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Post September 4th, 2015, 12:08 pm
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In this thread, tell us what the tallest coasters you've ridden are.

Steel
1) Top Thrill Dragster - 420 feet
2) Millennium Force - 310 feet
3) Diamondback - 230 feet
4) Wicked Twister - 215 feet
5) Wild Thing - 207 feet

Wood
1) Goliath - 165 feet
2) Mean Streak - 161 feet
3) American Eagle - 127 feet
4) The Beast - 110 feet
5) Gwazi (defunct) - 105 feet
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Post September 4th, 2015, 12:43 pm

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Post September 4th, 2015, 2:04 pm
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Kingda Ka
Leviathan
Behemoth
Nitro
Bizarro


Not sure where Superman Escape from Kyrpton fits in because I don't know how high it goes up.
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Post September 4th, 2015, 2:08 pm
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*grabs list from RCDB:
Steel:
139 m - Kingda Ka - Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson, New Jersey, USA)
128 m - Top Thrill Dragster - Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio, USA)
126.5 m - Superman: Escape from Krypton - Six Flags Magic Mountain (Valencia, California, USA)
97 m - Steel Dragon 2000 - Nagashima Spa Land (Nagashima, Kuwana, Mie, Japan)
94.5 m - Millennium Force - Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio, USA)
93 m - Intimidator 305 - Kings Dominion (Doswell, Virginia, USA)
80 m - Thunder Dolphin - Tokyo Dome City (Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan)

Wood:
60 m - Colossos - Heide Park Resort (Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany)
55.2 m - El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson, New Jersey, USA)
49.7 m - Voyage - Holiday World (Santa Claus, Indiana, USA)
49.1 m - Mean Streak - Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio, USA)
42.4 m - White Cyclone - Nagashima Spa Land (Nagashima, Kuwana, Mie, Japan)
40 m - Wodan Timbur Coaster - Europa Park (Rust, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany)

Hmmm... Rode both tallest ones. And almost all of the top 10 ones... We need something taller!
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- Wood: 142
- Steel: 1268

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Kingda Ka, Top Thrill Dragster, Millennium Force, Intimidator 305.

My tallest woodie is El Toro.

Post September 4th, 2015, 8:23 pm

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Steel (and overall):

1. Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure(456 ft.)
2. Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point (420 ft.)
3. Millennium Force at Cedar Point (310 ft.)
4. Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland (306 ft.)
5. Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion (305 ft.)
6(Tie). Nitro at Six Flags Great Adventure (230 ft.)
6(Tie). Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland (230 ft.)
8. Wicked Twister at Cedar Point (215 ft.)
9(Tie). Ride of Steel at Darien Lake(208 ft.)
9(Tie). Superman: Ride of Steel at Six Flags America (208 ft.)

Wood:

1. El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure (181 ft.)
2. Mean Streak at Cedar Point (162 ft.)
3. Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce (115 ft.)
4*. Cyclone at Six Flags New England (112 ft.)
5(Tie). Great White at Morey's Piers (110 ft.)
5(Tie). Hell Cat at Clementon Park (110 ft.)
7. Wildcat at Hersheypark (106 ft.)
8*. Gwazi at Bush Gardens Tampa (105.4 ft.)
9. Twister at Knoebel's Amusement Park (101.6 ft.)
10. Wild One at Six Flags America (98 ft.)

*Defunct

I know we don't actually know Boulder Dash's height from the bottom to the top of the lift, so I put the drop height. I figured it deserved a spot here
1.Boulder Dash | 2.Legend(HW) | 3.Beast | 4.Ravine Flyer II | 5.Intimdator 305 | 6.Phoenix | 7.Twisted Timbers | 8.Wicked Cyclone | 9.Thunderhead | 10.Storm Chaser

Post September 4th, 2015, 9:18 pm

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1. Kingda Ka (I tie for the win!)
2. Intimidator 305
3. Behemoth (tie, but has a longer drop)
3. Nitro (tie, same height, shorter drop)
4. Superman: Ride Of Steel (SFA Version)
5. El Toro
6. Great American Scream Machine
7. Dominator
8. Volcano
9. Green Lantern
10. Stormrunner (At least, I'm pretty sure. Coaster Counter only counts Top 10 and I tied Nitro and Behemoth)
It's been a long time
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Post September 6th, 2015, 11:54 pm
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Steel:
1. Top Thrill Dragster
2. Millennium Force
3. Titan
4. Mr. Freeze/Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast
Tallest Woodie
Texas Giant

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Post May 25th, 2016, 1:27 pm
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1. Mount Washington Cog Railway - (altitude difference of 3,588 ft and uses only gravity and brakes on the way down. I win.)
2. Kingda Ka - 456 ft
3. TTD - 420 ft
4. Millennium Force - 310 ft
5. Nitro - 230 ft
Diamondback - 230 ft
7. Wicked Twister - 215 ft
8. Superman/Bizarro - 208 ft
9. Wild Thing - 207 ft
10. Magnum - 205 ft
Mamba -205 ft
Boulder Dash was the only good roller coaster.

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