Wikipedia) Kingda Ka: tallest, longest steel drop El Toro: longest wood drop, fastest wooden (I plan to ride Goliath this year) The Beast: longest wooden GateKeeper: tallest inversion (wow, huge deal that is...) Full Throttle: tallest vertical loop Outlaw Run: steepest wood drop, most wood inversions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AusCoasterFan Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 If you want to be very pedantic, I have a few very loose records: World's Tallest and Fastest Shuttle Roller Coaster: Superman: Escape from Krypton World's Most Inverting Roller Coaster: The Smiler World's Longest, Tallest, Fastest Flying Coaster: Tatsu World's Longest, Tallest, Fastest, Most Inverting Stand-Up Coaster: Riddler's Revenge World's (equal) Fastest Suspended Roller Coaster: Ninja World's Longest Mine Train Roller Coaster: Big Thunder Mountain World's Tallest, Fastest Dual Track Roller Coaster: Superman: Escape from Krypton World's Longest Wild Mouse Roller Coaster: Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster I guess, according to RCDB, I also have: World's Fastest Enclosed Roller Coaster: Rock n Roller Coaster World's (equal) Most Inverting Floorless Roller Coaster: Scream! World's Most Inverting Indoor Coaster: Canyon Blaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XII Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Kingda Ka: Worlds Tallest Coaster El Toro: Worlds Fastest Wooden Coaster Beast: Worlds Longest Wooden Coaster Full Throttlle: Worlds Tallest Vertical Loop Outlaw Run: Most Inversions on a Wooden Coaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinTheAttendant Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Gotham City Gauntlet: Escape From Arkham Asylum: Longest Name for a Wild Mouse* In all seriousness though, I'll try to be as basic as I can. It's either going to be an incredibly short list or a stupidly long list. Kingda Ka: Tallest roller coaster The Beast: Longest Wooden coaster El Toro: Fastest Wooden coaster Gatekeeper: Highest inversion *Is there any name for any coaster longer than this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcdude Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Major Records: Kingda Ka (Tallest coaster, Largest drop on a coaster, Fastest coaster in the US) El Toro (Largest drop on a wood coaster, Fastest wood coaster, Tallest wood coaster in the US) Full Throttle (Tallest vertical loop) Bizarro, Medusa, Scream!, Viper (Most inversions in the US) Minor Records: Millennium Force (Longest steel coaster in the US) Tatsu (Fastest, Tallest, and Longest Flying coaster) Wicked Twister (Fastest and Tallest Inverted coaster, Largest drop on an Inverted coaster) Riddler's Revenge (Fastest, Tallest, and Longest Stand Up coaster, Largest drop on a Stand Up coaster, Most inversions on a Stand Up coaster) Ninja (Fastest suspended coaster (tie)) Vortex (Fastest suspended coaster (tie), Tallest suspended coaster, Largest drop on a Suspended coaster) Iron Dragon (Longest suspended coaster) Pointless Records: X2 (Fastest, Tallest, and Longest 4th Dimension coaster in the US, Largest drop on a 4th Dimension coaster Most inversions on a 4th Dimension coaster in the US) Alpine Bobsled (Fastest, Tallest, and Longest Bobsled coaster in the US) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF15 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 -Banshee (longest inverted coaster) -The Beast (longest wooden coaster) -Wicked Twister (tallest inverted coaster) -Lightning Rod (fastest wooden coaster) -Fury 325 (tallest non-launched coaster) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry M Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Worlds slowest Intamin cable launch coaster: Kanonen. Worlds most inverting coaster in one shot: Colossus. Worlds biggest travelling rollercoaster: (soon) Olympia Looping. Worlds biggest wild mouse coaster: Wilde Maus XXL. Worlds most inverting coaster: The Smiler Not many of my records are real ones!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Interesting topic. Though I haven't been to a huge number of parks, I have ridden three wooden coasters that still hold records: Longest - Beast, Kings Island Biggest drop - Goliath, Six Flags Great America Most inversions - Outlaw Run, Silver Dollar City Most awesomeness per foot of track - Outlaw Run, Silver Dollar City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afterburner Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Tallest non-launched coaster: Fury 325 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOFanatic Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 You know, you can find a record for any coaster if you try hard enough. Just ask Cedar Point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnlloyd Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Below are my lists of record coasters I've been on. World Records: World's longest wooden coaster (The Beast at Kings Island) World's longest inverted coaster (Banshee at Kings Island) World's tallest suspended coaster (Vortex at Canada's Wonderland) Minor Records: Tallest and fastest coaster in Canada (Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookiex Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Fastest and tallest coaster in the southern hemisphere: Tower of Terror II, Dreamworld Fastest wooden coaster in Europe: Wildfire, Kolmården Tallest and fastest coasters (in operation) in Germany: Schwur Des Kärnan, Hansa Park and Silver Star, Europa Park Longest bob coaster: Bobbahn, Heide Park Fastest and tallest wing coaster in Europe: Flug Der Dämonen, Heide Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoBruz199 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Just two: World's Fastest Roller Coaster: Formula rossa - Ferrari World World's tallest water coaster: Divertical - Mirabilandia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zottewoef81 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) REAL records: World's fastest coaster: Formula Rossa Worlds's tallest coaster: Kingda Ka World's longest coaster: Steel Dragon 2000 Coaster with the biggest first drop: Kingda Ka "Meaningless" records: Wooden coaster with most inversions: Wildfire World's longest wooden Coaster: Beast World's tallest wooden coaster: Colossos (or Wildfire, since Colossos is SBNO)...oh wait, or El Toro, since Wildfire is SBNO too... Edited November 30, 2016 by zottewoef81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT325 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 A whole bunch! But after a few rides, the novelty of (fill in the blank record) wears off and I'm stuck with same old favorites. Thunderbolt, Legend, Voyage, Mind Bender... Magnum, and a few others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 According to rcdb - Longest coaster in the world: Steel Dragon 2000 Longest wood coaster in the world: Beast Tallest coaster/largest drop in the world: Kingda Ka Largest drop on a wooden coaster: Goliath I've also ridden: - 9/10 tallest coasters in the world - 7/10 fastest coasters in the world - 7/10 longest coasters in the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT325 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Largest drop on a HYBRID wooden coaster: Goliath Fixed that for ya. Even if you count topper track as wooden (which I don't, I know I know... dead horse), half the structure is still held up by steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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