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An indoor roller coaster or enclosed roller coaster is a roller coaster built inside a structure. The structure may be unrelated to the ride, or it may be intended solely or primarily for the ride. Many indoor coasters are custom made and placed in amusement parks or shopping malls. LaMarcus Adna Thompson, who pioneered the construction of the first simple roller coasters, initially built "scenic railway" rides including "indoor tableaux, panoramas, and biblical scenes illumined by car-tripped switches and flood lamps".[1] A "completely enclosed roller coaster" called the Twister was built as early as 1925.[2] Walt Disney's Space Mountain was one of the first rides considered to be an indoor roller coaster,[3] and was "the first indoor roller coaster where riders were in total darkness for the length of the ride so they couldn't tell where the drops or turns would occur".[4][5]
List of indoor roller coasters
Inside structures purpose-built for the ride
Asia
- Alien Taxi at Trans Studio Cibubur
- Comet Express at Lotte World
- Kereta Misteri at Dunia Fantasi
- Revenge of the Mummy at Universal Studios Singapore
Europe
- Bird Rok at Efteling
- Cagliostro at Rainbow MagicLand
- Crush's Coaster at Walt Disney Studios Park
- Eurosat - CanCan Coaster at Europa-Park
- Linnunrata at Linnanmäki
- Revolution / Mount Mara at Bobbejaanland
- Rock 'n' Roller Coaster avec Aerosmith (closed) at Walt Disney Studios Park
- Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain at Disneyland Park (Paris) also named Space Mountain de la Terre à la Lune (1995-2005) and Space Mountain Mission 2 (2005-2017)
- Crazy Bats at Phantasialand
- The Walking Dead: The Ride at Thorpe Park
Australia
North America
- The Dark Knight Coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Great America and Six Flags México
United States
- Blazing Fury at Dollywood
- The Exterminator at Kennywood
- Disaster Transport at Cedar Point, removed to make way for GateKeeper
- Fire in the Hole at Silver Dollar City
- Flight of Fear at Kings Dominion and Kings Island
- Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts at Universal Studios Florida
- Mystery Mine at Dollywood
- Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood
- Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith at Disney's Hollywood Studios
- Runaway Mountain at Six Flags Over Texas
- Skull Mountain at Six Flags Great Adventure
- Space Mountain at various Disney parks
Asia
- Jungle Storm at Chakazoolu Indoor Theme Park
- Sky Train within the Dragon Centre
- Supersonic Odyssey at Cosmo's World
- Tron Lightcycle Power Run at Shanghai Disneyland Park
Europe
- Boomerang at Attractiepark Toverland
- Piratenbaan at Plopsa Indoor Coevorden
- Piratenbaan at Plopsa Indoor Hasselt
- Winjas at Phantasialand
North America
Canada
- Autosled at Galaxyland
- Crystal Bullet at Crystal Palace
- Dragon Wagon at Galaxyland
- Galaxy Orbiter at Galaxyland
- Mindbender at Galaxyland
United States
- Avatar Airbender at Nickelodeon Universe (Mall of America)
- Back at the Barnyard Hayride at Nickelodeon Universe (Mall of America)
- Canyon Blaster at Adventuredome
- Fairly Odd Coaster at Nickelodeon Universe (Mall of America)
- Nickelodeon Slime Streak at Nickelodeon Universe (American Dream Meadowlands)
- Pepsi Orange Streak at Nickelodeon Universe (Mall of America)
- Roller Coaster at Neverland
- SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge at Nickelodeon Universe (Mall of America)
- TMNT Shellraiser at Nickelodeon Universe (American Dream Meadowlands)
- The Shredder at Nickelodeon Universe (American Dream Meadowlands)
References
- ^ Terence G. Young, Terence Young, Robert B. Riley, Theme Park Landscapes: Antecedents and Variations (2002), p. 246.
- ^ Robert Cartmell, The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster (1987), p. 145.
- ^ Life Magazine Editors, LIFE Inside the Disney Parks: The Happiest Places on Earth (2018), p. 82.
- ^ Wade Sampson, "The Secret Origin of Space Mountain", MousePlanet.com (August 8, 2007).
- ^ Priscilla Hobbs, Walt's Utopia: Disneyland and American Mythmaking (2015), p. 43.