Dual-tracked Roller Coaster - Examples

Examples

Coaster Name Park Location Track Type Builder Year Opened Notes
American Eagle Six Flags Great America Gurnee, Illinois Wooden Racing Intamin 1981 Tallest, fastest, and longest racing wooden roller coaster in the world.
Batman & Robin: The Chiller Six Flags Great Adventure Jackson, New Jersey Steel Dueling Premier Rides 1997 Closed in 2007, currently in storage
Battlestar Galactica Universal Studios Singapore Sentosa, Singapore Steel Dueling Vekoma 2010
Colossus Six Flags Magic Mountain Valencia, California Wooden Racing International Amusement Devices 1978
Dragon Challenge Islands of Adventure Orlando, Florida Steel Dueling Bolliger & Mabillard 1999 Although this ride is listed as dueling, the individual tracks do not run at the same time due to a variety of incidents. Inverted roller coaster.
Gemini Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio Steel Racing Arrow Dynamics 1978 With wood structure. Tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world when built.
Grand National Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool, Lancashire Wooden Möbius Loop Charles Paige 1935
Gwazi Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Tampa, Florida Wooden Dueling Great Coasters International 1999
Joris en de Draak Efteling Kaatsheuvel Wooden Racing Great Coasters International 2010
Lightning Racer Hersheypark Hershey, Pennsylvania Wooden Racing Great Coasters International 2000
Matterhorn Bobsleds Disneyland Anaheim, California Steel Arrow Dynamics 1959 Weaves around and through a replica of the Matterhorn.
Milky Way Mitsui Greenland Arao, Kumamoto Steel Racing Senyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. 1991 Stand-up roller coaster
Le Monstre La Ronde Montréal, Québec Wooden Racing William Cobb & Associates 1985/86 One track opened in 1985, the other in 1986
Montaña Rusa La Feria Chapultepec Magico Mexico City Wooden Möbius Loop National Amusement Device Company 1964
The Racer Kings Island Mason, Ohio Wooden Racing Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters 1972 Credited for starting the "Second Coaster Boom". One train formerly ran backwards until 2008. Worlds fastest (1972–1976)
Racer Kennywood West Mifflin, Pennsylvania Wooden Möbius Loop Charile Mach 1927
Ramses Parque de Atracciones de Zaragoza Zaragoza, Zaragoza Steel Racing Safeco 2002
Rebel Yell Kings Dominion Doswell, Virginia Wooden Racing Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters 1975 One train formerly ran backwards until 2008.
Rolling Thunder Six Flags Great Adventure Jackson, New Jersey Wooden Racing William Cobb & Associates 1979 Ride has two tracks in a figure 8 pattern, but the hills are arranged differently on each track
Stampida PortAventura Salou, Tarragona Wooden Racing Custom Coasters International 1997
Space Mountain Magic Kingdom Lake Buena Vista, Florida Steel Arrow Dynamics 1975 Oldest operating roller coaster in Florida.
Thunder Road Carowinds Charlotte, North Carolina Wooden Racing Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters 1976 Crosses the North Carolina/South Carolina state line. One train formerly ran backwards until 2008.
Twisted Twins Kentucky Kingdom Louisville, Kentucky Wooden Racing Custom Coasters International 1998 Standing but not operating.
Vertigorama Parque de la Ciudad Buenos Aires City Steel Racing Intamin 1983 Standing but not operating. Track was completed but electrical was never finished.
Vleermuis Plopsaland De Panne, West Flanders Steel Racing Caripro 2000 Suspended roller coaster.
Windjammer Surf Racers Knott's Berry Farm Buena Park, California Steel Racing TOGO 1997 Closed in 2000.
Dauling Dragon Happy Valley Wuhan, China Wood Racing Martin & Vleminckx 2012 China's first racing roller coaster.

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