Hypercoaster

A hypercoaster can mean one of two things:

• Any continuous-circuit roller coaster with a height or drop measuring greater than 200 feet

Or, more narrowly:

• A style or model of roller coaster with three features:
  • A height of 200–299 feet
  • Lacks inverting elements
  • A lift hill, not a launch

Out and back steel coasters smaller than 200 feet in both height and drop such as Steel Eel at SeaWorld San Antonio have sometimes been erroneously referred to as hypercoasters.