Thorpe Park - Records

Records

Thorpe Park has held, and still continues to hold, a number of records for its rides. These include:

• Colossus was the world's first roller coaster to feature ten inversions (the highest number of inversions in the world). It has not been surpassed by any other coaster, but equalled by an identical coaster in China.
• Stealth was previously the fastest rollercoaster in Europe until Furius Baco took the record in 2007. Stealth still holds the record for the fastest acceleration of any roller coaster in Europe (0–80 miles per hour (0–130 km/h) in 1.8 seconds as opposed to Furious Baco's 0–83.9 miles per hour (0–135.0 km/h) in 3.5 seconds) and is still the fastest in the UK.
• X:\ No Way Out opened as the world's only roller coaster to travel backwards through darkness for the entire length of the circuit.
• Loggers Leap is the tallest log flume in the UK, although it lost that record for several years to The American Adventure's "Nightmare Niagara", then regained the record when that ride was removed.
• Tidal Wave was the tallest water ride in Europe until 2002 and possibly the wettest water ride in the UK.
• Nemesis Inferno has the longest pre lift section of any inverted B&M coaster in the world, and was the first inverted coaster to feature interlocking wingovers (corkscrews)
• Saw - The Ride is the only rollercoaster themed around a horror movie, and is therefore dubbed as the world's scariest ride. It also holds the record for the rollercoaster with the steepest free-fall drop in the world, at 100 degrees, and sixth steepest drop overall in the world after Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach in the USA, Mumbo Jumbo at Flamingo Land in the UK, Timber Drop at Fraispertuis City in France, Takabisha (with an angle of 121°) at Fuji-Q Highland in Japan and Green Lantern Coaster (with an angle of 122.4°) at Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia. The drops on the proceeding S&S Worldwide manufactured roller coasters are controlled by braking fins, whereas the drop on Saw is not, hence it holds the title of steepest free-fall drop. It is also Gerstlauer's 2nd steepest rollercoaster, preceding Takabisha, the current world record holder for the steepest drop, which will again be broken by Green Lantern Coaster on the opening of the rollercoaster on 15 December 2011.
• The Swarm, is the tallest & fastest winged roller coaster in Europe and the first winged roller coaster in the U.K.