For weeks now Fuji Q Highlands' new roller coaster, Takabisha, has made international headlines. The steel Gerstlauer roller coaster has pushed the steepness envelope by setting a World record setting 121-degree drop. As I documented in my article, Five ways roller coasters have changed since you were a kid, roller coasters with beyond 90-degree drops are nothing new. Hersheypark's Fahrenheit boasts a 97-degree drop and Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach made history when it opened in 2008 with an 111-degree drop. Steel Hawg was dethroned by the UK's Mumbo Jumbo at Flamingoland which edged it out with a 112-degree drop.
There have also been a number of other roller coasters with these super steep drops, but the trend had seemed to go pretty much unnoticed to the media. Roller coaster fans like myself find them interesting, but the steepness record holder never got the kind of attention that the World's fastest roller coaster (Formula Rossa) or the World's tallest roller coaster (Kingda Ka) has received.
This is why I am so surprised by the enormous media attention that Takabisha, a roller coaster in Japan, has received here in the U.S. Many of my non-roller coaster loving friends and family have mentioned the ride to me, I've been contacted by the media to speak about it, it's been featured on morning radio shows, on a late night talk show, and it's been covered by national and international media outlets.Continue reading Takabisha captivates the World with steepest roller coaster dropTakabisha captivates the World with steepest roller coaster drop originally appeared on Gadling on Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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