What is a flat roller coaster?

A “flat ride” refers to attractions at amusement parks, carnivals, fairs, and theme parks that typically spin around and usually include a circular platform. The term is used to generically refer to a broad variety of rides. Depending on their speed and other factors, they may or may not be considered thrill rides.



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Flat rides are usually those that move their passengers on a plane generally parallel to the ground, such as rides that spin around a vertical axis, like carousels and twists; and ground-level rides such as bumper cars.

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There are primarily two types of roller coasters: steel and wooden. However, there are 37 different variations or types of roller coasters, including hyper-coasters, inverted roller coasters and spinning roller coasters.

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Griffon was the first of its kind, featuring a drop 90 degrees straight down at 75 miles per hour. It's a birds'-eye view that you'll never forget.

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In a typical coaster design, the riders in the front car get an unobstructed view of all these obstacles whipping past them. In a coaster that has seats facing backward, the rear car offers the best of both worlds -- you get a great view and the most intense ride.

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Three manufacturers—TOGO, Intamin and Bolliger & Mabillard—have constructed multiple stand-up roller coasters.

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A hypercoaster is either any continuous-circuit roller coaster with a height or drop measuring greater than 200 feet (61 m) or any complete-circuit roller coaster with a height or drop between 200 and 299 feet (61 and 91 meters). The world's first hypercoaster, Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point.

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By train type
  • Bobsled roller coaster.
  • Dive roller coaster.
  • Floorless roller coaster.
  • Flying roller coaster.
  • Fourth-dimension roller coaster.
  • Inverted roller coaster.
  • Mine train roller coaster.
  • Swinging mine train roller coaster.


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It may look like it can be unsafe. But, in fact, coasters are some of the safest machines in the world.

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As of January 2023, the oldest running roller coaster in the world was Leap the Dips, located in Lakemont Park, Pennsylvania (USA), which was opened in 1902. Meanwhile, the world's second oldest coaster, Scenic Railway, opened 10 years later in Melbourne, Australia.

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In Branson, Missouri, Silver Dollar City can now claim to the world's only wooden coaster to twist upside down three times. With its 720° double barrel roll, Outlaw Run will draw visitors like bears to honey.

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