98.7 WFGR Classic Hits » coaster http://wfgr.com Mon, 20 May 2013 11:26:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Longest Winged Roller Coaster in the World Coming [VIDEO] http://wfgr.com/longest-winged-roller-coaster-in-the-world-coming-video/ http://wfgr.com/longest-winged-roller-coaster-in-the-world-coming-video/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:26:42 +0000 Matt Hendricks http://wfgr.com/?p=74825 Okay Coaster Fans - Guess I'll need to go back to Cedar Point. I haven't been in years!

GateKeeper will open in 2013. Officials said the ride will peak at 170-feet tall and reach a top speed of 64 miles per hour while traveling the equivalent of 4,164 feet. Works for me!

Winged coasters allow pairs of riders to sit on either side of a track with open air above and below them kind of like riding on an airplane! Cool!

]]> http://wfgr.com/longest-winged-roller-coaster-in-the-world-coming-video/feed/ 0 A Ride in the Roller Coaster with the Worlds Biggest Drop http://wfgr.com/a-ride-in-the-roller-coaster-with-the-worlds-biggest-drop/ http://wfgr.com/a-ride-in-the-roller-coaster-with-the-worlds-biggest-drop/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:06:05 +0000 Matt Hendricks http://wfgr.com/?p=11909 Keep your arms and lunch down, you're about to ride the Takabisha (Japanese for "domineering") roller coaster which opens this weekend at Fuji-Q Highland.

It now holds the record as the world's steepest roller coaster with a 141-foot drop at 121 degrees!

I'm Good, thanks! 

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