Inverted Coaster

An inverted roller coaster is a roller coaster in which the train runs under the track with the seats directly attached to the wheel carriage. This latter attribute is what sets it apart from the older suspended coaster, which runs under the track, but swings via a pivoting bar attached to the wheel carriage.The inverted …

Stand-up Coaster

A stand-up roller coaster is a roller coaster designed to have the passengers stand through the course of the ride. These roller coasters are very intense, and generally carry taller height restrictions than other rides.The first stand-up roller coasters in the world were actually built as standard roller coasters, but got stand-up trains fitted later …

Floorless Coaster

A Floorless Coaster is a type of steel roller coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard where riders sit with no floor underneath them allowing their feet to swing freely just above the track. Development of the Floorless Coaster began between 1995 and 1996 with Medusa (now known as Bizarro) at Six Flags Great Adventure opening …

Flying Coaster

A flying roller coaster is a type of roller coaster meant to simulate the sensations of flight by harnessing riders in a prone position during the duration of the ride. The roller coaster cars are suspended below the track, with riders secured such that their backs are parallel to the track. Flying roller coasters come …

Sit-down Coaster

The Sitdown Coaster from Bolliger & Mabillard is not a design invented by B&M, but only a design prefected by them. Steel sitdown coasters are the oldest type of steelcoaster and the oldest example still in operation is a small steel coaster called Rodelbaan at Waarbeek in The Netherlands. The coaster opened to the publiek …

Dive Coaster

The Dive Coaster is a steel roller coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard where riders experience a moment of free-falling with at least one 90-degree drop. Unlike other roller coasters where the lift hill takes the train directly to the first drop, a Dive Coaster lift hill leads to a flat section of track followed …

Hyper Coaster

A hypercoaster is any traditional roller coaster with a height or drop measuring greater than 200 feet (61 m). The term was first coined by Arrow Dynamics and Cedar Point with the release of the world’s first hypercoaster, the Magnum XL-200, in 1989. Other roller coaster manufacturers later developed their own models: Intamin officially call theirs …

Family Coaster

A Family Coaster is the rollercoaster suited for the whole family, from young children to adults.All family friendly coasters don’t have inversions and have a lack of hights. B&M has only build two family coasters yet. Both are Family Inverted Coasters which opened in 2014 at Happy Valley Shanghai and in 2018 at Happy Valley …

Wing Coaster

A Wing Coaster is a type of steel roller coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard where pairs of riders sit on either side of a roller coaster track in which nothing is above or below the riders. Development of the Wing Coaster began between 2007 and 2008 leading to the opening of Raptor at Gardaland, …