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Grouped by type, showing each tag’s description. Colors match the badges below.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| Dark Ride or Story-driven | Indoor or themed coaster with narrative elements and special effects. |
| Family | Moderate ride suitable for a wide age range of riders. |
| Junior or Kiddie | Small, gentle coaster intended for young children. |
| Mine train | Themed as a mine cart ride, often winding through scenery and tunnels. |
| Shuttle | A back-and-forth ride that does not complete a full circuit. |
| Thrill | High-intensity ride focused on speed, inversions, and extreme sensations. |
| Water ride or Splashdown | Coaster with water features such as splashdowns or water channels. |
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| Bobsled | Tubular or trough-like track where the train runs freely without fixed rails. |
| Deliberate Rollback | A programmed and intentional backward movement of a roller coaster train, used as part of the ride’s layout or experience |
| Family or Powered | Gentle powered coaster designed for families, often without a lift hill. |
| Launched | Uses a launch system to accelerate the train rapidly instead of a traditional lift hill. |
| Looping or Inverting | A coaster layout that features one or more inversions such as loops, corkscrews, or rolls. |
| Multi-Launched | features two or more powered launches that propel the train forward (and sometimes backward) multiple times during the ride. Instead of relying on a single lift hill, it uses systems like LSMs or LIMs to accelerate at different points, creating bursts of speed, intensity, and dynamic pacing. |
| Out-and-back | A simple track design that goes out in one direction and returns along a parallel path. |
| Single Rail | Track consists of a single rail beam with trains straddling the rail. |
| Spinning | Cars rotate freely or semi-controlled as they move along the track. |
| Twin-Track | A roller coaster that features two separate tracks that allow trains to operate simultaneously. These tracks are often set up as racing (where trains compete to finish first), dueling (where tracks weave and have near-miss moments), or as a Möbius loop (a single connected track where a train enters on one side and exits on the other). |
| Twister | Compact layout with many twists, turns, and crossovers creating a tangled track structure. |
| Water Coaster | Combines roller coaster elements with water ride splash sections. |
| Wild Mouse | Small tight-turning coaster with sharp switchbacks and sudden drops. |
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| 4D Spinning Seats | Seats rotate independently or in sync while traveling along the track. |
| Bobsled or Freeform | Freeform trains that move loosely through a trough-style track. |
| Floorless | Train without a floor under riders’ feet, giving a sense of openness. |
| Flying | Riders face downward in a prone “flying” position. |
| Inverted | Train hangs beneath the track with riders’ legs dangling freely. |
| Motorbike | Riders straddle motorcycle-style seats with forward-leaning restraints. |
| Single-car | Small coaster train made up of only one car, often for compact layouts. |
| Sit-down | Traditional seating arrangement where riders sit upright in rows. |
| Stand-up | Riders stand upright in special trains with bicycle-style restraints. |
| Suspended | Cars hang beneath the track and swing side to side through turns. |
| Wing | Seats extend outward from the track sides, leaving riders hanging off the edge. |
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