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The World's Fastest Roller Coasters

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Ms. Aziz:
6. Steel Dragon 2000- 95 mph
    * Nagashima Spa Land, Nagashima, Japan
    * Out and back terra-coaster

Unlike the rides that precede it on the world's fastest roller coasters list, Steel Dragon 2000 uses a traditional lift hill (rising an incredible 318 feet) and gravity to propel it to a face-melting speed. At four minutes and with a length of 8133' feet, the coaster is the world's longest.

Ms. Aziz:
7. Intimidator 305- 94 mph
    * Kings Dominion, Doswell, Virginia
    * Out and back Giga-Coaster

Like the original Giga-Coaster, Millennium Force at sister park, Cedar Point, Intimidator 305 is all about crazy speed and intense G-forces. It does not include any inversions, nor does it incorporate any gimmicky features such as an hydraulic launch or rider-controlled onboard audio. But it does go insanely fast and rattles riders with enough positive Gs to, well, intimidate the heck out of them.

*Note that shortly after Intimidator 305 opened, Kings Dominion added trim brakes which slowed its speed. The revised speed has not been released, but it's likely that the ride no longer qualifies as one of the world's ten fastest coasters.

Ms. Aziz:
8. Millennium Force- 93 mph
    * Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio
    * Out and back Giga-Coaster

Cedar Point's second entry on the world's fastest coasters list is a more traditional thrill machine--although Millennium Force uses an elevator cable instead of a lift chain to quickly move its trains up its mammoth 310-foot hill. Accelerating to 93 mph, the ride is so intense that I experienced a brief moment of "grayout" at the bottom of the first drop when I rode the coaster.

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