Staggered seating or V-seat is where the seats on a roller coaster's train have an arrow-shaped layout. It is intended to give more a riders a better view. The first coaster ever to use this type of seating is Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland. The second coaster ever to use this is Diamondback at Kings Island.
Notable uses[]
Bolliger & Mabillard[]
Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland, Intimidator at Carowinds, Diamondback at Kings Island, and Shambhala at PortAventura Park are roller coasters from Bolliger & Mabillard that use this arrangement.
Intamin AG[]
Skyrush at Hersheypark is the first roller coaster from Intamin AG to use winged seats, a staggered sit down-floorless hybrid.
Vekoma[]
The standard cars for Vekoma's Giant Inverted Boomerang model use staggered seating.