Glossary

The following list contains terminology used in the rcdb and their respective definitions. Click on any term's title for more options related to the term.

Classification

Roller Coaster

Powered Coastera roller coaster that is electrically powered throughout the entire ride.

Mountain Coaster

Type

Steela roller coaster with track consisting of steel tubes or rails. Occasionally steel roller coasters will use wood structures to support the steel track, this does not have an affect on its steel status.

Wooda roller coaster with track consisting of layers of wood. Occasionally wooden roller coasters will use steel structures to support the wooden track, this does not have an affect on its wooden status.

Scale

Kiddiea small roller coaster designed solely for children.

Familya small roller coaster designed for young riders, but adults may comfortably ride also.

ThrillThis ride classification entry is a under development and searches for it will be incomplete.

ExtremeThis ride classification entry is a under development and searches for it will be incomplete.

Design

Sit Downa traditional roller coaster ridden while sitting down.

Inverteda roller coaster which uses trains traveling beneath, rather than on top of, the track. Unlike a suspended roller coaster, an inverted roller coaster's trains are rigidly attached to the track.

Suspendeda roller coaster using trains which travel beneath the track and pivot on a swinging arm from side to side, exaggerating the track's banks and turns.

Wing

Flyinga roller coaster ridden while parallel with the track.

Stand Upa coaster ridden while standing up instead of sitting down.

Bobsleddesigned like a bobsled run -- without a fixed track. The train travels freely through a trough.

Pipelinea coaster where riders are positioned between the rails instead of above or below.

Track Layout

Big Apple / Wacky Worm

Circle Dip

Circular Gravity Railway

Cycloneroller coaster whose track layout is designed after the legendary Coney Island Cyclone.

Double Figure EightFigure eights are side-by-side.

Double Out and Back

Figure Eight

Jungle Mouse

L-Shaped Out and Back

Mite Mouse

Out and Back

Oval

Shuttle Loop

Single Helix (center)

Single Helix (left)

Single Helix (rear)

Single Helix (right)

Terrain

Triangle

Triple Out and Back

Twin Helix

Twister

U Shuttle

Wild Mouserides using single-car trains on a track with very tight turns. The cars' wheels are positioned closer to the rear of the car than a traditional coaster. The front of the car travels past the turn before changing directions, giving the sensation that the car will fall off the track

Zyklon / Galaxi

Category

4th Dimensiona coaster with cars that spin on a horizontal axis.

Brakeman

Built In-House

Conveyor Station

Custom

Dark RideA coaster that is principally and mainly designed to be a dark ride with a constant sequence of theming and show elements. It does have one or more typical roller coaster elements - mainly gravity dips - which qualify it as a roller coaster.

Dual Station

Encloseda roller coaster built inside a structure intended solely for the ride. This structure often imparts a theme or houses special effects.

Floorless

Hamster Wheel

Human Powered

Hybrid

Indoora roller coaster built inside a structure unrelated to the ride.

Interactive

Launch

Lift

Mirror

MöbiusThe two tracks are continuous forming a single circuit or 'Moebius Loop'.

Onboard Sound

Pendulum

Private

Quasi Möbius

Rocking Cars

Scenic Railway

Shuttlea roller coaster traveling to the end of its track and returning in the opposite direction. A shuttle roller coaster's track contains a beginning and end, unlike a traditional roller coaster which forms a continuous circuit.

Side Friction

Single Rail

Sliding Station

Spinning Cars

Stacked StorageStacked Storage means that the coaster's storage track is located underneath the station track. Standard storage track is generally located parallel to the general start or ending of the ride's layout and is whether or not covered by a shelter or building. It is reached by a track switch system. With Stacked Storage, the storage track is situated one level below the station track itself. With the station being at a level of +1, the storage track is situated at level 0. The train is moved into and out of storage by a lift system. This lift system lifts the station track one level (+2) so the track from level 0 is connected to the rest of the track at level +1. A train can then be moved out of or into storage after which the station lift lowers the station track back to level +1 and the storage track back to level 0. With this arrangement it is as if both track sections are stacked one upon the other, hence Stacked Storage.

Standard

Straddled Seating

Trolley Park

Turntable Station

Twina roller coaster with two tracks. The tracks often follow a similar course, allowing the trains to race with each other.

Virtual Reality

Water Coaster

Current Status

Status

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