8 Record-Breaking Roller Coasters Around the World
- U-Report
VIVA – Roller coaster is a rides game that is liked by someone who likes adrenaline and loves challenging. Apparently, there is a roller coaster that is able to break records in this world. It seen from its speed to its length.
Rather than the usual type of roller coaster, this certainly gives a different sensation and impression. Here are 8 record-breaking roller coasters from around the world that you need to know.
1. Kingda King: Fastest and Tallest of Roller Coaster in Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey, US
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Kingda Ka, which opened in 2005, is the fastest roller coaster in North America and the tallest in the world. The ride uses a hydraulic launch system to propel passengers at a speed of 128 miles per hour (206km/h) to 456 feet (139m) sending vertigo into the air in 3.5 seconds.
Many roller coasters use long hill climbs, building tension for what's to come. Not Kingda Ka. Here, visitors directly face the speed. Basically, a rocket coaster rather than a roller coaster.
2. Everest Expeditions: The Most Expensive of Roller Coaster in Walt Disney World Resort at Lake Buena Vista, Florida, US
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The Everest Expedition is the most expensive roller coaster in the world. It cost $100m to build and took six years to draft, plan and build.
The roller coaster, which opened in 2006, rides from a Tibetan village at the foot of Mount Everest and then takes you through the frigid Himalayas at 50 miles per hour (80km/h). It’s Disney World's tallest attraction, standing at 199.5 feet (61m).
Any higher and it will require a flashing red light above to warn passing planes.
3. The Beast: The Longest Wooden of Roller Coaster in Kings Island Amusement Park, Ohio AS
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The Beast is the world's longest wooden roller coaster stretching 7,361 feet (2,243m). Set on 35 acres of forest, it was the longest and fastest roller coaster in the world when it opened back in 1979.
