Roller Coaster DataBase

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Roller Coaster DataBase
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Roller Coaster DataBase home page
Type of site
Database
Available in10 languages
OwnerDuane Marden
URL www.rcdb.com
RegistrationNo
Launched1996;29 years ago (1996)
Current status Online

Roller Coaster DataBase (RCDB) is a roller coaster and amusement park database begun in 1996 by Duane Marden. [1] It has grown to feature statistics and pictures of over 12,000 roller coasters from around the world. [2]

Contents

Publications that have mentioned RCDB include The New York Times , [3] Los Angeles Times , [4] Toledo Blade , [5] Orlando Sentinel , [6] Time , [7] Forbes , [8] Mail & Guardian , [9] Chicago Sun-Times . [10] and Chicago Tribune . [11]

History

RCDB was started in 1996 by Duane Marden, [1] a computer programmer from Brookfield, Wisconsin. [9] The website is run off web servers in Marden's basement which is based in St. Louis. [3]

Content

Each roller coaster entry includes any of the following information for the ride: current amusement park location, type, status (existing, standing but not operating (SBNO), defunct), opening date, make/model, cost, capacity, length, height, drop, number of inversions, speed, duration, maximum vertical angle, trains, and special notes. [12] Entries may also feature reader-contributed photos and/or press releases. [3]

The site also categorizes the rides into special orders, including a list of the tallest coasters, a list of the fastest coasters, a list of the most inversions on a coaster, a list of the parks with the most inversions, etc., each sortable by steel, wooden, or both. Each roller coaster entry links back to a page which lists all of that park's roller coasters, past and present, and includes a brief history and any links to fan web pages saluting the park. [12]

Languages

The site is available in ten languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. [13] [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Faster coasters have reliability issues". USA Today . The Associated Press. June 19, 2006. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
  2. ↑ "About This Site". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Cohen, Noam (October 3, 2010). "Obsessions With Minutiae Thrive as Databases". The New York Times. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  4. ↑ MacDonald, Brady (October 25, 2012). "Looping wooden roller coasters are about to become a reality". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  5. ↑ "N.J. coaster gets raves, when it's working". Toledo Blade. June 18, 2006. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  6. ↑ Bevil, Dewayne; Caviness, Tod (July 14, 2007). "A New Life For Old Coaster". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  7. ↑ Shum, Keane (September 19, 2005). "In The Loop". Time. Archived from the original on October 14, 2010.
  8. ↑ LaMotta, Lisa (October 25, 2007). "The Most Blood-Curdling Coasters". Forbes.
  9. 1 2 "US's temperamental roller coasters". Mail & Guardian. June 17, 2006. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  10. ↑ Moran, Dan (September 1, 2011). "New coaster coming to Gurnee Six Flags in 2012". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Designers get twisted, you can too". Chicago Tribune. May 2, 2003. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 Frederiksen, Linda (2007). "Roller Coaster Database". Reference Reviews. 21 (1): 51–55. doi:10.1108/09504120710719770. ISSN   0950-4125.
  13. ↑ Marden, Duane. "About This Site". Roller Coaster DataBase.
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