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This template is added at the top section of an article that is about a roller coaster, powered coaster, or alpine coaster. For coasters with multiple tracks, use Template:Infobox coaster multitrack instead.

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{{Infobox roller coaster |units = metric <!-- Change to imperial for US coasters only --> |image = |name = |park = |location = |country = |state = |status = |opened = |closed = |cost = <!-- Units for height restrictions is inches (US), cm (everywhere else), input numbers only --> |min_height = |min_height_unaccompanied = |max_height = |manufacturer = |builder = |designer = |category1 = |category2 = |category3 = |category4 = |layout = |product = |dimension1 = |dimension2 = |riders/train = |riders/hour = |lift/launch = |height = |drop = |speed = |length = |duration = |inversions = |angle = |g-force = }}

Parameters

Infobox template used for all single-tracked alpine, powered and roller coasters. Leave unknown parameters blank.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	Name to appear at the top of the infobox Example Kingda Ka	Line	required
Image	image	Any image on Coasterpedia can go here. Depending on availability, an image of the entire ride or of the ride entrance is most suitable. Only the name of the file is required. Example Boomerang (Floraland Continent Park) 03.jpg	File	suggested
Image Size	size	Limit the width of the image in pixels. Only use where necessary, default behaviour is the image will fit the width of the infobox Example 100px	Line	optional
Image 2	image2	Additional image Example Boomerang (Floraland Continent Park) 03.jpg	File	optional
Image 2 Size	size2	Limit the width of image 2 in pixels. Only use where necessary, default behaviour is the image will fit the width of the infobox Example 100px	Line	optional
Image 3	image3	Additional image Example Boomerang (Floraland Continent Park) 03.jpg	File	optional
Image 3 Size	size3	Limit the width of image 3 in pixels. Only use where necessary, default behaviour is the image will fit the width of the infobox Example 100px	Line	optional
Image caption	caption	Caption text displayed underneath the image Example The ride while it was known as Wave Swinger	Line	suggested
Status	status	Choose one: "operating", "defunct", "under construction", "under refurbishment", "standing but not operating", "in storage", "planned" or "unknown" Suggested values operating defunct under construction under refurbishment standing but not operating in storage planned unknown Example operating	Line	required
Video	video	URL of a YouTube video relating to the ride Example i3V63P1dkCY	Line	suggested
Video service	v1service	Video hosting service. See [https://github.com/StarCitizenWiki/mediawiki-extensions-EmbedVideo#supported-services|here] for available services and example IDs Default youtube	Line	optional
Video Description	note1	no description	String	optional
Video 2	video2	URL of a YouTube video relating to the ride Example i3V63P1dkCY	Line	optional
Video 2 service	v2service	Video hosting service. See [https://github.com/StarCitizenWiki/mediawiki-extensions-EmbedVideo#supported-services|here] for available services and example IDs Default youtube	Line	optional
Video 2 Description	note2	no description	String	optional
Video 3	video3	URL of a YouTube video relating to the ride Example i3V63P1dkCY	Line	optional
Video service	v3service	Video hosting service. See [https://github.com/StarCitizenWiki/mediawiki-extensions-EmbedVideo#supported-services|here] for available services and example IDs Default youtube	Line	optional
Video 3 Description	note3	no description	String	optional
Class	class	Type of coaster attraction Suggested values roller alpine powered Default roller	String	suggested
Country	country	The country where the coaster is located, or 'ship' for coasters on ships Suggested values Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Congo (Democratic Republic) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas The Gambia Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine UAE UK USA Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe ship Example USA	String	suggested
State	state	Full state name, only for coasters in the USA Suggested values Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Example New York	String	suggested
Park	park	Amusement park where this ride is located, should include link to page Example [[Alton Towers]]	Line	suggested
Operator	operator	Company or person which operates this ride, usually used for traveling rides	Line	suggested
Location	location	Full location of the ride Example Jackson, New Jersey, USA	Line	suggested
Section	section	Section or themed area within the park that this ride is located	Line	suggested
Opened date	opened	The date on which the attraction opened to the public for the first time. Format as "May 25,2005" for American attractions, "25 May 2005" for all other attractions. Example July 19, 2018	Date	suggested
Closed date	closed	The final date which the attraction operated to the public, ''not'' the day it was demolished. Format as "May 25, 2005" for American attractions, "25 May 2005" for all other attractions. Example July 19, 2018	Date	suggested
Expected opening date	opening	The planned opening date for an attraction that is under construction. Format as "May 25, 2005" for American attractions, "25 May 2005" for all other attractions.	Line	suggested
Expected closing date	closing	The final day that this ride is expected to be open to the public. Format as "May 25, 2005" for American attractions, "25 May 2005" for all other attractions.	Line	suggested
Cost	cost	Costs of building the attraction. No specific layout is required so should be formatted as best for each ride and location. Example $25,000,000	Line	suggested
Units	units	Specifies units used in the infobox. Must be either "imperial" or "metric". Rides located in the US use imperial, all other rides use metric. Suggested values metric imperial Default metric Example metric	Line	required
Minimum rider height	min_height	Minimum rider height in inches (US only) or centimetres (outside the US). Number only, or "none" if there is no minimum height restriction. Example 48	Number	suggested
Minimum unaccompanied rider height	min_height_unaccompanied	Minimum rider height for a person not accompanied by an adult or responsible person. Use inches (US only) or centimetres (outside US). Number only Example 52	Number	suggested
Maximum rider height without child	max_height_without_child	The maximum height in inches (US only) or centimetres (outside the US) that an adult can ride without being accompanied by a child.	Number	suggested
Maximum rider height	max_height	Maximum rider height in inches (US only) or centimetres (outside US). Numbers only Example 78	Number	suggested
Height restriction	restriction	Height that guests must be to ride this coaster Example 48 inches (122 cm)	Unknown	deprecated
Replaced	replaced	Ride or attraction which previously occupied the plot of land where this attraction is now	Line	suggested
Replacement	replacement	Ride or attraction which was installed after this attraction was removed	Line	suggested
Location history	past-locations	Enter location history here. See template documentation ([[Template:Infobox roller coaster/location]]) for more information.	Content	suggested
Manufacturer	manufacturer	Company which manufactured the ride. Sometimes this is actually the designer when a ride is subcontracted. Include wikilinks Example [[Zierer]]	Line	suggested
Builder	builder	Alternative to "manufacturer", usually used for wooden coasters Example [[Martin & Vleminckx]]	Line	suggested
Designer / engineer	designer	Engineers and designers involved in the project Example [[Werner Stengel]]	Line	suggested
Onsite construction	construction	Company which handled construction and assembly onsite Example [[RCS GmbH]]	Line	suggested
Track material	category1	"Steel" or "Wooden" Suggested values Steel Wooden	String	suggested
Category 2	category2	Can contain any categories that describe the ride, should keep to existing categories Example [[Launched]]	Line	suggested
Category 3	category3	Can contain any categories that describe the ride, should keep to existing categories	Line	suggested
Category 4	category4	Can contain any categories that describe the ride, should keep to existing categories	Line	suggested
Category 5	category5	Can contain any categories that describe the ride, should keep to existing categories	Line	suggested
Category 6	category6	Can contain any categories that describe the ride, should keep to existing categories	Line	suggested
Model	model	Do not use, use product instead	Line	deprecated
Riders per train	riders/train	Number of riders per train Example 18	Line	suggested
Hourly capacity	riders/hour	Number of riders per hour Example 12	Number	suggested
Propulsion	lift/launch	Propulsion method that the ride uses Example [[Chain lift]]	Line	suggested
Length of plot	dimension1	Length of plot in feet (US only) or metres (outside US) Example 62.3	Number	suggested
Breadth of plot	dimension2	Breadth of plot in feet (US only) or metres (outside US) Example 137.8	Number	suggested
Power	power	The power consumption of the attraction, usually measured in kW. Example 199 kW	Line	suggested
Serial number	serialnumber	Serial number of the attraction Example 145	Line	suggested
Height	height	The maximum height, in feet (US only) or metres (outside US), of the attraction from ground level (excluding buildings that do not form part of the structure of the attraction). Example 456.5	Number	suggested
Elevation difference	diff_elevation	The height difference between the highest and lowest point, in metres (outside US) or feet (US only).	Number	suggested
Drop	drop	The tallest single drop, in metres (outside US) or feet (US only).	Number	suggested
Speed	speed	The highest speed reached during the attraction in km/h (outside US) or mph (US only).	Number	suggested
Track length	length	The length of track on a tracked ride in metres (outside US) or feet (US only) Example 800	Number	suggested
Inversions	inversions	Number of inversions Example 3	Number	suggested
Track inversions	track_inversions	Number of times the track inverts (only used when track and rider inversions are different) Example 3	Number	suggested
Rider inversions	rider_inversions	Number of times riders are inverted (only used if track and rider inversions are different) Example 2	Number	suggested
Steepest drop angle	angle	Angle of the steepest drop in degrees Example 45	Number	suggested
Duration	duration	Time taken for one ride Example 0:28	Line	suggested
Maximum g-force	g-force	Maximum positive g-force Example 5	Number	suggested
Subsection	subsection	Subsection within the park that this ride is located	Line	suggested
Track layout	layout	no description Suggested values cyclone double figure-8 double loop and corkscrew double out and back double-helix figure-8 l-shaped out and back looping zyklon oval shuttle loop single-helix-left single-helix-middle single-helix-right single-helix-back skyloop terrain triangle u-shuttle wacky worm zyklon40 zyklon/galaxi Example out and back	Line	optional
Maximum g-force	gforce	Maximum positive g-force Example 3	Unknown	deprecated
Soundtrack	soundtrack	Information on the official soundtrack. Example Yes, by IMAscore	Line	suggested
Theme	theme	The theme of the ride Example Haunted mansion	Line	suggested
Train manufacturer	train_manufacturer	The company which built the trains. Only use if different to the "main" manufacturer. Example [[Arrow Dynamics]]	Line	suggested
Coordinates (latitude)	coord_lat	no description	Line	suggested
Coordinates (longitude)	coord_long	no description	Line	suggested
Bank angle	bank_angle	Maximum bank angle of the track in degrees	Number	suggested
Model / product	product	If the attraction is mass-produced, the product name goes here. ''Always'' use a wikilink, even if the article doesn't exist. Follow the standard format of <code>''Product name'' (''Manufacturer name'' product)</code>, ommit the brackets if no other article shares the same title. Example [[Accelerator Coaster]]	Line	suggested

Auto-categorisation

All categories are modified by the class category. If not present, the article is classed as a roller coaster. If present, |class=powered classes the article as a powered coaster and |class=alpine classes the article as an alpine coaster.

All articles which include this template are added to one of Category:Roller coasters by name, Category:Powered coasters by name, or Category:Alpine coasters by name, depending on the value of class.

The following parameters will auto-categorise the article (the following list assumes |class=roller):

• country:
  • Example: if |country=Netherlands, article is added to Category:Roller coasters in the Netherlands
• state:
  • Example: if |state=New Jersey, article is added to Category:Roller coasters in New Jersey (This overrides the country parameter)
• status:
  • If |status=operating, article is added to Category:Operating roller coasters
  • If |status=defunct, article is added to Category:Defunct roller coasters
  • If |status=under construction, article is added to Category:Under construction roller coasters
  • If |status=under refurbishment, article is added to Category:Roller coasters under refurbishment
  • If |status=in storage, article is added to Category:Dismantled roller coasters
  • If |status=planned, article is added to Category:Planned roller coasters
  • If |status=cancelled, article is added to Category:Cancelled roller coasters
  • If |status=unknown, article is added to Category:Roller coasters whose status is unknown
• category1, category2, category3, and category4
  • Example: if |category1=Steel, article is added to Category:Steel roller coasters

Hidden categories

This infobox populates the following hidden categories:

• Category:Coasters outwith the US with imperial units (19)