Here are 15 Interesting Roller Coaster facts.
1-5 Roller Coaster Facts
1. Roller coaster loops are never circular, but instead, are designed with an upside down “teardrop” shape. This is because perfectly circular loops will subject riders to up to 6Gs of g-force, causing them to get injured. – Source
2. Many modern roller coasters are designed by Werner Stengel, a German engineer that pioneered heart lining, the principle of having the track twist/rotate around the rider’s heart line. – Source
3. In 2014, a roller coaster in the UK struck and decapitated a deer spraying visitors with blood. – Source
4. Some roller coaster track pieces are filled with sand to reduce noise while the train travels across it. – Source
5. 17th century Russian Ice Slides were the first roller coasters slides were iced over and people sent down them sitting on a block of ice or wood, moving at crazy speeds. – Source
6-10 Roller Coaster Facts
6. Your organs are floating when you get that “stomach in your chest” feeling on a roller coaster. – Source
7. The Euthanasia Coaster is a roller coaster designed to kill its passengers “with elegance and euphoria”. – Source
8. Kingda Ka, the tallest roller coaster in the world is taller than the Statue of Liberty, at 456 feet. – Source
9. Ferrari owns the largest indoor theme park in Abu Dhabi. Their roller coaster, the Rosso, is the world’s fastest with it reaching 150mph in 5 seconds. – Source
10. Venice Beach, L.A. began as an amusement park with the west coast’s first racing roller coaster-race through the clouds. – Source
11-16 Roller Coaster Facts
11. On Universal Studios Florida theme park, the roller coaster ride Rip Ride Rockit has a hidden code system for extra songs the rider can listen to while riding. – Source
12. On June 16, 1884, America opened their very first roller coaster at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. – Source
13. When you ride a loop-the-loop on a roller coaster, even if you didn’t have restraints, you would stay in the car the whole time. – Source
14. In 1986, the Mindbender roller coaster at the West Edmonton Mall had an accident, killing three people and seriously injuring one more. – Source
15. “The Cú Chulainn Coaster” is Ireland’s First roller coaster and Europe’s largest wooden roller coaster with an inversion and is based at “Tayto Park”. – Source
16. Some roller coasters have test seats outside in case you’re too big to fit. – Source
