TOP 3 DANGEROUS RIDES, ALL OVER THE WORLD
- Derby Racer, Revere Beach, Massachusetts. ...
- Derby Racer was the name of two wooden roller coasters that operated at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts. The first coaster was built in 1911 and demolished in 1936. The second coaster of the same name was built in 1937 and demolished in 1948. Both coasters were racing roller coasters, with side-by-side track pairs where two coaster trains would race each other around the circuit of the coaster. The first Derby Racer coaster at Revere Beach was built in 1911 by Fred W. Pearce for a cost of $140,000. Derby Racer's racing coaster design was a popular type of roller coaster in the first two decades of the 20th century; more than one-quarter of all the racing coasters ever built were constructed in the 1900s and 1910s. The twin tracks of the Derby Racer were laid out in a figure 8 design. Many years later, Pearce claimed that when the coaster was constructed in 1911, Derby Racer had been the second-largest roller coaster ever built. The owners of Derby Racer, Lewis Bopp, and Lewis Trask also owned a restaurant that stood next to the coaster, as well as other attractions on Revere Beach.
- Accidents
Derby Racer was known for a particularly poor safety record. A young man was thrown from the coaster, inflicting life-threatening injuries on June 8, 1911, shortly after the coaster opened. The coaster then re-opened two weeks following the incident. Six years later, another man was killed on the Revere Beach Derby Racer after being thrown in front of a coaster train. In 1923 a couple was severely injured on the Derby Racer as well. Another rider was thrown from a train in 1929, which resulted in a 1935 Massachusetts Supreme Court case against Ocean View Amusements, the operator of the coaster.
Mission: Space, Disney World Florida
The attraction exposes riders to forces up to 2.5G, more than twice the force of gravity at the Earth's surface (effectively multiplying a rider's weight by 2.5). A few months after the ride's opening, motion sickness bags were added within easy reach of riders.
Batman: The Ride, Six Flags Over Georgia,
Batman: The Ride is a steel inverted roller coaster located in Gotham City at Six Flags Over Georgia. It was manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard and opened for the first time on May 3, 1997.
The sixth of the seven installations of the B&M version of Batman: The Ride, the Six Flags Over Georgia version opened to coincide with the release of Batman & Robin in the summer of 1997. It was also the last installation for which its opening was intended to tie in or be themed after a film in the Batman "Burtonverse" series. Batman: The Ride departs the station and starts climbing up a 105-foot chain lift hill. Sometimes, music is being heard while going up the lift hill. Once it reaches the top, the ride drops 85 feet to the left, as it reaches a speed of 50 mph. It goes into a vertical loop, then a Zero-G-Roll, and then a second vertical loop. The ride goes through several turns and 2 corkscrews. After that, the ride goes into the final brake run into the building.
Changes
A few years after its opening, the second half of the queue line was separated into two different paths. A tunnel was cut through the interior of the building to allow a shortcut to the tunnel that leads to the station. The longer line was used for busy days.
- On May 26, 2002, a 58-year-old park employee working in the roller coaster's restricted area was killed after being struck in the head by the dangling leg of a 14-year-old girl riding in the front. The girl was hospitalized with a leg injury.




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