Coasters in Guiness Book of Records

These are the editions I have & here are the details from each. Thought you would be interested. Please add other years. Thanks!

Note: each entry doesn't include unbroken records unless otherwise.

198? - Belongs to my mate. Has that famous photo of the Beast, PKI cresting the lift - longest in world 1.4 miles.

1985 - (Haven't got it, but has an excellent photo of Fujikyu Highlands' insane Moonsault Scramble - tallest in world 75m/246ft!)

1989 - P111, named 'switchbacks.' Fastest - American Eagle 66mph. P183, endurance record - 503hrs, min. qualif. av. speed 25mph.

1991 - P93, excellent photo of Magnum XL200 - highest vertical drop at 192ft, 70mph, opened early '89, cost $8 million, CP has 9 coasters - most in world. Largest Looping - Viper, SFMM, 140ft.

1994 - P99/100, photo of 328ft Ferris Wheel in Japan. Oldest operating - 1914, Scenic Railway, Tivoli Gardens, Denmark. Longest - Ultimate, Lightwater Valley, 1.42 miles. Greatest drop & fastest - Steel Phantom, 225ft, 80mph. Tallest 'above ground' - MS, 63m/207ft (Huh?), due to be overtaken by Pepsi Max, 235ft. CP - 10 coasters.

1995 - P92/3, photo of Scenic Railway, oldest in UK, 1920. Two photos of the Ultimate, one of twin lift hills & other of negiotating terrain. Greatest drop & fastest - tied, Desperado. CP - 11 coasters.

1996 - P92/3, twin-page diagram of Desperado, SP & Pepsi Max. Tallest complete-circuit - Desperado 209ft. Pepsi Max's actual lift height is 201.2ft & drop 205.1ft. Most inversions - Dragon Khan, 8.

1997 - P164/5, photo of the Corkscrew, CP. Tallest/fastest - STE 415ft, 100mph. Tallest cc - Fujiyama, 259ft, 235ft lift & 230ft drop.

1998 - P177. CP - 12 coasters.

1999 - P184/5, photos of wedding on Montu, Stratosphere Tower with High Roller on it - highest ride 1149ft & excellent photo of Oblivion dropping - first vertical drop ride at 87.5 degs. Fastest Stand-Up - Riddler's Revenge 65mph. Most airtime - STE 6.5 secs. Most inversions - tied, Monte Mayaka. Largest portable - Taz's Texas Tornado.

2000 - P134/5, photo of RRV with the Riddler riding it. Tallest freefall coaster - The Drop Zone, PKI, 262ft drop & 317ft tall (Huh?). Tallest thrill ride - The Giant Drop, Dreamworld, 390ft, 84mph. CP - 13 coasters. Two separate records for STE - fastest coaster & fastest launched coaster.

2001 - P86/7, photo of Vekoma/Arrow coaster with two corkscrews at oldest operating park, 1553, Bakken in Denmark. Most coasters in 24 hrs - 29 by UK team. CP has most rides - 67, misspelled name; 'Woodcock Express!' USA 427 coasters, UK 114 & Japan 66. Tallest gravity-based - MF.

*** This post was edited by Taipan on 5/30/2001. ***

Thank you so much for that information! Now, can you please give me the EXACT TITLE of the record (29 in 30) so I can get back on the website and search for the rules, etc.

Guinness World Records website states:
"While Guinness World Records Ltd can't feature every record (thousands of records are broken around the world every year..."

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"It's Deja Vu all over again." - Yogi Berra

No problem Babe, it's 'Most roller coasters ridden in 24 hours.' The rest; 'From 12 to 13 Sept 1999 a team of six people from Sun Microsystems, Bracknell, Berks, UK, rode 29 different roller coasters at five theme parks.'

Only five parks? Probably included BLP & AT. As for the Guiness site, good luck as it's data base is no good. I dunno, didn't try too hard to find the records. You may want to try online newspaper archives etc. Sorry, don't know a site on the rules.

I just tried to search the website AGAIN, and it still did not come up -- although this time I got 7 "roller coaster" records instead of 2 (which is what I got the first time I searched). I'm going to e-mail them to link me to the record . . . but my registration is technically corrupted or something and I can't get in the site. . . this is driving me FRIGGING NUTS!!!!!

Site says that they'll send you the rules once you get to the record, so I'm gonna keep trying . . .

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