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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Denotes a hypercoaster that is also a [[giga coaster]] (any full circuit coaster over 300 ft).
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Denotes a hypercoaster that is also a [[giga coaster]] (any full circuit coaster over 300 ft).

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

A hypercoaster can mean one of two things:

  • Any continuous-circuit roller coaster with a height or drop measuring greater than 200 feet[1][2]

Or, more narrowly:

Out and back steel coasters smaller than 200 feet in both height and drop such as Steel Eel at SeaWorld San Antonio have sometimes been erroneously referred to as hypercoasters.[7]

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, fastest, longest, and steepest 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.[8] 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."[9]

Description

A hypercoaster in the style sense is one that is built for speed and airtime. To accomplish this the elements of a hypercoaster are a large first drop, generally several additional drops of declining height, a turn around 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. All hypercoasters feature lap bar restraints.

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 7/10 positions.[10]

Hypercoasters were first manufactured by Arrow Dynamics in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Since then, Bolliger & Mabillard, Intamin AG, Chance-Morgan, and Giovanola have all begun to design and construct hypercoasters. The price tag of hypercoasters continues to rise, currently, Bolliger & Mabillard manufactures the most expensive hypercoasters, many of which cost $20,000,000 USD and above.

Notably, there is only one wooden hypercoaster on Earth, Son of Beast at Kings Island. It follows, then, that Son of Beast is the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster. Upon its opening, it was also the only wooden roller coaster to feature a vertical loop, thus disqualifying it from the narrower definition of "hypercoaster". However, the loop was removed in 2006 when Cedar Fair Entertainment Company purchased the park from Paramount. The coasters layout, however, is custom and not out-and-back in the general sense. Despite its size, Son of Beast is a highly polarizing coaster having been called by some roller coaster enthusiasts "the greatest bust of all time"[citation needed] due to its status as a "sequel" to world-famous wooden coaster, The Beast being paradoxical to its rough and uncomfortable ride.

Hypercoasters

By style

The Silver Star at Europa-Park
The hypercoaster Nitro at Six Flags Great Adventure
Hypercoaster Steel Force at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
An Intamin AG 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
Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point Arrow Dynamics Operating May 6, 1989
Desperado Buffalo Bill's Arrow Dynamics Operating May 14, 1994
Pepsi Max Big One Pleasure Beach, Blackpool Arrow Dynamics Operating May 28, 1994
Wild Thing Valleyfair! Chance-Morgan Operating May 11, 1996
Fujiyama Fuji-Q Highland TOGO Operating July 1996
Manhattan Express New York, New York Hotel & Casino TOGO Operating January 3, 1997
Steel Force Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom Chance-Morgan Operating May 30, 1997
Mamba Worlds of Fun Chance-Morgan Operating April 18, 1998
Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Europe Bolliger & Mabillard Operating March 27, 1999
Raging Bull Six Flags Great America Bolliger & Mabillard Operating May 1, 1999
Ride of Steel Darien Lake Intamin AG Operating May 15, 1999
Goliath Six Flags Magic Mountain Giovanola Operating February 11, 2000
Bizarro Six Flags New England Intamin AG Operating May 5, 2000
Superman - Ride of Steel Six Flags America Intamin AG Operating May 13, 2000
Millennium Force* Cedar Point Intamin AG Operating May 13, 2000
Son of Beast (Wooden) Kings Island Roller Coaster Corporation of America SBNO May 26, 2000
Steel Dragon 2000* Nagashima Spa Land Chance-Morgan Operating August 1, 2000
Nitro Six Flags Great Adventure Bolliger & Mabillard Operating April 7, 2001
Titan Six Flags Over Texas Giovanola Operating April 27, 2001
Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Chance-Morgan Operating May 19, 2001
X2 Six Flags Magic Mountain Arrow Dynamics Operating Dec 24, 2001
Silver Star Europa Park Bolliger & Mabillard Operating March 23, 2002
Xcelerator Knott's Berry Farm Intamin AG Operating June 22, 2002
Thunder Dolphin Tokyo Dome City Attractions LaQua Intamin AG Operating May 1, 2003
Top Thrill Dragster** Cedar Point Intamin AG Operating May 4, 2003
Superman el Último Escape Six Flags Mexico Chance-Morgan Operating November 19, 2004
Kingda Ka** Six Flags Great Adventure Intamin AG Operating May 21, 2005
Goliath Six Flags Over Georgia Bolliger & Mabillard Operating April 1, 2006
Behemoth Canada's Wonderland Bolliger & Mabillard Operating May 4, 2008
Diamondback Kings Island Bolliger & Mabillard Operating April 18, 2009
Intimidator Carowinds Bolliger & Mabillard Operating March 27, 2010
SheiKra Busch Gardens Africa Bolliger & Mabillard Operating May 21, 2005
Stealth Thorpe Park Intamin AG Operating March 15, 2006
Zaturn Space World Intamin AG Operating April 29, 2006
Eejanaika Fuji-Q Highland S&S Arrow Operating July 19, 2006
Griffon Busch Gardens Europe Bolliger & Mabillard Operating May 18, 2007
Diving Coaster Happy Valley Bolliger & Mabillard Operating August 16, 2009
Intimidator 305* King's Dominion Intamin AG Operating April 2, 2010
unknown China Dinosaurs Park S&S Power Under Construction October 2011

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* 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).

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, shuttle roller coasters are not considered hypercoasters.

Name Park Manufacturer Status Opened
Moonsault Scramble Fuji-Q Highland Meisho Amusement Machines Defunct June 24, 1983
Tower of Terror Dreamworld Intamin AG Operating 1997
Superman: Escape From Krypton Six Flags Magic Mountain Intamin AG Operating March 15, 1997
Batman and Robin: The Chiller Six Flags Great Adventure Premier Rides Defunct 1998
Mr. Freeze Six Flags Over Texas Premier Rides Operating 1998
Mr. Freeze Six Flags St. Louis Premier Rides Operating April 1998
Speed-The Ride Nascar Cafe Premier Rides SBNO April 28, 2000
Wicked Twister Cedar Point Intamin AG Operating May 5, 2002

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References

  1. ^ "Hypercoasters". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  2. ^ "Millennium Force: The Hypercoaster Rules No More". Thrillride.com. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  3. ^ "Hyper Coaster". Coasterforce.com. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  4. ^ "Hyper Coaster". Rcdb.com. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  5. ^ "Mega Coaster". Rcdb.com. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  6. ^ "Mega Coaster". Rcdb.com. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  7. ^ "Steel Eel". SeaWorld.com. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  8. ^ "CP Mobile". Cedarpoint.com. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  9. ^ "More Thoughts on Magnum". Cedarpoint.com. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  10. ^ [1][dead link]
  11. ^ . Roller Coaster Database http://www.rcdb.com/. Retrieved 2011-05-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ . Roller Coaster Database http://www.rcdb.com/. Retrieved 2011-05-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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