![]() ![]() When it opened in 1996, Busch Gardens' Montu in Tampa was the world's tallest and fastest inverted roller coaster at 150 feet. ![]() This state has 49 roller coasters, second only to California for thrill seekers seeking one-stop shopping for an adrenaline rush. Loop-de-loops, extreme free falls, breakneck speeds - Florida attractions have played a big part in the chase to send hearts racing. ![]() The year Space Mountain opened, riders of the Corkscrew at California's Knott's Berry Farm experienced the world's first modern roller coaster inversions, where riders are turned upside down.Īlmost every year after that, another roller coaster record has been broken. ![]() Study the history of extreme roller coasters and you'll understand why the arms race began not with Disney, whose parks already had worldwide commercial appeal, but with those that didn't have blockbuster movie licensing and had to rely on thrills alone. Now more than 50 are around the world, including Florida's first, Mako, which debuted in SeaWorld this summer with nine designed moments of weightlessness.Ĭhalk it up to technological advancement and a global roller coaster arms race to have the tallest, fastest, scariest ride. In the 1980s there was no such thing as a hypercoaster, a roller coaster that reaches 200 feet or higher. ![]()
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