
An example of a Stand-up's trains
A stand-up roller coaster features trains with cars that are ridden in a standing position. These rides are generally very intense and often carry a higher height restriction than most roller coasters.
Notable Stand-Up Roller Coasters[]
- Riddler's Revenge - The tallest, fastest, and longest stand-up roller coaster in the world. It also contains the most inversions with a total of six.
- Dangai - The oldest stand up coaster, opening in 1982.
- Momonga Standing and Loop Coaster - The oldest operating stand-up ride. It opened in 1979 as a sit-down roller coaster, but it was changed into a stand-up in 1982; one day after the opening of Dangai. The ride has since been closed as of September 20, 2021.
- Georgia Scorcher - The last stand-up roller coaster to be built until Pipeline.
- Green Lantern - This standup coaster was located at Six Flags Great Adventure after being located at Kentucky Kingdom since 1997. It was the tallest, fastest, and longest stand-up coaster when it opened. Now closed and demolished as of November 2024.
- Shockwave is located at Drayton Manor. Opened in 1994, it is only one of two stand-up roller coasters in Europe, and it is the only one in the world to have a zero gravity roll. Has since been converted into a sitdown coaster.
- Pipeline: The Surf Coaster opened at Seaworld Orando in 2023. It was the first launched stand-up coaster.
Roller Coaster Types | |
Track Materials | Hybrid • Steel • Wooden |
Train Configurations | 4th Dimension • Bobsled • Dive Coaster • Floorless • Flying • Inverted • Mine Train • Motorbike • Pipeline • Side Friction • Spinning • Stand-Up • Straddle • Suspended • Virginia Reel • Wing Coaster |
Track Layouts | Dueling • Figure 8 • Launched • Möbius Loop • Out & Back • Racing • Shuttle • Strata Coaster • Wild Mouse |