Today, most roller coasters are designed with seat dividers.īents – The vertical wood beams on a wooden roller coaster's structure.īlock Brakes – The term refers to sections of track that can be blocked from others using brakes. Bench seats were most commonly found on wooden coasters and mine train coasters.
Riders will experience a barrel roll on the world’s longest steel inverted roller coaster, Banshee at Kings Island.īatwing – Term used for a boomerang inversion, which consists of two half vertical loops, each at a 45 degree angle, with half the inversion facing each other.īench Seats – A flat-seat designed with no divider between the riders.
Riders will experience a series of banked turns while riding The Beast and Mystic Timbers at Kings Island.īarrel Roll – This term is an inversion term, a corkscrew maneuver on a section of roller coaster track. Diamondback and the Racer are two Kings Island rides that offer an abundance of airtime.ĪCE (American Roller Coaster Enthusiasts) – A non-profit organization founded in 1978 with over 6,000 members world-wide and a mission to foster and promote the preservation, appreciation, knowledge and enjoyment of all types of roller coasters.Īnti-Rollback Device – That click-clack-click sound you hear going up the lift hills on roller coasters like The Beast at Kings Island? That’s the anti-rollback device with the sound caused by the “dogs” attached under the cars that prevent trains from rolling back down the hill in the event of a stoppage.Īscend – Climbing or rising up a hill or any incline along a roller coaster’s course.īank Turn – When a section of track is laterally angled while turning. Airtime or negative g-forces are most commonly experienced on a drop or at the crest of hill. When you’re having a discussion with a roller coaster enthusiast, it’s easy to get lost in the conversation if you don’t know the buzzwords like “Immelmann Roll.”īelow is a list of commonly used jargon by roller coaster enthusiasts to help you understand what the heck they’re talking about and put you on the path to becoming a roller coaster expert yourself.Īirtime – A favorite term for roller coaster enthusiasts! It’s used to describe the feeling created by negative g-forces which gives riders the sensation of floating on a roller coaster.