The Thrills and chills of Roller Coasters

Presented By Gage HolzhauerProject 16 Roller Coasters1/11/12

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 CoastersThe 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 knowBelow are ten fun facts about roller coasters1. Longest coaster is the Steel Dragon 8,133ft2. The fastest is Kingda Ka at 128mph3. Their are 4 coasters with a 97 degree drop4. Kingda ka is the highest at 450ft5. Kingda ka has the farthest drop at 432ft6. The second longest is 7,677ft long in the U.S7. Top thrill dragster is the second fastest at 123mph8. The farthest vertical drop is the Griffin at 205ft at

90degrees9. Top thrill dragsters drop is 405ft10. Top thrill dragster is 430 ft tall

Fastest Roller Coasters in the WorldRank Speed

mphRoller coaster Amusement

parkLocation

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.SRank Speed

mphRoller coaster Amusement

parkLocation

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.