The Evolution of the World's Tallest Roller Coaster Record
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- How has the record of the world's tallest coaster progressed over the years? Let's find out today on Theme Park Crazy.
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Apparently Sansei's archives show that Fuji Q Highland's Giant Coaster was actually 25 meters tall instead of 40. Apparently the 40 meters stat came from the altitude instead of the height. This came from a Parkvault article that came out shortly after my video did. The information in this video was based on what information was publically available at the time.
Forgot to pin I think
That’s ok, you did all you could and the video is still great
Hi
Breaking news!
People are falling down the roller coaster and they are falling for 2829272927 feet and they died in 1910 and they were alive again in 2021 but they didn't have any children in the ride but THEY WAS SRCAMING TO DEATH
Every coaster: “Alright! Here I go! Ready to be the tallest in the world”
Fire: “I’m about to end this man’s whole career”
Saltire
Fire- "And I took that personally"
Sad but true
@@Michaelcat2639 lol
But most fires are from wooden coasters
This will be the last reupload of this video. I have corrected the height stats on Magnum XL-200, and added in segments for Atomic Coaster and Mindbender. Thank you for your patience. Also, this video lists coasters by structural height and not drop height.
Thanks
Thank u for reuploading it
Why you reupload again?
@@AmigaX The first time, I had to correct Magnum XL-200's height (I listed it as 200 ft. instead of 205 ft). The second time I had to add in segments for Atomic Coaster and Mindbender.
It wouldn’t be TPC vid without a reupload!!
Incredibly well researched. And i cannot wrap my head around that Japanese daredevil and the park setting its coaster on fire
Is it j me or did her miss Goliath at sfmm
@@imverypoorlmao8068 Goliath never set the height record.
@@imverypoorlmao8068 Goliath is pretty high (in my opinion, i rode it and it felt like i was going up the chainlift forever) but it was still far from setting a record. Goliath came out Feb 11, 2000, and it's 255 ft, while Millennium Force was 310 ft (if you want to count Superman, then thats 415 ft tall, but Goliath is complete circuit) which is a 55 foot difference. Wasn't gonna set any height records, but still high enough if you don't want to ride Millennium Force and Superman. Top Thrill Dragster and Kingda Ka are very high; a good majority of people who want to ride a "really high" coaster won't want to ride those, I'd assume
@@saviourscorpius Millennium Force didn't open until May 2000. However, Fujiyama's height is listed as 259 ft, so I don't think Goliath broke the height record, but it might have broke the drop record.
Raid shadow legends is a mmorog with graphics that rival even the best console and pc games
Speaking of NJ, imagine if Action Park built a coaster as tall as Kingda Ka. Infinite amount of lawsuits!
Why do I see your comments everywhere?
@@calmprisoner8658 Yes....
I would ride it !!!
There's *nothing* in the world like geeeeetting killed!
@@calmprisoner8658 It means that you and Avery both have very similar search queries. "queries?" idk, y'all basically have similar browser history.
Please do "fastest" next this one was incredible
Yeah
I agree on this
fastest has always lined up with tallest until formula rossa iirc
YES
Is was literally gonna say that lol
It took me 25 minutes to realize this isn’t a Netflix special
Lol
Why would you think this is a netflix special?
@Ruizhao Sun ohhh
0:06 looks like my theme park tycoon 2 money farm
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Can we just get an honorable mention in chat for Phantom's Revenge? Largest drop when it was created as Steel Phantom back in 1991 at about 228 I believe. Although it was only about 162 feet tall.
That was the second drop into the ravine
I was just thinking that. Plus kennywood also had a shuttle launch coaster called laser loop
He finnaly got his revenge for his corpselike face - ohhhh you weren't talkin about Erik sorry
I love the phantoms revenge
They need to built a coaster called dragsters return
Top thrill dragster but taller and every time the record is broken they just increase its height
Reinforcement done done done 😆😆😆i second that motion.
Pog idea they need to do that sick name to
they would have to make it an S&S thrust air and give it an obnoxiously long launch track so they can kick up the acceleration every time they lose the height record, by the time they finally lose the record for good they'll have the most intense launch on earth
Theme Park Crazy: uploads while I'm at work
Me at work: I'll wait for the re-upload
Me after work: ayyeee
It’s past midnight where I’m at because the reupload and because we just installed a new tv.
Sorry NJ, I'm gonna build a coaster even taller than that
And it’s gonna be more short lived than that one coaster in Japan.
I’m guessing it uses plutonium to launch
It’s just going to appear taller to you because you are so short!!
I'm assuming people who don't have as their number 1 will be publicly executed?
Dear leader will design, engineer, build, and ride this Coaster.
Dragster's promo shows that you'll be looking 11 stories down on Millennium Force, and indeed it's the only place in the park that will make Millennium appear small.
As someone who has been to Cedar Point I can definitely say this is true.
I was always told that Top Thrill Dragster was the first strata coaster. What they were not specific about was that TTD was the first FULL CIRCUIT strata coaster! Superman Escape from Krypton was just the first strata overall.
The structure is 400' but trains never go anywhere near the top so I consider it a shuttle giga.
Its a similar case to Moonsault Scramble at Fuji-Q Highland. It was the first one to break 200 feet, but since it doesn't complete a full circuit, it isn't considered to be the first hypercoaster.
@@Valhalla05 Cedar Point created the rules for the term hyper just to manipulate the public into thinking they built the tallest coaster. There's no reason to follow it
@@Sythe5665 why you hating on Cedar Point? They didnt have to make excuses or create rules. Moonsault doesn't complete a full circle
@@Sythe5665 There would have been a term for those coasters with or without Cedar Point. Also, grow up, it has nothing to do with "manipulating the public", it's just something they did to help market the ride and it caught on with the coaster community.
It's not a Theme Park Crazy video without a re-upload
I love how the records branch out as rollercoasters evolve into different varieties. Wicked Twister still holds the record as the tallest inverted coaster, Son Of Beast and T Express hold wooden records, I believe Hyperion is the tallest inverting rollercoaster, and Fury 325 is the tallest non launching coaster
wait the fury doesn't launch?
now I feel Les-scared to ride it
There is only 1. The tallest is the tallest lol
But this guy got on in there lol
@@glacier3835 where the fuck would it have launched lmao what
@@glacier3835 Fury 325 does not have a launch. It is the tallest roller coaster with a lift hill
Millenium Force is still my favorite coaster.. The scenery alone when you are on that first hill is amazing.
Always impressed by the amount of research you put in! Kudos!
Thank you so much for the kind words!
As someone who goes to great adventure 24/7 kingda ka NEVER gets old, the same with nitro, medusa, the jersey devil, batman, and el toro.
CEDAR POINT!!!!! Breaks breaks and breaks records. Rollercoaster capital of the world. Can't wait till they open up May 14th. Great video👍🏻
Kingda ka higher
@@ryanboggius1228 it sucks compared to ttd
@@ryanboggius1228 and rougher
Loved this! I'm from St. Louis, so my home park has always been Six Flags St. Louis. The park had always advertised one of its coaster, Screaming Eagle, as the tallest roller coaster in the world when it opened in 1976. So it was really interesting to earn that it had already been beat 10 years before it opened!
Me too
I rode the Screamin' Eagle 🦅🎢 when it first opened! Also, enjoyed the sky glider (cable seated) ride they used to have. Back then the amusement park was called
Six Flagg's over Mid America, in Eureka, Missouri.
A few suggestions:
1. Top 10 Tallest Full-Circuit Inverted Coasters
2. Top 10 Tallest Flat Rides
3. Top 10 Longest ALPINE Coasters
4. Top 5 Smallest Coasters
5. Top 10 Worst Rollercoaster Incidents
6. Top 10 Rollercoaster Restraints
7. Top 10 Longest Ride Durations
8. Another 10 Rare Rollercoasters
9. Top 10 Tallest Coasters In Germany
10. Top 10 Fastest Rollercoasters In China
11. The Story Of The World’s Worst Rollercoaster (Vekoma SLC)
12. Failed Rollercoasters: Skytrak at Granada Studios
13. Failed Rollercoasters: The Bat at Kings Island
14. The Rise And Fall of Dragon Challenge at Islands Of Adventure
(Reuploaded comment, and if this comment gets any backlash, i will have to reupload)
Dont underestimate intamin, I expect to see a shirt on that :)
But he probably shouldn’t have the initials.
Yeah bro, the three current tallest coasters in the world were built by intamin
And now, NJ has the record for the steepest, which is TMNT Shellraiser, so that’s another one!
Another world record New Jersey stole from Japan.
At least New Jersey has one thing going for it.
NJ gang
Life is good 😎
@@Nitro2001_ oh very!
Top 10 Higest G-Forces On Roller Coasters ?
That would be interesting
@@CoasterHorizons Yeah 😁
@Matthew Miller 🤣.
Never thought of that!
Loved this video especially the older coasters. I rode Kingda Ka! Great ride! Would love to go to Cedar Point next if I had money!
You'd love it but only if you can afford the express line pass. Otherwise, the lanes are so long that its not worth it imo. It is the best amusement park ive ever been to but you absolutely need express lane pass. Top Thrill Dragster while technically being shorter and slower than Kingda Ka, was much more intimidating imo given its theme, music and whole dragster start up. It is really a one of a kind coaster experience that you cannot imagine until you try it yourself. The only bad part is that it ends in like 15 seconds lol... But those moments waiting up until those 15 seconds are anxiety enducing. Kingda Ka felt was like a huge blast into into space but its longer track, slower acceleration and lack of an intimidating theme made it feel null.
@@lunapetunia3778 I completely agree. Fast Lane passes are necessary and worth every penny. Hoping to go back this year.
It really makes me lucky that I live only 45 mins away from CP, never needed to buy one in my life, would recommend going in early summer or late summer to get the best lines for all the rides. (Can ride millennium, top thrill, etc multiple times in less than an hour)
@@vector9586 I'm 5 hours away in EC Indiana, and I am jealous as hell right now. I already told my kids (17 and 11) that I'm moving as close to Sandusky as possible when they're adults lol. My little girl Berea is already looking up colleges in the area.
@@clevelandbci9562 Very pretty areas in the suburbs around Cleveland! Even the rural areas around Lorain are good places to live!
23:03 Yeah no kidding! It’s always intamin that breaks the records, the records the company broke are the following:
Tallest
Fastest
Most Expensive
This is so well done! Also Theme Park Crazy, I appreciate that you add edits into your videos. You do a phenomenal job
In case you missed my reply I did give you permission to use my Tower of Terror footage. Great video regardless :)
I know Kingda ka was actually featured in math problems in some textbooks.
@Ringsofearth I’ve seen it in physics books too. I’ve actually rode TTD in 2010.
I remeber that Cedar Point’s coasters circa 2004-2005 were featured in my 7th grade math Textbook.
Lucky you. When I was in middle school, our math textbooks had Manhattan Express on them.
@@BAKU2K2 what state? Nevada?
@@DoswarePictures Florida. (unless if you're referring to the coaster)
I’ve been out to the site of the old Saltair a bunch of times. You can still see the stumps that were driven into the lakebed for the Giant Racer and walk around the footprint.
Best video yet dude. I prefer more research-heavy content. It's probably more work, but the result is so much more unique.
I've only been on Dragster once and I got hit by a fly on the way up so I didn't enjoy it much, but recently I went to Great Adventure and got on Kingda Ka 3 times. I enjoyed every second of it.
Kingda ka is so shaky compared to dragster
You're a mad lad
evolution of worlds shortest coasters now
That could be an April Fools Joke.
This was extremely interesting and entertaining. The research and editing prowess on display in this piece are more professional than 95% of what I see on YT. I know your passion is coasters and I don’t know how much of what we see/hear is your own work vs. that of partners, but whatever effects Covid eventually wreaks on park viability worldwide, you have a knack for content and will be able to present for any number of industries. Keep up the good work!
It took me a while to see this comment, but I very much appreciate the kind words. Right now, I do all of the work for my videos (script-writing, editing, and narrating), and it means a lot to me that people appreciate my work the way they do. Thank you so much for the encouragement 🙂.
Your video ideas are seemingly endless, I’m shocked every time I see a new creative idea every time. All the videos are top notch and quality
Thank you for including my footage in this video.
dragon mountain was 186ft tall in 83 but theres some weird technicalities to that stat so i hope im wrong bc i dont want you to have to re upload again bc youve already done so much work lol. keep up the great work peter
From what I've read, the 186 ft. stat was the elevation. Its structural height is more debatable.
@@ThemeParkCrazy yea thats what ive read as well. i was on it many years ago and its not like theres a drop anywhere near that height so its all bc of terrain
Great video as always! Very interesting and well researched. Small thing, but I appreciate the effort you clearly put in to try and pronounce coaster names from other languages/countries correctly. It adds an extra feeling of quality to the video
This kind of info has been super difficult to find (as opposed to the easy-to-find list of current tallest coasters). Thank you for compiling this 😊
Never knew mind bender was the tallest at one point
This was extremely interesting and entertaining. The research and editing prowess on display in this piece are more professional than 95% of what I see on YT. I know your passion is coasters and I don’t know how much of what we see/hear is your own work vs. that of partners, but whatever effects Covid eventually wreaks on park viability worldwide, you have a knack for content and will be able to present for any number of industries. Keep up the good work!
6:48 america lost their biggest and brightest thinker. The mans ideas were so bright it turned his head into a lightbulb. RIP
Lets pour one out for our boy Falcon's Flight.
Pour one out for all those Arrow Loopers...
Growing up near CP in the 90s/00s was super fun. Even if I've never liked heights, all the hype around the new coasters every year was contagious. Magnum is still one of my favorite rides in the park. Been meaning to go this year, but haven't had the chance to make it yet...
I’m not a big coaster buff but I love Cedar Point. The rides are pretty fun even if you’re not a thrill seeker. The mine ride is a good coaster for starters like myself.
After riding all of the newer ones this last time I went there, I was pleasantly surprised how well Magnum stands up next to the others, still easily one of the best rides there.
Now this was a well researched video. Greatly enjoyed watching!
the "Wild One" has been named Lil Dipper for about 5 years now so he got one wrong
Now this is a topic I’ve wanted to see for a long time. Thanks man!!
Brought someone to cedar point that had been to six flags many times and he actually liked the dragster over kingda ka saying that the dragster was smoother and felt faster for some reason
Fantastic video (like usual)! That research must have been a lot, but probably fun as well. Coaster history is really interesting ngl.
(May I suggest doing one for steepest? I think that would be very interesting as well)
It's awesome that you've reuploaded to correct details, thanks for all your hard work
I think the tallest roller coaster I've been on was Nitro at six flags back in like 2005. Also, I got an amazing view because the cars got stuck at the top of the first hill. So I didn't really get to "ride" it the first time, but it certainly was interesting.
16:40 One of my favorite rides ever is the Magnum. On god, there’s a never a line for it at Cedar Point. It’s such a hidden gem.
Everyone makes mistakes. Don't let these reuploads bring you down. Keep your head up, you have almost 200k subscribers for a GOOD reason. We all appreciate your content and your commitment to making everything picture perfect for your audience. This video turned out amazing
Not to nit pick, but tidal wave was also at the Marriotts in Gurnee, IL i think they're the same. Correct me if I am wrong.
It was, but the general point I was making is that the model as a whole was a record breaker.
Yoo I actually did this on my second channel "ZeroG-Thrills" but you did it better, great video.
Wonderfully researched video 👍🏼 the first drop on Shockwave was fantastic💙 Vortex had great airtime, and Magnum was very intimidating! Superman Escape From Krypton is still in my top 20 coasters based on just the sheer speed of that backwards launch! Millennium Force blew my socks off 🧦 when I rode it for the first time! 🤯😅 Kingda Ka is my favorite coaster of all time because I can’t get enough of the crazy intense launch into the sky for what feels like forever!
I loved this video. However, I gotta represent for my home park and back it up. If I am not mistaken, Great American Scream Machine opened in 1973 at Six Flags Over Georgia as the tallest, longest, and fastest roller coaster in the world.
Giant Coaster opened 7 years before GA's GASM and was around 30 feet taller. Also, I love SFOG and I'm excited to go back 😁.
Man this one you outdid yourself. I love the idea of the evolution of a category. Great stuff!
All of these companies creating coasters that are just a few feet above the record.
intamin: Hold my beer
Great video, super interesting. Thanks for doing so much research and putting so much work into these videos!
Hey! I’ve loved ur vids! Can u do a vid on best six flags coasters? Please include six flags over ga thanks!
RIP Top Thrill Dragster May 1, 2003 (Soft opening) May 4, 2003 (Opening)- August 15, 2021
amazing editing & narration!
I was born and raised in NE Ohio and spent my summers going to Cedar Point & Kings Island in the 80’s. I have to say I’m disappointed that you didn’t mention The Gemini coaster built in 78 @ 125’ an awesome wooden racing coaster that still stands.
Although the structure is wood, the track is tube, so considered a steel coaster, but yes, deserves a mention.
yall the "Wild One" has been called Lil Dipper for about 5 years now
The one thing I learned through all your videos with historical backgrounds is that every single amusement park in the US at some point burned to the ground.
I’d like to see the evolution of the largest drop too
it’s pretty cool to see something you live so close to and never knew about. thanks for this !
Hi, considering there are Roller Coasters enthusiasts watching all over the world, can you consider adding metric system information to your next videos. Its just a quick info that would be useful to the rest of the world.
Love your channel man. I'm a coaster lover myself. I was born in Santa Cruz so I grew up riding the giant dipper. I was thinking, if you haven't done it yet. Maybe try the top 10 highest ridership coasters, the top 10 worst coast break downs/accidents, top 10 worst designs, or top 10 oldest coasters in operation.
Hey, great video as always! I bet I'm not the only one of your fans from continental Europe, is there any chance you could include stats in meters (height, length) and kilometers per hour (speed) in your videos?
Right now I have to stop the video, go to rcdb and check these stats myself, and it would be far more comfortable to just have it next to feet and miles directly in the video :D
Thanks in advance and keep up the great work!
I always feel sorry for Alton Towers. They aren’t allowed to even try for this record; the height restrictions are just tragic... though I’m more than sure that those same height restrictions are the cause for their other records like most inversions and tallest underground drop.
Height records aren't everything!
Good video but you did skip over Steel Phantom at Kennywood. It’s second drop surpassed Magnum in 1991.
What is it with these darn fires
Me: YAY! Another upload
TPC: no it is a re-upload
Me: aw man...
24:12 noice
Aw you forgot The Fury 325 in Charlotte, NC!
Fury 325 opened in 2015 long after Kingda Ka took the record
Every tall, dangerous coaster: I am the most dangerous coaster ever!
Action Park: Alright everybody! We need some plastic bottles and masking tape! We are making another coaster
Action Park Employee: We ran out of masking tape though!
Action Park. What! How! We had 200 Tonnes of it!
Action Park Employee: There was the 9999999999999999999th lawsuit and they took away the masking tape!
Action Park: Ok then! Get the emergency Flex Seal!
Action Park Employee: We don’t have any! We can’t use it to build a.. safe attraction
Action Park: How dare you use those words! GET ME SOME PVA GLUE NOW!
Looks like everyone’s too afraid to say this, so as a Japanese I’m gonna say this.
It takes some f***ing balls to name a roller coaster that’s just 50 miles away from Nagasaki “Atomic.” I honestly think it’s hilarious.
Don't forget about the big dipper in Blackpool England. Great ride
10 ten most cloned coasters!
Boomerang 😟🙁
I’m doing this
I recently rode Kingda Ka and it’s insane! When you go up the top hat, it’s so high that your ears start to pop
I thought desperado held the title for a short time, in primm Nevada. Also Viper at magic mountain?
Desperado opened after The Big One, and Viper opened after Magnum XL-200.
Viper held the record for the tallest looping coaster for many years tho.
@@ThemeParkCrazy Correct. However, Desperado did outdo PMBO in equalling Steel Phantom's drop record (225ft), so could be considered the Real co-tallest full circuit at that point. Also, important we don't forget Goliath @ SFMM (255ft drop) surpassing Fujiyama (230) three months before opening of MF.
Honorary Record Holders.
Btw..... OUTSTANDING effort TPC :)
you forgot fury 325 as the full circuit lift hill coaster . i think it definitely should of got a mention, but awesome video overall
It wouldn't be a Theme Park Crazy video if it wasnt a reupload
Arrow D and Togo : we have the tallest roller coasters on earth
Intamin : mhm
14:44 WAIT VORTEX HAD THE RECORD?!?!
OH YEAH MY DAD RODE IT WHEN IT WAS THE TALLEST!
Also I was going to ride it but imma chicken so
i rode it the year before they took it down!
it was a pretty good ride
That was a great video!
How about doing the history of the largest drop?
Kinda sad you didn’t split the video for tallest wooden and tallest steel coasters.
Or inverts.
I would like to see the tallest full-circuit inverted coasters, because the tallest as a whole would be Intamin Impules and Vekoma Giant Iverted Boomerangs.
@@Coolharry64 i know alpengeist is the tallest followed by odyssey. But after that I'm not sure. It would be interesting
hey when you were talking about the shuttle coasters, there was also another one, it was the thunder looper at Alton Towers in the UK
Me, an European watching this video: ahh yes, those do look quite tall, guess I'll never know how tall for real
Yo come to America ill take to Cedar Point with me 🤗 we'll have a good time
@@lunapetunia3778 Don't need a roller coaster to have a good time sweet heart 😘
@@rossy2998 😲 oh yea?
@@lunapetunia3778 haha for sure
@@rossy2998 are you hitting on me
Should I even mention desperado at Buffalo Bills, No because technically it never held the record.
R.I.P Vortex 😭 never got the credit :(
Same :(
Can you do a video on the Giant Dipper in Santa Cruz, California? It's a very old historic wooden roller coaster made in the early 1900s that still runs today. It's had a few fatalities over the decades including a 15-year-old boy who randomly stood up on it and got crushed, some people claim it's haunted. I think it would make a very interesting video plot, I haven't seen any roller coaster channels talk about it yet.
21:00 did you forget about goliath at magic mountain?
Fujiyama is 4 feet taller than Goliath.
@@ThemeParkCrazy yeah
I remember the first time I was on the pepsi max in Blackpool,I thought I was going to land in the sea. Crazy to think it's considered small by modern standards. Also on a clear day you can see the pepsi maxs structure from Southport
So much nostalgia. Seeing it as a kid; it was an absolute beast.
You should do the world's worst coaster color schemes.
Seems more like an Airtime Thrills video.
@@DoswarePictures lol
Take a minute to applaud the fact Cedar Point has broken a crazy amount of height and speed records compared with the rest of the world.
In 2000 millennium force broke the record
Goliath at six flags mm Hold my beer
What?
Goliath is 200 feet tall.... Cedar Point had already made the Magnum XL a decade ago that was taller than that. Millenium Force is 310ft... What are you talking about?
Luna Petunia that’s what I was saying too lol
@@ObvPhotography 😂 the fact that he even got 2 likes on it.. Im confused lmao
Luna Petunia OMG I SAID THE EXACT SAME THING TOO!
*Kingda Ka has been built*
Top Thrill Dragster: Is this some Joke?