The Thrills and Chills of Roller

Coasters.

Presented by: Jordan VovesProject 161/4/11

Roller coaters are thrilling because…• You never know what's going to happen next or where u

will go.• Going up slowly makes it so scary• The big dropped gives you shivers.

History of the rollercoaster• First rollercoaster was built in the15th century • Was built in Russia• It was built for entertainment.• The first rollercoaster in the united states was in Ohio in

1856.• In 1912 John Miller introduced the first under friction

roller coaster

Did You Know?...Bellow are ten fun and interesting facts about roller

coasters:

1. In 15th century Russia they constructed ice slides between seventy and eighty feet tall

2. Hundreds of feet long that people rode on sleds. 3. The first American roller coaster was actually a train for moving coal

down a mountain!4. La Marcus Adna Thompson is credited with conceiving and patenting

the first roller coaster in America in 1878. 5. The oldest operating roller coaster is Leap the Dips 6. There was a huge decline in roller coasters beginning during the Great

Depression 7. The first steel roller coaster was built in Disney World in 1959 8. The tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world is Kingda Ka at Six

Flags Great Adventure9. Roller coasters are based almost entirely on physics10.The earliest known devices resembling roller coasters were ice-covered

wooden slides.

Fastest Roller Coasters in the WORLD!Rank

Speed Roller Coaster Amusement Park

Location Year Opened

135 mph

Ring Racer Nurburgring Race Track

Nurburg, Germany 2011

128 mph

King da ka Six Flags Great Adventure

New Jersey 2005

120 mph

The Thrill Dragster

Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio 2003

107 mph

Dodonpa Fuji-Q Highland, Yamanashi, Japan

2003

100 mph

Tower of Terror Dreamworld Queensland, Australia

2002

100 mph

Superman: Escape from Krypton

Six Flags Magic Mountain

California 2004

95 mph Steel Dragon 2000

Nagashima Spa Land

Nagashima Japan 2005

94 mph Intimidator 305 Kings Dominion

Doswell Virginia 2001

93 mph Millennium Force Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio 2000

85 mph Goliath Six Flags Magic Mountain

California 2003

Rank

Speed Roller Coaster Amusement Park

Location Year Opened

128 mph

King da ka Six Flags Great Adventure

New Jersey 2005

120 mph

The Thrill Dragster

Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio 2003

100 mph

Superman: Escape from Krypton

Six Flags Magic Mountain

California 2004

94 mph Intimidator 305 Kings Dominion

Doswell Virginia 2001

93 mph Millennium Force Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio 2000

85 mph Goliath Six Flags Magic Mountain

California 2003

78.4 mph

El Toro Six Flags Great Adventure

New Jersey 1998

66.3 mph

The Boss Six Flags St. Louis

Eureka, Missouri 1997

65 mph Mean Streak Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio, United States

1991

Fastest Roller Coasters in the US.

Roller Coasters in Action

Roller CoastersI have been on many rollercoaster over 3 dozensI have ridden…• King da ka• Superman• Dueling Dragons• Hulk• BatmanMy first roller coaster experience was very scary I was really scared of the loops or as I called them then the loopedy doops.Roller Coasters make me feel:• Happy• Excited• Thrilled• Energized