RCT COASTERS COMPARED TO REAL COASTERS
COASTER
TYPE
COMPANY
SAMPLES
Air Powered Coaster
S&S Power
Hypersonic XLC @ Paramount’s Kings Dominion
Bobsleigh Coaster
(Multiple cars per
train)
Mack GmbH & Co.
Avalanche @ Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Compact Inverted
Coaster (Suspended
Looping Coaster)
Vekoma
Corkscrew Coaster
Arrow Dynamics
Avalanche Bobsled @ Paramount’s Kings
Dominion
Mind Eraser @ Six Flags America
Hangman @ Wild Adventures
Loch Ness Monster @ Busch Gardens
Williamsburg
Great American Scream Machine @ Six Flags
Great Adventure
Python @ Busch Gardens Tampa
Vekoma
Vekoma (Boomerang
style)
Togo
Anaconda @ Paramount’s Kings Dominion
Ninja @ Six Flags over Georgia
Tornado @ Six Flags Belgium
Cobra @ Six Flags Belgium
Zydeco Scream @ Jazzland
Viper @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Manhattan Express @ Las Vegas
Floorless Coaster
Bolliger & Mabillard
Medusa @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Kraken @ Sea World Orlando
Flying Coaster
Bolliger & Mabillard
Air @ Alton Towers
Superman: Ultimate Flight @ Six Flags over
Georgia
Flying Turns Coaster
(Bobsled coaster with
one car)
Intamin AG
Giga Coaster
Intamin AG
La Vibora @ Six Flags over Texas
Bobbaan @ Efteling
Goliath @ Six Flags Holland
Millennium Force @ Cedar Point
Superman – Ride of Steel @ Six Flags America
Heartline Coaster
Togo
Ultra Twister @ Six Flags Astro World
Hyper Coaster
Morgan
Phantom’s Revenge @ Kennywood Park
Steel Dragon 2000 @ Nagashima Spaland (This
coaster is called a giga coaster in real life but
doesn’t use giga coaster track found in Roller
Coaster Tycoon)
Arrow Dynamics
Steel Force @ Dorney Park
Magnum XL-200 @ Cedar Point
Desparado @ Buffalo Bill’s Resort & Casino
Hyper Twister Coaster
Bolliger & Mabillard
(Four-across cars)
Apollo’s Chariot @ Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Nitro @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Silver Star @ Europa Park
Giovanola
(Two-across cars)
Raging Bull @ Six Flags Great America
Goliath @ Six Flags Magic Mountain
Titan @ Six Flags over Texas
Inverted Coaster
Inverted Hairpin
Coaster
Inverted Impulse
Coaster
Bolliger & Mabillard
Alpengeist @ Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Giovanola
Nemesis @ Alton Towers
Anaconda @ Gold Reef City (the only Giovanola
invert)
Zamperla
Flying Coaster @ Six Flags Elitch Gardens
Reverchon
Arrow Dynamics
This coaster has been seen at traveling carnivals
around Germany and the rest of Europe.
Arrow-Batic coaster that was never built.
Intamin AG
V2: Vertical Velocity @ Six Flags Marine World
Wicked Twister @ Cedar Point
Inverted Shuttle
Coaster
Vekoma
Two Face: The Flip Side @ Six Flags America
Invertigo @ Paramount’s Great America
Inverted Vertical
Shuttle Coaster
Vekoma
Déjà vu @ Six Flags over Georgia, Magic
Mountain, and Great America
Junior Coaster
Zierer
Blackbeard’s Lost Treasure Train @ Six Flags
Great Adventure
Lay Down Flying
Coaster
Vekoma
Rattlesnake @ Pleasurewood Hills
Rexs’ Railrunner @ Jazzland
F.lli Pinfari S.r.l.
Ant Farm Express @ Wild Adventures
Big Apple @ Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach
Vekoma
Stealth @ Paramount’s Great America
Batwing @ Six Flags America
LIM Launched
Coaster
Premier Rides
Flight of Fear @ Paramount’s Kings Dominion
Joker’s Jinx @ Six Flags America
Looping Coaster
Schwarzkopf
Revolution @ Six Flags Magic Mountain
Mind Bender @ Six Flags over Georgia
Schwarzkopf (Shuttle
Loop models)
Shockwave @ Six Flags over Texas
Turbine @ Six Flags Belgium
Greezed Lightenin’ @ Six Flags Astro World
Mine Ride Coaster
(electrically driven with
no lifts)
Mack GmbH & Co.
Runaway Mine Train @ Alton Towers
Mine Train
Vekoma
Arrow Dynamics
Calamity Runaway Mines @ Six Flags Belgium
Gold Rusher @ Six Flags Magic Mountain
Runaway Train @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Dahlonega Mine Train @ Six Flags over Georgia
Mini Coaster (usually
enclosed with one or
two cars per train)
Intamin AG
Skull Mountain @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Schwarzkopf
Zierer
Black Hole @ Alton Towers
Space Invader @ Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Mini Suspended Flying
Coaster
Hoei Sangyo Co.,
Ltd.
Birdman @ Fuji-Q-Highlands
Mini Suspended Single
Rail Coaster
Setpoint
Pteranodon Flyers @ Islands of Adventure
Caripro
Batflyer @ Lightwater Valley
Arrow Dynamics
These cars were once used on what is now Soap
Box Derby Racers @ Knott’s Berry Farm,
California.
Motorbike Single Rail
Coaster
Multi-Dimension
Coaster (4th
Dimension)
Arrow Dynamics
X @ Six Flags Magic Mountain
Reverse Freefall
Coaster
Intamin AG
Superman the Escape @ Six Flags Magic Mountain
Reverser Wooden
Coaster
Thomas Hooper
The Hooper Reverser @ Saltair Park, Salt Lake
City, Utah (1914)
Side-Friction Coaster
Edward Morris (early
1900’s)
Leap-The-Dips @ Lakemont Park
Soap Box Derby
Racers Coaster
Arrow Dynamics
Soap Box Derby Racers @ Knott’s Berry Farm
?
A picture of this coaster was in Paris in 1956 in
Robert Coker’s book, “Roller Coaster – A Thrill
Seeker’s Guide to the Ultimate Scream Machines”
page 20.
Reverchon
Magic Mouse @ Pleasurewood Hills
Spinning Wild Mouse
Crazy Mouse @ South Pier, Blackpool
Spiral Coaster
Schwarzkopf (Jet Star Tornado @ La Feria Chapultepac Magico
3 model)
Jumbo Jet @ Coney Island Rides
Stand-Up Coaster
Togo
Shockwave @ Paramount’s Kings Dominion
King Cobra @ Paramount’s Kings Island
(Currently in storage at the park and for sale.)
Stand-Up Twister
Coaster
Bolliger & Mabillard
Georgia Scorcher @ Six Flags over Georgia
Iron Wolf @ Six Flags Great America
Mantis @ Cedar Point
Steeplechase Coaster
Arrow Dynamics
Steeplechase @ Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Suspended Swinging
Coaster
Arrow Dynamics
(regular cars)
Big Bad Wolf @ Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Arrow Dynamics
(swinging floorless
cars)
Vekoma (airplane
cars)
Twister Coaster
Bolliger & Mabillard
Bolliger & Mabillard
(launched lift hill)
Vertical Drop Coaster
Bolliger & Mabillard
Ninja @ Six Flags Magic Mountain
Vampire @ Chessington Worlds of Adventure
Air Race @ Bobbejaanland Family Park
Kumba @ Busch Gardens Tampa
Dragon Khan @ Universal’s Port Aventura
Incredible Hulk @ Islands of Adventure
Oblivion @ Alton Towers
G5 @ Janfusun Fancyworld
Virginia Reel
Built in house
Henry Riehl (early
20th Century)
Tyrolean Tubs @ Joyland Amusement Park
Virginia Reel @ Kinney Pier
Over the Top @ Pickering Pier
Water Coaster
Premier Rides
Mack GmbH & Co.
Buzzsaw Falls @ Silver Dollar City
Journey to Atlantis @ Sea World Orlando
Wild Mouse (steel)
Mack GmbH & Co.
Wilde Maüs @ Busch Gardens Williamsburg
L&T Systems (mine
train cars)
Maurer Söhne
Arrow Dynamics
Ricochet @ Paramount’s Kings Dominion
Muskrat Scramble @ Jazzland
Bug Out @ Wild Adventures
Mad Mouse @ Michigan’s Adventure
Psycho Mouse @ Paramount’s Great America
Wooden Mine Coaster
Believed to be built
by Blackpool
Pleasure Beach
King Solomon’s Mines @ Pleasureland Southport
Wooden Coaster (Four
seats per car)
Custom Coasters
International
Ghostrider @ Knott’s Berry Farm
Dinn Corp.
Raven @ Holiday World
Georgia Cyclone @ Six Flags over Georgia
Philadelphia
Toboggan Co.
Beast @ Paramount’s Kings Island
Scooby Doo Ghoaster Coaster @ Paramount’s
Kings Dominion
Wooden Coaster (Six
seats per car reverse
trains)
Philadelphia
Toboggan Co.
Wooden Coaster (Six
seats per car)
Philadelphia
Toboggan Co.
Vekoma
National Amusement
Device Company
Rebel Yell @ Paramount’s Kings Dominion
Thunder Road @ Paramount’s Carowinds
Rebel Yell @ Paramount’s Kings Dominion
Loup-Garou @ Six Flags Belgium
Thunderbolt @ Kennywood Park
Wild Cat @ Frontier City
Wooden Coaster
(Articulated trains)
Great Coasters
International
Lightning Racer @ Hersheypark
Roar @ Six Flags Marine World
Note: There are numerous other wooden coaster
companies and builders from the past like Harry
Traver and John Miller to name a few. Research
http://rcdb.com for any additional info.
Wooden Wild Mouse
Frank Wright
(1950’s)
Wild Mouse @ Blackpool Pleasure Beach