coaster capital

Colossos SUCKS

Its a wannabe woodie, it feels like a steel coaster but wishes it could be wood. Same with Balder, Intamin can't make woodies, so I still stick with my woodie opinion in Europe. I only know of 2 good woodies in Europe, wich are Megafobia and Tonerre de Zeus.

USA DUH!! No offense to UK but they don't have that many well-known coasters.

SFMM is in the U.S.A but u forgot canada [;)]

I say the USA is the coaster capital of world, it has the most and most of the best coasters in the world. It has Californias Magic Mountain witch has I think 16 coasters and the worlds only 4D coaster right now.

ok, the coaster definatly did not come to what it is today in europr. first off, the first flying coaster was stealth, NOT Air in alton towers. the forst looping ride was at coney island. the first steel ride was in disneyland. the first ride over 100, 200, 300, and 400 feet were all in the usa. also, the first coaster was in coney island (or pennsylvania if you count that as a coaster) the first air launched was in the usa, the first LIM coaster..... first corkscrew...... etc etc etc. and the first vertical coaster although i dont know what the name is, its in the usa. oblivion says its a vertical coaster but its drop is 87 degrees, not 90.

we could fight for hours on and on but i'll just base it on the golden ticket awards

Steel Coasters
USA-41
UK-5
Germany-2
Netherlands-1
Canada-1


Wooden Coasters
USA-43
UK-3
France-1
Canada-1
Belgum-1
Norway-1

Top 10 Steel
USA-8 (sros(SFNE), mf, xl200, ac, nitro, phantomsrvnge, sros(SFDL), raptor)
UK-1 (nemisis)
Germany-1 (xGeForce)

Top 10 wood
9-USA (Raven, Shiveringtimbers, boulder dash, phoenix, legend, ghostrider, lightning racer (my fav[:)]), beast, and texas giant.
1 UK (megafobia)

okay, that's my $.02

Originally posted by coaster992001

ok, the coaster definatly did not come to what it is today in europr. first off, the first flying coaster was stealth, NOT Air in alton towers. the forst looping ride was at coney island. the first steel ride was in disneyland. the first ride over 100, 200, 300, and 400 feet were all in the usa. also, the first coaster was in coney island (or pennsylvania if you count that as a coaster) the first air launched was in the usa, the first LIM coaster..... first corkscrew...... etc etc etc. and the first vertical coaster although i dont know what the name is, its in the usa. oblivion says its a vertical coaster but its drop is 87 degrees, not 90.

Actually, the first roller coaster WAS built in Europe. Back during the Napoleanic Wars, the French soldiers in Russia fell in love with the elaborite ice slides that were there. They brought the idea back to France. The French added an elaborite wheel system so that they could ride the machines all year. However, they could not keep the cars on the track. For almost 70 years, the French flocked to the elaborite and dangerous creations. But, as time went on, the roller coaster craze in Europe died out, along with all but a few of the wooden slides. Meanwhile, over in America, immigrants came over from France with memories of the rides back in Europe. There, the engineers of the late 17th century got a new inspiration... the railroad. The Mauch Chunk Railway, a gravity-powered coal transporting railway, inspired a re-intrest in roller-coaster-like rides. LeMarcus Anda Thompson built a ride called the "switchback railway" at Coney Island. The ride was an instant hit, and the switchback gravity railway was the beginning of the coaster craze in the USA. Then, the man who made the modern roller coaster possible came along... John Miller. He patented 40 different coaster safety systems, including the now standard 3-wheel configuration, making the coaster was now a safe ride. Following in his footsteps, the most insane designers ever; Thomas Prior, Fredrick Church, and Harry Traver; ignited the coaster boom of the 20's. More than 2000 coasters existed worldwide by 1931. But then, the Great Depression and World War 2 extinguished the rush of coasters. The number of coasters worldwide dropped from <2000 to only a few hundred. In 1955, a man named Walt Disney joined hands with Arrow Dynamics to bring the steel coaster to life. This motion brought the theme park back to being popular, and ignited another coaster boom. Well, the boom is still going on today. The rest is history.

So, when I said that the coaster came to be what it is now in America, I did not mean that it was invented in America, I meant only that it was pioneered in America. Without Europe, the roller coaster would not exist, but without America the roller coaster would probably still be nothing more than an elaborite slide.

John Miller also invented Underfriction Wheels to allow airtime [:)]

who invented steel coasters????????????????????and U.S.A is the coaster capital it has alot more parks..

Arrow Dynamics Inc invented steelies. The actual designer who invented them was Karl Bacon.

Yeah, around the time when they first came out were the best ones, now most steel coasters aren't very great. The Wild Mouse at Chippewa Lake Park looked to be like one of the top 5 steelies ever made.

Well, there are many great steel coasters; just because they don't throw you around and out of your seat doesn't mean they aren't great. But yeah, wood still owns the rest.

Yeah, I didn't say that steel coasters weren't bad at all, most of them lack intensity that wooden coasters have though, and the Wild Mouse at Chippewa looked way better than most any other steelie ever made.

that chippewa park place has wooden coaster with trees growing out of it!!

Yeah, its been closed for about 40 years. It is one of the coolest places to be though, because theres this wooden coaster just standing right through the trees and you get this amazing feeling being there, its so awesome. Most people though wouldn't understand what I mean. The park even though is closed is still better to go to than CP or SFMM, I've been to all three and those parks just don't compare to the coolness of Chippewa. I climbed the turnaround of Big Dipper (the wooden coaster), and it was the most awesome thing that I've ever done that was coaster related before.

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Originally posted by Cpfan2008

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us, only because there are more coasters to choose from, and because UK has hight restrictions that limits them from building hyper coasters.

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i guess usa, because they started years ago with coasters. i guess they invented the coaster over there... [:D]

Ok, why are you guys saying all the best coasters are in USA? The UK has some world's first and only coasters (unlike the US may i add). UK is much more original and obtaining most records. We have the most intence steel coaster, the steepest drop, most inversions and soon to be the fastest and tallest (incase you haven't heard about the new ride coming to Blackpool Pleasure Beach 2006, its going to beat Top Thrill Dragster in both height and speed). Also, if it wasn't for the annoying residents of Alton and Alton Towers was aloud to make there rides go above the height of the tree's, Alton Towers would build some great stuff, and USA would just be forgotten.
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yeah, that's just another rumor... they dont have room there anyway. but yeah, the usa has more, and better coasters.. even though the origional idea of sledding down a hill (who hasn't done this as a kid?) came from europe.

uk may have nemesis but the uk cant compare to usa in coaster thrills