Hyper Coasters

To reply to Chitown's post the only problem you'd have with 70+ mph would be that Superman: UE and those types of coasters would be classified as a hyper.

Jeff's right to a point, this is an endless debate that could leave both sides with headaches ;). For instance compare some of B&M's terms for inversions vs Arrows. Same inversion, different name.

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Randy Hutchinson
You build it, I'll ride it

do you all consider Mr.Freeze a hyper coaster?
It has a height well above 200 feet...

Okay I read someones post that said "A roller coaster that rides hyper is a hyper , regardless of height." That is a matter of opinion. I might think that Disaster Transport rides hyper but not Magnum. Terms have to be based on facts. As for speed, what if the coaster is LIM or somthing like that. We have to go with the fact that the term hyper is already established as a coaster with the lift hill haveing the height of 200-299 feet. Even though the term "Giga coaster" has circulated, I don't think other parks will say, "Oh this is my new GIGA coaster." They may they may not.

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Number 1 And Only Cedar Point

Actually, I think a newspaper coined the name "hyper coaster", because in the official press release there was no mention of such a term.

Here is how I think of the different catagorys.

1-99 ft-Coaster
100-199 ft-Mega Coaster ie. Steel Eel
100-199 ft (with loops)-Mega Looper
200-299 ft-Hyper Coaster
200-299 ft (with loops)-Hyper Looper
300-399 ft-Giga Coaster

All of them are different, so the catagory Hyper Coaster is different than the Hyper Looper catagory.
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Personally, I think that the word hyper implies a specific type of ride. Magnum didn't just break a height barrier, it started a new type of ride. So, I classify a hyper loosly. I'd say its a very tall and fast ride made with elements to accentuate those elements.

Actually, I think that Magnum's structure was over 200 feet, thus breaking that barrier. I think that we all agree that it was the first hyper coaster, despite the drop being less than 200'.

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Gotta ride 'em all!

lets face it, the bottom line is that anything under 200 is a roller coaster, anything 200-299 hyper, and 300 or above 400.

it is some sort of unwirttten rule:

"Thou that shall break important height barrier shall name what all therein that height range shalt dost be called."

or something.

plus, giga coasters rule.

I have to agree with giga, who ever breaks the record names the type. I also like the catagorization that PT300 made, it does define the heights and also the heights with the loops. But because Magnum was the first hyper, the definition of a hyper coaster is The height of the structure from the base to the top must be 200ft or more

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Number 1 And Only Cedar Point

The coaster that breaks the 400 ft. barrier hould be a teracoaster.

teracoaster? i dont know about that one... but the industry has a long time to think about that one... or does it?

like i said, if intamin does a 400 footer and they called it a doomcoaster or something stupid, thats what it is... like it or not.

PT300-Mega loopers are not 100-199 looping. There are three megaloopers-SHOCKWAVE (SFGA), (GREAT AMERICAN) SCREAM MACHINE (SFGA), and VIPER (SFMM). Megaloopers have seven (or more) inversions.

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What is the big deal! Just let the coaster makers name the thing what they want. If they make it first they should be able to call it what ever they want! I think that a hyper and giga are different rides. It is like saying a 100ft coaster is the same as a hyper. Coaster companies come up with dumb names all the time and we call them by their names so just call the thing a gigacoaster. Thank you my fellow coaster freaks!\
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okay just my take on a couple of things.
SFAGuy: Magnum wasn't the first woodie-mimicing steel coaster. That would be "Bandit" in Japan.

Mr.Inverted: Generally, any sitdown coaster having more than four inversion-type-elements is a megalooper. Of the Arrows, this would include Vortex (PKI), Drachen Fire (BGW), and Anaconda(PKD) as well as B&M's like Kumba and WildFire (SDC). I suppose the new floorless coasters would fit here too, but the 'funky' train design gives them a different means of classification.

I always thought that a "megalooper" was a term for that bunch listed by Mr.Inverted with 7 or more inversions. But if that is not correct, is Viper at Darien Lake a megalooper? It was (I believe) the first to have 5 inversions). I just call that a plain 'ol Arrow looper.
Jennifer
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