Millennium Force

This is Millennium Force's third hill, a 182-foot-tall parabolic arc that gives riders a wonderful dose of airtime.  The coaster's 310-foot first hill gave it the title of the "World's Tallest Full-Circuit Roller Coaster" from its opening in May 2000 until Steel Dragon 2000 opened in August 2000. (Two shuttle coasters, Superman: Escape from Krypton and Tower of Terror II had taller structures, but those are launched shuttle-coasters and not continuous-circuit coasters.)   As of 2017, Millennium Force is the 8th tallest coaster, and has the 8th largest drop of any roller coaster.

At the end of 2017, these are the world's tallest roller coasters, all of which are steel coasters:

1.   456 feet - Kindga Ka (2005) at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. Built by Intamin.
2.   420 feet - Top Thrill Dragster (2003) at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built by Intamin.
3.   415 feet - Superman: Escape from Krypton (1997) at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Built by Intamin.
4.   377 feet - Tower of Terror II at (1997) Dreamworld in Coomera, Australia. Built by Intamin.
5.   367 feet - Red Force (2017) at Ferrari Land in Salou, Spain. Built by Intamin.
6.   325 feet - Fury 325 at (2015) Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina. Built by B&M.
7.   318 feet - Steel Dragon 2000 (2000) at Nagashima Spa Land in Nagashima, Japan. Built by Morgan.
8.   310 feet - Millennium Force (2000) at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built by Intamin.
9.   306 feet - Leviathan (2012) at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Canada. Built by B&M. (pictures coming soon)
10.   305 feet - Intimidator 305 (2010) at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Built by Intamin.

©2017 by Joel A. Rogers.