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Notable Intamin Roller Coasters

Year Accomplishment Ride Location Notes
1979 Intamin's first roller coaster Jr. Gemini Cedar Point
  • Steel children's roller coaster.
1981 First wooden roller coaster built by Intamin American Eagle Six Flags Great America
  • At the time it was the fastest, highest and longest roller coaster in the world. It still is the fastest, highest and longest racing roller coaster.
1985 First (and only) Spacediver coaster Flashback (Originally Z-Force) Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags Great America and Six Flags Over Georgia
  • Opened in '85 at Great America as Z-Force, was relocated to Over Georgia in '88, then was again relocated to Magic Mountain and opened there as Flashback in '92. It was demolished and scrapped in mid-December 2007 after sitting idle at the park since 2003.
  • First coaster to feature four-abreast seating.
1997 First roller coaster to go above 300 ft (90 m)
First roller coaster to go 100 mph (160 km/h)		 Tower of Terror II Dreamworld
  • Not a complete circuit; the train does not reach the top of the vertical spike.
1997 First roller coaster with a structure to reach beyond 400 ft (120 m) Superman: Escape from Krypton Six Flags Magic Mountain
  • Not a complete circuit; the train does not reach the top of the vertical spike; formerly Superman: the Escape.
1998 First LIM launched inverted roller coaster Volcano, The Blast Coaster Kings Dominion
  • Also is the fastest inverted coaster at 70 mph (110 km/h) when first opened
2000 First Giga Coaster (over 300 ft)
First roller coaster to drop 300 ft (90 m)		 Millennium Force Cedar Point
  • First complete circuit roller coaster to stand over 300 ft. (310 ft)
  • Drop is exactly 300 ft (90 m).
2000 First LIM Twisted impulse roller coaster Steel Venom Geauga Lake
  • Originally Superman: Ultimate Escape (Six Flags Worlds of Adventure)
  • Currently operating at Dorney Park as Possessed
2001 First roller coaster to utilize a LIM launch hill California Screamin' Disney California Adventure Park
  • Has a magnetic launch followed by a magnetic non-cable/chain lift hill (this along with "scream tunnels" was done to reduce noise)
  • Currently the longest roller coaster with inversions
2001 First wooden coaster with Prefabricated track Colossos Heide Park
  • Currently the tallest continuously-running wooden coaster in the world.
2002 First roller coaster to do 10 inversions Colossus Thorpe Park
  • Has 10 inversions. In order: 1 Loop, 1 Cobra Roll (counts as 2), 2 Corkscrews, and 5 barrel rolls.
2002 First Hydraulic Catapult launch coaster Xcelerator Knott's Berry Farm
  • Accelerates from 0 – 82 miles per hour, covering 157-feet of launch track in just 2.3 seconds.
2003 First Strata coaster (over 400 ft) Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point
  • Tallest and fastest coaster in the world when opened at 420 ft (128 m). and 120 mph (190 km/h)
2004 First accelerator coaster to feature inversions. Storm Runner Hersheypark
  • It reaches a height of 150 ft and catapults riders from 0 to 72 mph in 2 seconds.
  • It features a top hat and three inversions
2005 World's tallest roller coaster (2005–present); was world's fastest roller coaster (2005–2010) Kingda Ka Six Flags Great Adventure
  • 456 feet high; launch speed 128 mph (206 km/h)
2007 First 4th Dimension design "Ball Coaster" by Intamin
First Intamin roller coaster to include curved hydraulic chain lift hill		 Kirnu Linnanmäki
  • First compact 4-D roller coaster in the world
  • Features redesigned restraints (lapbar with safety belt shoulder harness system) and non-friction magnetic brakes
2007 First Terra Coaster, with Dual LSM launch (launch hill and flat launch) with a 95-degree drop and a terrain hugging layout Maverick Cedar Point
2007 The company's first WingRide roller coaster. Furius Baco PortAventura
  • The fastest roller coaster in Europe.
  • Accelerating from 0 to 135 km/h (84 mph) in 3.5 seconds.
2008 At 97 degrees, steepest drop out of all Intamin coasters Fahrenheit Hersheypark
  • Ascends chain lift hill at a 90 degree angle
  • It features a 121 foot Norwegian loop and six inversions
2008 Record holder at the time for the steepest wooden coaster in the world
Currently the highest, fastest, longest roller coaster in South Korea		 T Express Everland
  • Maximum 77 degrees
  • Top height at 183.75 ft (56.01m)
  • Top speed at 64.6 mph (104 km/h)
  • Length of 5383.10 ft (1641m)
  • 12 airtime hills
2008 Denmarks fastest and tallest rollercoaster. Chosen as the 5th best rollercoaster in the world The Pirate Djurs Sommerland
  • Mega-Lite Coaster
  • Maximum 70 degrees
  • Top height at 104.99 ft (32m)
  • Top speed at 56 mph (90 km/h)
  • Length of 2 477.04 ft (755m)
2010 World's first Freefall Drop Roller Coaster Thirteen Alton Towers
  • Horizontal track falls vertically down in the crypt.
  • After being dropped you are flung into a backwards helix.
2010 Current record holder for the world's fastest roller coaster Formula Rossa Ferrari World
  • Top speed 150 mph (241 km/h)
2011 First ZacSpin built in the USA Green Lantern: First Flight Six Flags Magic Mountain

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