From: buck@cavlry.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
Subject: Re: Record Coasters
Date: 12 Aug 92 13:34:01 GMT
Reply-To: buck@cavlry.enet.dec.com ()
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

Mike (with new account) writes:

>I'd like to see this article again too, or have it emailed to me.
>The Rattler should be on record as the woodie with the longest drop, right?

Correct.  Here it is, one more time, for good measure:


			Roller Coaster Record Holders


Current Wooden Coaster Record Holders --

             STEEPEST COASTER - (61.2 degrees) Rattler, Fiesta Texas
             HIGHEST COASTER - (179'6") Rattler, Fiesta Texas
             LONGEST DROP - (176') Rattler, Fiesta Texas
             FASTEST - (73mph) Rattler, Fiesta Texas
             LONGEST CIRCUIT - (7400') The Beast, King's Island
             OLDEST - (1902) Leap The Dips, Lakemont Park
             MOST FAMOUS - (1927) Coney Island Cyclone


Current Steel Coaster Record Holders --

             STEEPEST COASTER - (60 degrees) Magnum XL-200, Cedar Point
             HIGHEST COASTER - (205') Magnum XL-200, Cedar Point
             LONGEST DROP - (225') Steel Phantom, Kennywood
             FASTEST - (80mph) Steel Phantom, Kennywood
             LONGEST CIRCUIT - (7450') The Ultimate, Lightwater Valley
             BIGGEST LOOPING COASTER - (188') Viper, Magic Mountain
             MOST LOOPS - (7)
                     Viper, Magic Mountain
                     GASM, Great Adventure
                     Shockwave, Great America
             HIGHEST G FORCES - (+6.5g)
                     Mindbender, Fantasyland
                     Drier Looping, Germany
                     Moonslaut Scramble, Japan
             MOST TRAINS ON CIRCUIT - (5) Thriller, Stuttgart Fair
             MOST DEMENTED SHUTTLE LOOP - Weiner Looping, Flamingoland (UK)

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1991 Top 40 Coaster List (As published in Inside Track):

    RATING COASTER	PARK     LOCATION	# OF VOTES

         1 Timber Wolf (Worlds of Fun, MO)      - 517
         2 Magnum XL-200 (Cedar Point, OH)      - 493
         3 Texas Giant (Six Flags over Texas)   - 467
         4 Thunder Run (Kentucky Kingdom, KY)   - 402
         5 The Beast (Kings Island, OH)         - 391
         6 Cyclone (Coney Island, NY)           - 355
         7 Phoenix (Knoebel's, PA)              - 324
         8 Predator (Darien Lake, NY)           - 317
         9 Mister Twister (Elitch Gardens, CO)  - 303
        10 Thunderbolt (Kennywood, PA)          - 256
        11 Giant Dipper (Santa Cruz, CA)        - 246
           Hercules (Dorney Park, PA)           - 246
        12 Mindbender (Fantasyland, Alberta)    - 187
        13 Big Bad Wolf (Busch Gardens, VA)     - 145
        14 Giant Dipper (San Diego, CA)         -  98
           Blue Streak (Cedar Point, OH)        -  98
        15 Revolution (Magic Mountain, CA)      -  76
        16 Grizzly (King's Dominion, VA)        -  74
           Steel Phantom (Kennywood, PA)        -  74
        17 Vortex (Wonderland, Canada)          -  61
        18 Screechin Eagle (Americana, OH)      -  55
        19 Viper (Magic Mountain, CA)           -  54
        20 Iron Wolf (Great America, IL)        -  52
        21 G.A.S.M. (Great Adventure, NJ)       -  48
        22 Ninja (Magic Mountain, CA)           -  41
           Cyclone (Riverside, MA)              -  41
        23 Racer (King's Island, OH)            -  32
        24 Blue Streak (Conneaut Lake, PA)      -  31
        25 Loch Ness Monster (Busch Gardens-VA) -  29
        26 Texas Tornado (Wonderland, TX)       -  25
        27 Skyliner (Lakemont, PA)              -  24
        28 La Montana Rusa (Mexico City, MX)    -  23
        29 Anaconda (King's Dominion, VA)       -  22
           Roller Coaster (Playland, Canada)    -  22
        30 Matterhorn Bobsled (Disneyland, CA)  -  21
           Yankee Cannonball (Canobie Lake, NH) -  21
        31 Shockwave (Great America, IL)        -  20
        32 Big Dipper (Geagua Lake, OH)         -  19
           Cyclone (Lakeside, CO)               -  19
        33 Colossus (Magic Mountain, CA)        -  18
           Mindbender (SFoG, GA)                -  18
           Montezooma's Revenge (Knott's, CA)   -  18
           Dragon Mountain (Marineland, Canada) -  18
        34 Mean Streak (Cedar Point, OH)        -  17
        35 Georgia Cyclone (SFoG, GA)           -  16
        36 Comet (Hersheypark, PA)              -  15
        37 Wildcat (Lake Compounce, CT)         -  14
        38 Gemini (Cedar Point, OH)             -  13
           Thunder Mtn Railroad (Disney, FL)    -  13
        39 Grand National (Blackpool, UK)       -  12
           Space Center (Phantasialand, Germany)-  12
           Thunderhawk (Dorney Park, PA)        -  12
        40 Bandit (Yomiuriland, Tokyo, Japan)   -  11
           Giant Coaster (Arnold's Park, IA)    -  11
           Psyclone (Magic Mountain, CA)        -  11
           Sidewinder (Hersheypark, PA)         -  11
           Space Mountain (Disneyworld, FL)     -  11
 

Hope this is what you're looking for...
Buck