Dual-tracked roller coaster

In a roller coaster with several lanes several sections are traversed within a roller coaster system. There are different types: Racing roller coasters, dueling roller coasters, rides and Möbius independently operating multiple systems.

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Racing roller coaster

A racing roller coaster ( German: racing roller coaster ) is a roller coaster with several lanes, run largely parallel and where the start of the ride is tuned to make themselves supply the vehicles a race the.

In most cases, systems built with two lanes. John A. Miller built in the 1930s at least two wooden roller coasters with three lanes. Similarly, Steeplechase, Pleasure Beach Blackpool three tracks, a steeplechase track at Coney Iceland had the beginning of the twentieth century even eight tracks.

Examples

• American Eagle, Six Flags Great America - wooden roller coaster
• Windjammer Surf Racers, formerly Knott 's Berry Farm - steel roller coaster
• Gemini at Cedar Point - Steel roller coaster

Duelling coaster

A dueling roller coaster ( German: dueling roller coaster ) is a roller coaster type of two roller coasters with a similar route that are directly next to each other.

Unlike the racing roller coasters the lines substantially not parallel. The paths of the two paths are approximately the same length and the departure of trains is coordinated. Station and lift hill are mostly parallel to each other, after the lift but different paths take the tracks then back to their stations. Aligned inversions and the narrow route awaken the feeling that threatened to collide with the railways. This leads to an apparent " duel " between the two tracks.

Examples

• Cop Car Chase, Movie Park Germany - the only Germany-based dueling roller coaster was demolished in 2006.
• Dragon Challenge, Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida - the world's only dueling inverted coaster
• Lightning Racer Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania - wooden roller coaster
• Gwazi, Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida - wooden roller coaster

Moebius Rollercoaster

A special form of racing or dueling rollercoaster are the Mobius roller coasters. The route compensates a Möbius strip, there is only an infinite route instead of two independent, of the vessels at the end of the traversed round the other station. Mobius roller coasters are rarely built, Roller coaster Database records only seven tracks.

Examples

• Grand National, Blackpool Pleasure Beach - wooden roller coaster
• Racer Kennywood - wooden roller coaster
• Max Adventures Master Thai, Mirabilandia - steel roller coaster

Multi-Unit

Some roller coasters are built as multiple systems without the lanes run parallel in a special way or in any other way interact with each other. Most so is to guarantee an increase in visitor capacity can be achieved.

Examples

• Matterhorn Bobsleds, Disneyland Park
• Winja's Fear & Winja's Force Phantasialand - twice is laid out spinning coaster by Maurer Söhne
• Various wild mouse - twin engine, for example Speedy Bob in Bobbejaanland - formerly two symmetrically constructed wild mouse roller coasters with running parallel lift hill, one of the tracks was dismantled in 2008