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by **emery96** » Aug 15, 2012 7:09 pm

Accodring to this Wikipedia article, GateKeeper does indeed have the tallest inversion in the world.

by **TheCrypt** » Aug 15, 2012 7:29 pm

^A lot of those are highest inversions, not tallest (there is a difference!) I don't count Superman: Ultimate Flight at SF Discovery Kingdom to have one of the tallest, because it's just very high up off the ground.

Also, Wikipedia is very unreliable and suggestive. You and I can edit it and say that Behemoth has the tallet inversion inversion in the world (and we all know what that answer is!).

by **emery96** » Aug 15, 2012 7:46 pm

TheCrypt wrote:I don't count Superman: Ultimate Flight at SF Discovery Kingdom to have one of the tallest, because it's just very high up off the ground.

Correct me if I am wrong here, but is that not exactly what counts? How high up from the ground you are while upside down?

A lot of those are highest inversions, not tallest (there is a difference!)

Could you elaborate on this, please? As long as it's vertical distance from the ground, it should count.

Also, Wikipedia is very unreliable and suggestive. You and I can edit it and say that Behemoth has the tallet inversion inversion in the world (and we all know what that answer is!).

I wouldn't call Wikipedia unreliable. In fact, it was proven to be more reliable than standard encyclopedias. (I will try to find a source for this). Although in the case of the article in question, I suppose it might be less-reliable.

by **TheCrypt** » Aug 16, 2012 11:03 pm

Say a roller coaster is on a huge cliff, 500 feet above the ground, and it does a barrel roll. Does that make it the tallest inversion in the world, or the highest?

by **emery96** » Aug 17, 2012 3:21 am

TheCrypt wrote:Say a roller coaster is on a huge cliff, 500 feet above the ground, and it does a barrel roll. Does that make it the tallest inversion in the world, or the highest?

Highest, but perhaps tallest. Does this hypothetical coaster go over the edge of the cliff and do a barrel roll there? If so, I would say it qualifies as tallest.

by **chadta** » Aug 17, 2012 5:50 am

emery96 wrote:
TheCrypt wrote:Say a roller coaster is on a huge cliff, 500 feet above the ground, and it does a barrel roll. Does that make it the tallest inversion in the world, or the highest?

Highest, but perhaps tallest. Does this hypothetical coaster go over the edge of the cliff and do a barrel roll there? If so, I would say it qualifies as tallest.

where is the station ? is it on top of the cliff or at the bottom ?

by **TimgHill** » Aug 17, 2012 10:38 am

I think tallest inversion should be by how tall the element itself is. Say a roller coaster is built, and it has a loop. If you measured from the bottom of the loop to the top at 140 feet, that would be the height of the inversion. So tallest inversion should be the element itself. Highest inversion, however, should just be how high off of the ground the track is at the point where it is upside-down. I don't know if this is technically how it is, but it makes sense to me.

by **xlcanada** » Aug 17, 2012 4:04 pm

You can think of it like this. The rides on the Stratosphere (in Las Vegas) are some of the highest thrill rides in the world but they are certainly not the tallest.

by **Lithanial** » Aug 22, 2012 3:46 pm

The industry needs to come up with a way to classify inversions before we start having record holders.

by **TheCrypt** » Aug 22, 2012 4:06 pm

Got a text from Cedar Point today: "CP: GateKeeper is breaking more records! The winged record breaker will have the world's tallest inversion at 170 ft! Watch the POV: http://bit.ly/GK13POV"

by **Dom497** » Aug 31, 2012 5:46 pm

Just thought that I would let everyone know that as of August 29, 2012, DT has been completely demolished.

by **chadta** » Sep 01, 2012 6:08 am

TheCrypt wrote:Got a text from Cedar Point today: "CP: GateKeeper is breaking more records! The winged record breaker will have the world's tallest inversion at 170 ft! Watch the POV: http://bit.ly/GK13POV"

Six Flags Magic Mountain: Full Throttle
Your record-breaking adventure will take place through the park’s distinctive mountainous terrain onboard sleek trains that suddenly accelerate from zero to 70 miles-per-hour in the first of three launches, sending you blasting through the first inversion, the inside of the world-record 160-foot tall loop.

somebody at six flags messed up, this info was released after the date of gatekeeper, everybody knows that 160 is less than 170.

by **Dom497** » Sep 01, 2012 7:18 am

chadta wrote:
TheCrypt wrote:Got a text from Cedar Point today: "CP: GateKeeper is breaking more records! The winged record breaker will have the world's tallest inversion at 170 ft! Watch the POV: http://bit.ly/GK13POV"

Six Flags Magic Mountain: Full Throttle
Your record-breaking adventure will take place through the park’s distinctive mountainous terrain onboard sleek trains that suddenly accelerate from zero to 70 miles-per-hour in the first of three launches, sending you blasting through the first inversion, the inside of the world-record 160-foot tall loop.

somebody at six flags messed up, this info was released after the date of gatekeeper, everybody knows that 160 is less than 170.

Six Flags didn't mess up. Full Throttle will have the worlds tallest loop. GateKeeper will have the worlds highest inversion. The inversion on GateKeeper that will break the record isn't even a loop. Make sense?

by **Dom497** » Sep 12, 2012 1:47 pm

And there she goes....

Pictures of the aftermath can be found in the links below:

http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewto ... 7#p1227007

http://pointbuzz.com/Photos/Gallery.aspx?id=704&page=1

by **Dom497** » Sep 13, 2012 1:48 pm

Search "Space Spiral Demolition @Cedar Point (BEST VIEW)" on Youtube. They put a camera on the sand right infront of SS!!!

I can't include the link because the video id includes the f word. :doh: