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Roller Coaster Statistics
Tallest Structure – Kingda Ka, Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, NJ USA: 456 feet
Largest Drop – Kingda Ka, Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, NJ USA: 418 feet
Fastest - Formula Rossa, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, UAE: 149 miles per hour
Longest – Steel Dragon 2000, Nagashima Spaland, Mie, Japan: 8,133 feet
Oldest – Leap-the-Dips, Lakemont Park, Altoona, PA – built 1902
Oldest Major Steel Track Roller Coaster – Roller Coaster, Hanayashiki Park, Tokyo, Japan – built 1953
Most Inversions On a Roller Coaster – Smiler, Alton Towers, Staffordshire, UK: Fourteen
Park With The Most Roller Coasters - Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, CA USA: Twenty
Other Statistics
Park With The Most Rides – Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH USA – 67 (47 major rides, 20 kiddie rides)
Largest Amusement Park – Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL – 28,000 acres
Oldest Operating Ferris Wheel – Riesenrad, The Prater, Vienna, Austria – built 1897
Oldest Operating Dark and Water Ride – The Old Mill, Kennywood, West Mifflin, PA USA – built 1901 and rebuilt in 1926
Oldest Operating Merry-Go-Round (rideable) – Flying Horses, Martha’s Vineyard, Oak Bluff, MA – manufactured 1876