What Makes a coaster?

If I have to stop this car....:)

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It seems today, that all you see, are violins in movies, and sax on TV....

If we call it a rollercoaster, than it is one. Freefall/drop rides are techinically rollercoasters but we call them drop towers, it completely depends on how you look at it.

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Purple cows eat silver moon pies, among fiesty, glowing fireflies.

The only people who REALLY worry about whether something is a coaster is someone who's deeply concerned with the "competition" factor of how many coasters they've ridden so they can eek out a credit on some carny ride to pad their numbers.

How about this, if you wanna call those little roads on the way to Kennywood from Ohio a coaster, be my guest. I frankly had ridden more tame coasters than that mess of steel, asphalt and concrete.

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I'm not an enthusiast. I just play one on message boards.

What amazes me is that in all these years of debating, someone of importance (who ever that may be) hasn't actually made a proper definition (well not what I'm aware of.)

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Grant,

I think the reason is because ultimately, no one cares enough. I say if you want to, call it (whatever aparatus) a coaster. That, plus the fact that you will never get ONE SOURCE that everyone will subscribe to. Someone out there will decry it.

If it coasts, it's a coaster. :)

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I'm not an enthusiast. I just play one on message boards.

Jim Fisher said:
My engineers definition:
If it rolls and exchanges potential energy and kinetic energy to produce thirlls in other than a straight vertical drop then it's a roller coaster. This may make Intamin drop towers coasters,

I agree with you on that. I know I am going to get flamed here but the 1st generation Intamin drop rides are basically small versions of Superman in SFMM. Now no I'm not saying Superman isn't a coaster but 1st gen freefalls are just as much a coaster as it.

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I feel the need, the need for speed.

Jephry,

And so it begins...

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I'm not an enthusiast. I just play one on message boards.

I like Mr. Fisher's definition.

But what about the tracked cars on the Wonder Wheel? ;)

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"I'm a coaster cowboy, on a steel rail I ride..." - Bon Jon Bovi

....and I got laughed at for trying to *flip* the cars on Wonder Wheel...;)

"70 some-odd years without an accident...until that guy from Florida got on...I just KNEW he was trouble..." :)
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It seems today, that all you see, are violins in movies, and sax on TV....