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Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure is the fastest steel roller coaster, reaching 128 mph. The fastest wooden coaster is Son of the Beast at Kings Island, which used to have a vertical loop. Cedar Point Park in Ohio has the most roller coasters, including Top Thrill Dragster, the second tallest coaster at 400 feet.
The fastest steel roller coaster is the Kingda Ka roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey. It travels at 128 miles per hour (206 kilometers per hour). The fastest wooden roller coaster is found on Kings Island in Ohio: the Son of the Beast speeds along the tracks at 78.4 miles per hour (126.2 kilometers per hour). This wooden roller coaster was also the only “woodie” to have a vertical loop, but this was removed in 2006 as a safety precaution.
More roller coaster facts:
Kingda Ka is not only the fastest roller coaster in the world, it’s also the tallest, measuring 418 feet (127 meters).
The first steel roller coaster was the Matterhorn at Disneyland. The roller coaster opened in 1959.
The roller coaster first capsized in 1975 when the Corkscrew opened at Knott’s Berry Farm in California.
The roller coaster park with the most roller coasters is Cedar Point Park in Ohio. It boasts 17 roller coasters and is home to four roller coasters over 200 feet (61 meters) tall, including the second tallest roller coaster in the world, Top Thrill Dragster, which measures 400 feet (120 meters).
