Banana roll

The banana roll is a roller coaster element that inverts riders either once or twice. It is similar to a cobra roll but the track does not level out near the top of the inversion. It is also similar to an inverted top hat. Five roller coasters have a banana roll.

Appearances

Name	Amusement park	Country	Manufacturer	Opened	Status
Defiance	Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park	Colorado, USA	Gerstlauer	2022	Operating
Ride to Happiness by Tomorrowland	Plopsaland De Panne	Flanders, Belgium	Mack Rides	2021	Operating
Steel Curtain	Kennywood	Pennsylvania, USA	S&S-Sansei Technologies	2019	Standing but not operating
Takabisha	Fuji-Q Highland	Yamanashi, Japan	Gerstlauer	2011	Operating
TMNT Shellraiser	Nickelodeon Universe	New Jersey, USA	Gerstlauer	2019	Operating

External links

Banana roll on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

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Inverting	Banana roll Barrel roll downdrop Batwing Bowtie Butterfly Cobra loop Cobra roll Corkscrew Cutback Demonic knot Dive drop Dive loop Diving turn Dog tongue Double inverting dive loop Double inverting stall Drachen fire dive drop Finnish loop Fly to lie / Lie to fly Flying snake dive Heartline roll Immelmann Inclined dive loop Inclined loop In-line twist Interlocking corkscrews Interlocking loops Lagoon roll Negative-g stall loop Norwegian loop Over-banked inversion Pretzel knot Pretzel loop Raven turn Reverse cobra roll Reverse sidewinder Roll over Rollover camelback Saxophone Scorpion tail Sea serpent Sidewinder SkyLoop Step-up under flip Tongue Top-Gun stall Twisted horseshoe roll Twisted in-line rollback Vertical loop Wraparound corkscrew Zero-g roll Zero-g stall Zero-g winder
Non-inverting	Dark/Show section Double down Hairpin dive Hairpin turn Hammerhead turn Helix High five Hill Horseshoe Jr. Scorpion tail Kickflip Non inverting cobra roll Non inverting loop Octopus arm Outward banked airtime hill Over-banked curve Over-banked pretzel knot Pretzel curve Splashdown Splash effect Splash track Stengel dive Switch track Tilt section Trick track Triple dip Tunnel Turntable Twisted dive Twisted top hat Vertical drop track Vertical rollback Vertical spiral Wagon wheel Water brakes Wave turn Windcatcher tower
Variable	Jr. Immelmann Top hat