A thrill ride manufacturer that designed a 1,000-foot-tall roller coaster that may break all height and speed records is on the lookout for a theme park willing and capable of construct the towering behemoth.
The once-impossible dream of a 1,000-foot-tall roller coaster is now a reality and is in top-secret development by an unnamed ride manufacturer, based on Dennis Speigel, an industry expert at International Theme Park Services.
“The project is still in limbo, the final international location has yet to be announced,” Speigel wrote on the ITPS website. “But progress is coming along quite well and so far has been breathtaking in every respect.”
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The 1,000-foot-long roller coaster could be twice as tall as any roller coaster ever built and would break a brand new record for the world's tallest roller coaster, set to be set in 2025.
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According to Speigel, technological advances in computer- and AI-assisted design have made the pipe dream of a 1,000-foot-tall roller coaster a really real possibility.
“It is only a matter of time and financial effort before this wish becomes reality,” Speigel wrote on the ITPS website.
The record-breaking roller coaster have to be built on a bit of land large enough to accommodate the gap needed to launch and end on either side of the 1,000-foot drop.
According to Speigel, the structural engineering team behind the project designed a roller coaster that may withstand enormous vertical and lateral forces.
Speigel says an “ingenious” braking system will help control the roller coaster's incredible speeds, which is able to likely require riders to wear safety glasses.
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