1,000-foot-tall roller coaster about to become a reality
A thrill ride manufacturer that has designed a 1,000-foot-tall roller coaster that would shatter all height and speed records is looking for a theme park willing and able to build the towering behemoth.
The once-impossible dream of a 1,000-foot-tall coaster is now feasible and in top-secret development by an unnamed ridemaker, according to Dennis Speigel, an industry expert with International Theme Park Services.
“The project is still under heavy wraps with the final international location yet to be announced,” Speigel wrote on the ITPS website. “But the progress is quite well along and so far is nothing short of breathtaking in every sense of the meaning.”
The 1,000-footer would be twice as tall as any coaster ever built and smash a new record for world’s tallest coaster, about to be set in 2025.
Six Flags announced in November that its 456-foot-tall Kingda Ka coaster in New Jersey would be removed and replaced by a new record-breaking launch coaster in 2026. The 2005 Kingda Ka held the title of world’s tallest coaster for two decades.
The 415-foot-tall Superman: Escape from Krypton at Six Flags Magic Mountain now reigns as the tallest operating coaster in the world while the 420-foot-tall Top Thrill 2 coaster at Ohio’s Cedar Point remains closed for repairs.
Falcon’s Flight will become the world’s tallest coaster at a skyscraping 640 feet when the new ride debuts in 2025 at Six Flags Quiddiya in Saudi Arabia.
Speigel got a sneak preview of the 1,000-foot-tall coaster by the as-yet-unidentified ride manufacturer that swore him to secrecy.
Technological advancements in computer- and AI-assisted design have made the pipe dream of a 1,000-foot-tall coaster a real possiblity, according to Speigel.
“It’s only a matter of time and financial investment before this aspiration becomes a reality,” Speigel wrote on the ITPS website.
The record-setting coaster will need to be built on a swath of land large enough to accommodate the amount of track needed for the launch and run out on either side of the 1,000-foot precipice.
The structural engineering team behind the project has designed a coaster that can withstand immense vertical and lateral forces, according to Speigel.
He added that an “ingenious” braking system will help control the incredible speeds of the coaster that will likely require riders to wear safety goggles.
