#Strata coaster full#

#Strata coaster full#

Full Throttle laughs at gravity, but you probably won’t be laughing while you ride it, unless you are truly crazy. It may no longer have the tallest vertical loop in the world (that honour now belongs to Flash in Xianyang, China), but Full Throttle’s 160-foot height is still not to be sniffed at. No, this steel rollercoaster is located in Valencia, California, and is part of the Six Flags Magic Mountain park. Unfortunately, Full Throttle isn’t named for its 1995 LucasArts adventure game namesake. Hanging “upside-down” (of course, you’re never really in danger as this element is tightly controlled) 114 feet in the air is enough to scare absolutely anyone into living a cleaner life. If that’s not terrifying, we don’t know what is.

This essentially means when you ride, you’re being tilted vertically on a pivot point, which means the train is now facing downwards. Gravity Max is the first rollercoaster to ever feature a tilt section. After you ride, take a step back and marvel at the incredible construction of this wooden wonder. It might not match the blistering speed of Formula Rossa, but a ride on El Toro will still have you thinking about the choices you’ve made in life. Given that these machines can’t quite reach the speeds of their steel cousins, El Toro still manages an extremely respectable 70mph. El Toro is the world’s fastest wooden rollercoaster. El Toro (New Jersey, USA)Īnother entry for Six Flags. This coaster also has a shape inspired by Italian racetrack Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Everyone who rides Formula Rossa is required to wear protective eye goggles in case of contact with insects or airborne debris particles. It’s capable of reaching top speeds of 150mph, which we suppose is fitting. This coaster is themed around Formula 1, so it’s no surprise to learn it’s the fastest rollercoaster in the world at the time of writing. Don’t go near this one unless you have a lion’s courage. Its vertical drop will terrify even the hardiest of riders. As of this year, the coaster has the second tallest height, third fastest speed, and second highest drop height of any steel rollercoaster. That should tell you something about Top Thrill Dragster (the other one is Kingda Ka). If you don’t know what a strata coaster is, it’s a rollercoaster with a height or drop of at least 400 feet. Top Thrill Dragster is one of only two strata coasters in existence. Kingda Ka is certainly not for the faint of heart. That’s a pretty appropriate way to name one of the most vertiginously scary rollercoasters in the world. It’s in the Golden Kingdom portion of Six Flags and is named after a mythical Bengal tiger. It’s currently the tallest coaster in the world, with a 418-foot drop to look forward to. Kingda Ka is a truly terrifying rollercoaster. Six Flags is a wonderful place, but it’s hiding a venomous snake in its midst.