Enclosed roller coaster
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An enclosed roller coaster is one which is built inside a structure intended solely for the ride. Often, the structure has a theme or houses special effects. Enclosed roller coasters are often ridden in almost or complete darkness.
Enclosed roller coasters are easily confused with indoor roller coasters. Enclosed roller coasters are housed in a building built specifically for the ride, whereas indoor roller coasters are housed in a building unrelated to the ride.
While most enclosed roller coasters operate in the rain like Dark Knight at Six Flags Great America, one of the only one to not operate in the rain is Disaster Transport at Cedar Point.
Examples
- Astro Storm at Brean Leisure Park
- Disaster Transport at Cedar Point
- Space Mountain at Disneyland Park
- Space Mountain at Disney's Magic Kingdom
- Walking Dead: The Ride at Thorpe Park
- Flight of Fear at Kings Dominion
- Flight of Fear at Kings Island
- Runaway Mountainat Six Flags Over Texas
- Spin Runway at Yomiuriland
| Roller coaster types | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track materials | Hybrid • Steel • Wooden | ||||||||
| Scale | Kiddie • Family • Hyper (200+ feet) • Giga (300+ feet) • Strata (400+ feet) | ||||||||
| Train configurations | 4th Dimension • Bobsled • Floorless • Flying • Inverted • Motorbike (Steeplechase) • Pipeline • Side Friction • Spinning (Virginia Reel) • Stand-Up • Suspended • Winged | ||||||||
| Track layouts | Figure 8 • Out and Back • Twister • U-shuttle • Wacky Worm (Big Apple) • Wild Mouse | ||||||||
| Multi-tracked | Number of tracks: 2 (twin, möbius) • 3 (triple) • 4 (quad) • 6 (sextuple) | ||||||||
| Style | Diving • Mine Train • Water (liquid) | ||||||||
| Situation | Enclosed • Indoor • Terrain • Travelling | ||||||||
| Track configurations | Single rail | ||||||||