Notable Steel Roller Coasters
(NOTE: Diving and Vertical Dropping coasters are the same)
- Air at Alton Towers - Worlds first flying roller coaster
- Alpengeist at Busch Gardens Williamsburg - world's tallest full-circuit inverted coaster
- Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America - first inverted roller coaster
- Battlestar Galactica: Human vs. Cylon at Universal Studios Singapore - World's tallest pair of dueling coasters
- Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland is the tallest and fastest in Canada.
- Colossus at Thorpe Park - world's first coaster with 10 inversions
- Griffon at Busch Gardens Williamsburg - world's tallest and fastest dive coaster
- Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure - world's tallest (456 ft) and second fastest (128 mph) roller coaster
- Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland - first tubular steel roller coaster
- Millennium Force at Cedar Point - first full circuit roller coaster to top 300 ft.
- Nemesis at Alton Towers - Europe's first inverted roller coaster
- Ninja at Six Flags Magic Mountain- world's fastest suspended roller coaster
- Oblivion at Alton Towers - world's first vertical drop roller coaster
- Riddler's Revenge at Six Flags Magic Mountain - world's tallest, fastest, and longest stand up roller coaster
- Runaway Mine Train at Six Flags Over Texas - first mine train roller coaster; built in 1969.
- Superman: Escape from Krypton at Six Flags Magic Mountain- first roller coaster to top 400 ft
- Tatsu at Six Flags Magic Mountain - world's tallest, fastest, and longest flying roller coaster
- Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point - world's first full-circuit roller coaster to top 400 ft
- Tower of Terror II at Dreamworld - first roller coaster to reach 100 mph and first roller coaster to top 300 ft
- Ultimate at Lightwater Valley - Worlds second longest roller coaster
- X² at Six Flags Magic Mountain - World's first 4th Dimension roller coaster
- Xcelerator at Knott's Berry Farm - world's first Intamin Accelerator Coaster
- Blue Fire at Europa-Park - Europe's first coaster with a twisted horseshoe roll
- Carolina Cyclone at Carowinds - first roller coaster to feature a record breaking 4 inversions
- Corkscrew at Knott's Berry Farm (now at Silverwood) - first modern roller coaster ever to send riders upside down
- Goliath at Six Flags New England - world's largest boomerang roller coaster
- Furius Baco at PortAventura - world's first Wing-Rider roller coaster
- Magnum XL-200 - first full circuit roller coaster to top 200 ft
- Phantom's Revenge at Kennywood - first roller coaster to top 80 mph
- Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain- world's first looping roller coaster
- Space Shuttle at Enchanted Kingdom - world's tallest, longest, and fastest non-inverted Boomerang roller coaster
- Steel Dragon 2000 - world's longest roller coaster
- Storm Runner at Hersheypark - world's first rocket coaster to feature inversions
- Thirteen at Alton Towers - world's first vertical free fall drop coaster
- Vampire at Chessington World of Adventures - world's first suspended swinging coaster with floorless trains
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