hypercoaster

　

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1. a roller coaster that goes up 200 feet or higher and can catapult riders from 0 to 70 mph in 4 seconds by motors originally designed to launch rockets

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The world's first hypercoaster, Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point

A hypercoaster is any roller coaster with a height or drop measuring greater than 200 feet (61 m). The term was first coined by Arrow Dynamics and Cedar Point with the release of the world's first hypercoaster, the Magnum XL-200, in 1989. Other roller coaster manufacturers would later develop their own hypercoaster models. Intamin officially calls theirs the Mega Coaster, and Bolliger & Mabillard refers to their model as the Hyper Coaster. Roller coasters that eventually broke the 300-foot-barrier (91 m) would become specifically known as giga coasters, while those that broke the 400-foot-barrier (120 m) became known as strata coasters.

History

The world's first hypercoaster was Magnum XL-200 by Cedar Point, costing $8,000,000 USD. Cedar Point chose Arrow Dynamics to design and construct Magnum XL-200. Construction on the world's tallest and fastest complete circuit roller coaster (at that time) began in 1988. By May 6, 1989, Magnum XL-200 was ready for riders. Since its debut, Magnum XL-200 has served more than 36 million guests. Cedar Point's official blog states that after building the ride, "discussion was focused on just what a roller coaster such as Magnum should be called. After all, it had no loops like most of the other large steel coasters of the time and was so much bigger and faster than its non-looping brethren. After a couple of years, the name everyone agreed upon was hypercoaster."

Description

Hypercoasters were originally built for speed and airtime, to counter the trend of constructing bigger and bigger looping coasters. To accomplish this the elements of a hypercoaster often include a large first drop, several additional drops of declining height, a large turn or helix and then many airtime-inducing hills. Hypercoasters are commonly designed with an out and back layout, although some hypercoasters, such as Raging Bull, are built with a twisted design.

Hypercoasters dominate the Amusement Today Golden Ticket Awards. For 2006, Superman: Ride of Steel, now known as Bizarro, located at Six Flags New England was ranked highest at #1. Several hypercoasters followed such as Magnum XL-200 (#3), Nitro (#4), Apollo's Chariot (#5). The hypercoasters make up the majority of the 2006 Top 10 Steel Coasters, filling 8/10 positions. By 2010, hypercoasters held all of the top 10 spots on Amusement Today's list of "Top 50 Steel Roller Coasters" and 16 of the top 20.

Hypercoasters were first manufactured by Arrow Dynamics in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Since then, a number of companies, including Bolliger & Mabillard, Intamin, D. H. Morgan Manufacturing, Giovanola and others have designed and constructed hypercoasters.

Though hypercoasters are typically steel roller coasters, Son of Beast at Kings Island was the first and only wooden hypercoaster. Due to a number of issues, the ride was eventually demolished in 2012.

Hypercoasters

The Silver Star at Europa-Park

The hypercoaster Nitro at Six Flags Great Adventure

Hypercoaster Steel Force at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom

An Intamin coaster that meets the requirements for a hypercoaster Xcelerator at Knott's Berry Farm

The following are a list of all hypercoasters sorted by opening date:

Name	Park	Manufacturer	Status	Opened	Height
Magnum XL-200	Cedar Point	Arrow Dynamics	Operating	1989, May 6	205 ft (62 m)
Big One	Pleasure Beach, Blackpool	Arrow Dynamics	Operating	1994, May 28	213 ft (65 m)
Desperado	Buffalo Bill's	Arrow Dynamics	Operating	1994, August 11	209 ft (64 m)
Wild Thing	Valleyfair	D. H. Morgan Manufacturing	Operating	1996, May 11	207 ft (63 m)
Fujiyama	Fuji-Q Highland	TOGO	Operating	1996, July	259 ft (79 m)
The Roller Coaster (Manhattan Express)†	New York New York Hotel & Casino	TOGO	Operating	1997, January 3	203 ft (62 m)
Steel Force	Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom	D. H. Morgan Manufacturing	Operating	1997, May 30	200 ft (61 m)
Mamba	Worlds of Fun	D. H. Morgan Manufacturing	Operating	1998, April 18	205 ft (62 m)
Apollo's Chariot	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	1999, March 27	170 ft (52 m)
Raging Bull	Six Flags Great America	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	1999, May 1	202 ft (62 m)
Ride of Steel	Darien Lake	Intamin	Operating	1999, May 15	208 ft (60 m)
Goliath	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Giovanola	Operating	2000, February 11	235 ft (72 m)
Bizarro	Six Flags New England	Intamin	Operating	2000, May 5	208 ft (63 m)
Superman – Ride of Steel	Six Flags America	Intamin	Operating	2000, May 13	208 ft (63m)
Millennium Force*	Cedar Point	Intamin	Operating	2000, May 13	310 ft (94 m)
Son of Beast (Wooden)	Kings Island	Roller Coaster Corporation of America	Defunct	2000, May 26	218 ft (66 m)
Steel Dragon 2000*	Nagashima Spa Land	D. H. Morgan Manufacturing	Operating	2000, August 1	318 ft (97 m)
Nitro	Six Flags Great Adventure	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2001, April 7	230 ft (70 m)
Titan	Six Flags Over Texas	Giovanola	Operating	2001, April 27	245 ft (75 m)
Phantom's Revenge	Kennywood	D. H. Morgan Manufacturing/Arrow Dynamics	Operating	2001, May 19	160 ft (49 m)
X2†	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Arrow Dynamics	Operating	2002, Jan 12	175 ft (53 m)
Silver Star	Europa-Park	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2002, March 23	239 ft (73 m)
Xcelerator†	Knott's Berry Farm	Intamin	Operating	2002, June 22	205 ft (62 m)
Thunder Dolphin	Tokyo Dome City Attractions	Intamin	Operating	2003, May 1	260 ft (80 m)
Top Thrill Dragster**†	Cedar Point	Intamin	Operating	2003, May 4	420 ft (130 m)
Superman el Último Escape	Six Flags México	Chance Morgan	Operating	2004, November 19	219 ft (67 m)
SheiKra†	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2005, May 21	200 ft (61 m)
Kingda Ka**†	Six Flags Great Adventure	Intamin	Operating	2005, May 21	456 ft (139 m)
Stealth†	Thorpe Park	Intamin	Operating	2006, March 15	205 ft (62 m)
Goliath	Six Flags Over Georgia	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2006, April 1	200 ft (61 m)
Zaturn†	Space World	Intamin	Operating	2006, April 29	205 ft (62 m)
Eejanaika†	Fuji-Q Highland	S&S Worldwide	Operating	2006, July 19	249 ft (76 m)
Griffon†	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2007, May 18	205 ft (62 m)
Behemoth	Canada's Wonderland	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2008, May 4	230 ft (70 m)
Diamondback	Kings Island	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2009, April 18	230 ft (70 m)
Diving Coaster†	Happy Valley Shanghai	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2009, August 16	213 ft (65 m)
Intimidator	Carowinds	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2010, March 27	232 ft (71 m)
Intimidator 305*	Kings Dominion	Intamin	Operating	2010, April 2	305 ft (93 m)
Wild Eagle†	Dollywood	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2012, March 23	210 ft (64 m)
Leviathan*	Canada's Wonderland	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2012, April 27	306 ft (93 m)
Dinoconda†	China Dinosaurs Park	S&S Worldwide	Operating	2012, April 29	226.4 ft (69 m)
Shambhala: Expedición al Himalaya	PortAventura	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2012, May 12	249 ft (76 m)
Skyrush	Hershey Park	Intamin	Operating	2012, May 26	212 ft (65 m)
Bullet Coaster†	Happy Valley Shenzhen	S&S Worldwide	Operating	2012, July 28	197 ft (60 m)
OCT Thrust SSC1000†	Happy Valley Wuhan	S&S Worldwide	Operating	2014	197 ft (60 m)
Fury 325*	Carowinds	Bolliger & Mabillard	Operating	2015, March 28	325 ft (100 m)
Cannibal†	Lagoon Amusement Park	Lagoon Amusement Park	Operating	2015	208 ft (63 m)
Kärnan†	Hansa Park	Gerstlauer	Operating	2015	239.5 ft (73.0 m)
Mako	SeaWorld Orlando	Bolliger & Mabillard	Under Construction	2016	200 ft (61 m)

• Denotes a hypercoaster that is also a giga coaster (any full circuit coaster over 300 ft).

** Denotes a hypercoaster that is also a strata coaster (any full circuit coaster over 400 ft).

† Denotes a coaster that fits the broad but not the narrow definition of a hypercoaster.

By height

The following are non-continuous circuit coasters that exceed 200 feet in height or drop, unlike coasters that conform to the hypercoaster "style." However, these shuttle roller coasters are not usually considered hypercoasters.

Name	Park	Manufacturer	Status	Opened
Moonsault Scramble	Fuji-Q Highland	Meisho Amusement Machines	Defunct	June 24, 1983
Tower of Terror II	Dreamworld	Intamin	Operating	1997
Superman: Escape from Krypton	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Intamin	Operating	March 15, 1997
Unknown (formerly Batman & Robin: The Chiller)	Beto Carrero World	Premier Rides	In Storage	1998-2007
Mr. Freeze	Six Flags Over Texas	Premier Rides	Operating	April 1998
Mr. Freeze	Six Flags St. Louis	Premier Rides	Operating	April 1998
Speed – The Ride	Akita Plaza	Premier Rides	In Storage	April 28, 2000 - 2011
Wicked Twister	Cedar Point	Intamin	Operating	May 5, 2002
Big Air	E-DA Theme Park	Vekoma	Operating	December, 2010

References

External links

• Bolliger & Mabillard's official website
• Intamin official website

Related Links

• Hypercoaster - definition of hypercoaster by The Free Dictionary

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• Hyper Coaster | Bolliger & Mabillard

High speed, no inversion coasters specially designed to create air time. A comfortable patented lapbar procures an incomparable feeling of freedom.

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