Floorless roller coaster

Floorless Roller Coaster

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Floorless roller coaster

A floorless roller coaster is defined as a coaster with trains that ride above the track and allow the passenger's legs to dangle. The manufacturer's web site ( http://www.bolliger-mabillard.com/products/floorless_en.aspx ) reads, "A new generation of Sitting Coasters with dangling feet close to the track."

The floorless roller coaster is a fairly new concept in roller coaster

Roller coaster

For Rollercoaster, the wooden rollercoaster at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, see Rollercoaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks....
design brought forth by manufacturers, Bolliger & Mabillard

Bolliger & Mabillard

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Six Flags Great Adventure

Six Flags Great Adventure is a theme park in Jackson Township, New Jersey, New Jersey, located 67 miles from New York City, 60 miles from Newark, New Jersey and 50 miles from Philadelphia....
in Jackson, New Jersey, USA. The coaster, Medusa, opened to great reviews and continues to earn its place on the Amusement Today Top 50 Steel Coasters list. Recently, B&M have incorporated floorless trains on their Diving Machine roller coasters, such as Griffon

Griffon (roller coaster)

Griffon is a roller coaster, announced on August 23, 2006, at Busch Gardens Europe, located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The coaster, a Bolliger & Mabillard Dive roller coaster, now reigns as tallest and fastest dive machine coaster surpassing its sister, SheiKra, at Busch Gardens Africa in Tampa, Florida....
and SheiKra

SheiKra

SheiKra is a vertical drop roller coaster in Tampa, Florida. It is situated in the Stanleyville section of Busch Gardens Africa. SheiKra was the first Dive roller coaster roller coaster in North America....
. Though they contain floorless trains, the coasters are still not considered floorless coasters.

Design

As of 2007, only Bolliger & Mabillard

Bolliger & Mabillard

Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger acting as president and Mabillard as vice-president....
, who invented the concept, are in the business of designing and manufacturing floorless coasters. Their designs employ a multi-inversion layout (usually four to seven) and high capacity (often two to three trains). These roller coasters are becoming more common with each passing year, ranging in heights of eighty feet or so, up to 168 feet. These coasters are known for their smooth rides, excellent reliability, and usually high cost.

The inversions usually include vertical loops, dive loops, zero gravity rolls, cobra rolls, and corkscrews (usually interlocking corkscrews.)

Floorless Coasters

Name	Inversions	Location	Opened
Medusa	7	Six Flags Great Adventure Six Flags Great Adventure Six Flags Great Adventure is a theme park in Jackson Township, New Jersey, New Jersey, located 67 miles from New York City, 60 miles from Newark, New Jersey and 50 miles from Philadelphia.... , United States United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...	1999
Superman: Krypton Coaster Superman: Krypton Coaster Superman: Krypton Coaster is a roller coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, it is one of four Floorless roller coaster to open in the year 2000 ....	6	Six Flags Fiesta Texas Six Flags Fiesta Texas Six Flags Fiesta Texas is a seasonally operated theme park located on approximately of land within an old quarry near the northwest intersection of Loop 1604 and Interstate 10 in San Antonio, Texas.... , United States United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...	2000
Medusa	7	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, formerly Six Flags Marine World, Marine World, The New Marine World Theme Park, and Marine World Africa USA, is an amusement park and zoo located in Vallejo, California.... , United States United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...	2000
Kraken Kraken (roller coaster) *Kraken* is a Floorless roller coaster roller coaster located at SeaWorld Orlando. When it opened in 2000, it was the first floorless roller coaster in the Southern United States....	7	Sea World Orlando, United States United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...	2000
	4	, Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...	2001
	7	Parque Warner Madrid Parque Warner Madrid Parque Warner Madrid is a theme park located 25 km southeast of Madrid, Spain, in the municipality of San Mart?n de la Vega. The park opened on April 5, 2002, under the management of the Six Flags chain, with a 5% ownership share held by Time Warner.... , Spain Spain Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....	2002
Batman The Ride	5	Six Flags New England Six Flags New England Six Flags New England, or SFNE, is a theme park in the Six Flags chain of parks, named for the New England region in which it is located. Six Flags New England is located in greater Springfield, Massachusetts, in the nearby town of Agawam, Massachusetts.... , United States United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...	2002
Scream! Scream! (roller coaster) Scream! is a Steel roller coaster floorless roller coaster made by Bolliger & Mabillard of Switzerland. The coaster is located in the Colossus County Fair area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, California, and was the park's 16th roller coaster....	7	Six Flags Magic Mountain Six Flags Magic Mountain Six Flags Magic Mountain is an amusement park located in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, California north of Los Angeles, California. It opened on Memorial Day weekend on May 29, 1971 as Magic Mountain, by the Newhall Land and Farming Company, the development company behind the district of Valencia.... , United States United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...	2003
Dæmonen	3	Tivoli Gardens, Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....	2004
Hydra: The Revenge Hydra the Revenge Hydra the Revenge is a steel roller coaster Floorless roller coaster roller coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania ....	7	Dorney Park Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom is an amusement park and water park located in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, just outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.... , United States United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...	2005
Dominator Dominator (roller coaster) Dominator is a Steel roller coaster floorless roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard currently operating at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia.... Formerly Batman: Knight Flight Dominator (roller coaster) Dominator is a Steel roller coaster floorless roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard currently operating at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia....	5	Kings Dominion, United States United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U... Geauga Lake, United States United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...	2008 2000 to 2007

Note: SheiKra
SheiKra

SheiKra is a vertical drop roller coaster in Tampa, Florida. It is situated in the Stanleyville section of Busch Gardens Africa. SheiKra was the first Dive roller coaster roller coaster in North America....
and Griffon
Griffon (roller coaster)

Griffon is a roller coaster, announced on August 23, 2006, at Busch Gardens Europe, located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The coaster, a Bolliger & Mabillard Dive roller coaster, now reigns as tallest and fastest dive machine coaster surpassing its sister, SheiKra, at Busch Gardens Africa in Tampa, Florida....
are dive coasters featuring floorless trains, they are not considered floorless roller coasters

Floorless roller coaster

Design

Floorless Coasters

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