Steel Roller Coaster - Notable Steel Roller Coasters

Notable Steel Roller Coasters

(NOTE: Diving and Vertical Dropping coasters are the same)

• Air at Alton Towers - Worlds first flying roller coaster
• Alpengeist at Busch Gardens Williamsburg - world's tallest full-circuit inverted coaster
• Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America - first inverted roller coaster
• Battlestar Galactica: Human vs. Cylon at Universal Studios Singapore - World's tallest pair of dueling coasters
• Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland is the tallest and fastest in Canada.
• Colossus at Thorpe Park - world's first coaster with 10 inversions
• Griffon at Busch Gardens Williamsburg - world's tallest and fastest dive coaster
• Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure - world's tallest (456 ft) and second fastest (128 mph) roller coaster
• Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland - first tubular steel roller coaster
• Millennium Force at Cedar Point - first full circuit roller coaster to top 300 ft.
• Nemesis at Alton Towers - Europe's first inverted roller coaster
• Ninja at Six Flags Magic Mountain- world's fastest suspended roller coaster
• Oblivion at Alton Towers - world's first vertical drop roller coaster
• Riddler's Revenge at Six Flags Magic Mountain - world's tallest, fastest, and longest stand up roller coaster
• Runaway Mine Train at Six Flags Over Texas - first mine train roller coaster; built in 1969.
• Superman: Escape from Krypton at Six Flags Magic Mountain- first roller coaster to top 400 ft
• Tatsu at Six Flags Magic Mountain - world's tallest, fastest, and longest flying roller coaster
• Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point - world's first full-circuit roller coaster to top 400 ft
• Tower of Terror II at Dreamworld - first roller coaster to reach 100 mph and first roller coaster to top 300 ft
• Ultimate at Lightwater Valley - Worlds second longest roller coaster
• X² at Six Flags Magic Mountain - World's first 4th Dimension roller coaster
• Xcelerator at Knott's Berry Farm - world's first Intamin Accelerator Coaster

• Blue Fire at Europa-Park - Europe's first coaster with a twisted horseshoe roll
• Carolina Cyclone at Carowinds - first roller coaster to feature a record breaking 4 inversions
• Corkscrew at Knott's Berry Farm (now at Silverwood) - first modern roller coaster ever to send riders upside down
• Goliath at Six Flags New England - world's largest boomerang roller coaster
• Furius Baco at PortAventura - world's first Wing-Rider roller coaster
• Magnum XL-200 - first full circuit roller coaster to top 200 ft
• Phantom's Revenge at Kennywood - first roller coaster to top 80 mph
• Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain- world's first looping roller coaster
• Space Shuttle at Enchanted Kingdom - world's tallest, longest, and fastest non-inverted Boomerang roller coaster
• Steel Dragon 2000 - world's longest roller coaster
• Storm Runner at Hersheypark - world's first rocket coaster to feature inversions
• Thirteen at Alton Towers - world's first vertical free fall drop coaster
• Vampire at Chessington World of Adventures - world's first suspended swinging coaster with floorless trains