What's the difference?

Whats the difference in between a Tera and Peta coaster. Or a giga and mega coaster? [?]

Bleh this topic always causes loads of confusion, if you look at it the logical way you'd come up with something like this:

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Kiddie Coaster - 1-19' / .3-6m at highest point of track

Junior Coaster - 20-29' / 6-9m at highest point of track

Family Coaster - 30-49' / 9-15m at highest point of track

Intermediate Coaster - 50-99' / 15-30m at highest point of track

Kilo-Coaster - 100-199' / 30-61m at highest point of track

Mega-Coaster (Hyper Coaster/Speed Coaster) - 200-299' / 61-91m at highest point of track

Giga-Coaster - 300-399' / 91-122m at highest point of track

Tera-Coaster (Strata Coaster) - 400-499' / 122-152m at highest point of track

Peta-Coaster - 500-599' / 152-183m at highest point of track

Exa-Coaster - 600-699' / 183-213m at highest point of track

Zetta-Coaster - 700-799' / 213-244m at highest point of track

Yotta-Coaster - 800-899' / 244-274m at highest point of track

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We only don't use about half of the above. The right order for the used names should be something like:

Kiddie Coaster - 1-19' / .3-6m at highest point of track

Junior Coaster - 20-29' / 6-9m at highest point of track

Family Coaster - 30-49' / 9-15m at highest point of track

Mega-Coaster - 100-199' / 30-61m at highest point of track

Hyper-Coaster (Speed Coaster) - 200-299' / 61-91m at highest point of track

Giga-Coaster - 300-399' / 91-122m at highest point of track

Strata-Coaster (Strata Coaster) - 400-499' / 122-152m at highest point

[Oscar]

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how do u no about the peta, exa, zetta, yotta coasters if they dont excist?

probily getting redy 4 wen they do or he is just making it up[:D]

well as proved with TTD they arent always the correct names, such as Everyone called TTD a tera coaster 400ft+ but Cedarpoint called it a strata coaster.

[Kev]

Originally posted by The Edge

well as proved with TTD they arent always the correct names, such as Everyone called TTD a tera coaster 400ft+ but Cedarpoint called it a strata coaster.

Good point. I'm pretty sure that all of the so called classifications are just marketing terms given by the parks anyway. Technically, at least from what I've read, Magnum XL200 is the only *real* hypercoaster. After it was given that classification, it became the term used for any non-looping coaster over 200'. The same thing with MF.

What's in a name, anyway? [;)]

Originally posted by Kev

Originally posted by The Edge

well as proved with TTD they arent always the correct names, such as Everyone called TTD a tera coaster 400ft+ but Cedarpoint called it a strata coaster.

Good point. I'm pretty sure that all of the so called classifications are just marketing terms given by the parks anyway. Technically, at least from what I've read, Magnum XL200 is the only *real* hypercoaster. After it was given that classification, it became the term used for any non-looping coaster over 200'. The same thing with MF.

What's in a name, anyway? [;)]

It's probably all just marketing, the parks just try to make their ride sound cool by putting a cool type name on it's tag. Which is done for TTD but also for Goliath, the defenition of a mega coaster was adjusted so that Goliath could also be called a mega coaster in the commercials.

[gouldy]

yeah i thought all the tracks with the wierd spine construction, were all just called giga coasters, but thers what playing RCT2 does to you! lol. Then Cedar point go and build this huge thing and i'm like ok its a strata coaster, What the hell!?, then i read this topic about god knows what it was you said, (and i cant be bothered to scroll up!) and see all this exto, or something and now i really am confused.