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  2. List of roller coaster rankings - Wikipedia

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    Roller coasters are amusement rides developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. Early iterations during the 16th and 17th centuries, which were popular in Russia, were wooden sleds that took riders down large slides made from ice. The first roller coasters that attached a train to a wooden track appeared in France in the early 1800s. [1]

  3. Fiesta Shows - Wikipedia

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    Zipper: A Chance Rides Zipper is the most popular carnival ride ever. Two riders are locked in a cage rotating around a boom. As the ride goes faster and faster, the cage flips the riders in several front flips and back flips! Hurricane: A Alan Herschell thrill ride that uses compressed air to lift and drop riders as the ride rotates in a circle.

  4. List of amusement rides - Wikipedia

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    The Booster is an amusement park ride made originally by HUSS Maschinenfabrik starting in 1998. 1985 Breakdance: Breakdance is an amusement ride designed by Huss Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG in 1985. 1972 Bumper boats: Water ride: Bumper boats are an amusement park ride that uses inner tube shaped watercraft that can be steered by the rider.

  5. Phantom's Revenge - Wikipedia

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    The ride has consistently ranked among the top 50 steel roller coasters in the world in the annual Golden Ticket Awards publication from Amusement Today, occasionally ranking in the top 10. Additionally, it has frequently ranked in the top 5 of the National Amusement Park Historical Association's annual steel coaster survey.

  6. Steel Vengeance - Wikipedia

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    Mean Streak had been ranked as one of the most popular wooden roller coasters in the world. Amusement Today magazine's Golden Ticket Awards ranked Mean Streak as one of the world's 50 best wooden roller coasters nine times from 1998 to 2012. [65] Steel Vengeance received the Golden Ticket Award for Best New Ride in 2018. [66]

  7. A roller coaster in the ocean: What Carnival Cruise Line's ...

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    Passengers must meet height and weight requirements (they have to be between 4 feet 4 inches and 6 feet 5 inches tall, for instance). Children under 12 have to ride with someone 15 or older. Cars ...

  8. The Beast (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, the coaster ranked second on Roller Coaster magazine's list of the top ten rides in 1988. [44] The Beast has also consistently ranked among the top wooden roller coasters in the world in the annual Golden Ticket Awards publication from Amusement Today, placing in the top 10 consecutively for more than two decades. [45]: 54–55

  9. Goliath (Six Flags Over Georgia) - Wikipedia

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    The height of the lift is 200 feet (61 m). [1] The roller coaster has no inversions, though it does feature six camelback hills and a 540 degree helix. [10] The track is painted orange while the supports are painted teal. Goliath was manufactured by Clermont Steel Fabricators located in Batavia, Ohio. [13] [14] [15]