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VARIOUS ROLLER COASTER STATISTICS
  • Longest – Steel Dragon 2000, Nagashima Spaland, Mie, Japan: 8,133 feet
  • Tallest Structure – Kingda Ka, Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, NJ USA: 456 feet
  • Largest Drop – Kingda Ka, Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, NJ USA: 418 feet
  • Fastest - Kingda Ka, Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, NJ USA: 128 miles per hour
  • Oldest – Leap-the-Dips, Lakemont Park, Altoona, PA – built 1902
  • Oldest Major Steel Track Roller Coaster – Roller Coaster, Hanayashiki Park, Tokyo, Japan – built 1953
  • Most Inversions On A Roller Coaster – Colossus, Thorpe Park, Chertsey, Surrey, UK: Ten
  • Park With The Most Roller Coasters - Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH USA: Seventeen

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  • Park With The Most Rides – Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH – 67 (47 major rides, 20 kiddie rides)
  • Largest Amusement Park – Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL – 28,000 acres
  • Oldest Operating Ferris Wheel – Reisenrad, The Prater, Vienna, Austria – built 1897
  • Oldest Operating Water Ride – The Old Mill, Kennywood, West Mifflin, PA – built 1901 and rebuilt in 1926
  • Oldest Operating Merry-Go-Round (rideable) – Flying Horses, Martha’s Vineyard, Oak Bluff, MA – manufactured in 1876

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