- Stand-up roller coaster
at Drayton Manor Park, the only Stand-up in Europe]
A stand-up roller coaster is a
roller coaster designed to have the passengers stand through the course of the ride. Typically, the passenger is restrained by an adjustable,bicycle -like seat and an over-the-shoulder (OTS) restraint. There have been a total of 10 stand-up roller coasters built. The inversions usually consist of a vertical loop, a dive loop, an inclined loop, and corkscrews.History
The first stand-up roller coasters were the Standing & Loop Coaster at [http://www.yomiuriland.co.jp Yomiuriland] in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan, and Dangai, which operated at [http://rcdb.com/pd556.htm Thrill Valley] in Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan. Standing & Loop Coaster technically opened first, in 1979. When it first opened, however, it operated as a standard sit-down style looping roller coaster. A stand-up train was added in 1982, with the coaster opening for the season just one day after Dangai, which also added stand-up trains in 1982.
Extremeroller/EXT at
Worlds of Fun inKansas City, Missouri was the first roller coaster to operate in a stand-up configuration in theUnited States , though it only operated in this manner for the 1983 season. Because the track and structure were never designed for stand-up trains, they were removed and the original sit-down trains were reinstalled in 1984.King Cobra at
Kings Island inMason, Ohio was the world's first designed stand-up coaster. It operated from 1984 to 2001.The last stand-up coaster to be constructed was
Georgia Scorcher atSix Flags Over Georgia in 1999, although a stand-up coaster is in storage atDarien Lake [http://rcdb.com/id3472.htm] (formerly Batman: The Escape at the lateSix Flags Astroworld ). No plans have been made to build a new one as of 2008.Shockwave at
Drayton Manor Theme Park in the UK, anIntamin coaster which opened in 1994 is the only stand-up roller coaster with azero g roll in the world.Stand-up Coasters
External links
* [http://www.intaminworldwide.com/ Intamin AG Official Site]
* [http://www.bolliger-mabillard.com/index_en.aspx Bolliger & Mabillard Official Site]
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