A List of Indoor Roller Coasters
- Skull Mountain is a steel roller coaster that opened at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey in 1996. The majority of the ride takes place in the dark, through a network of specially-built tunnels that are lit only by strobe lights. The ride lasts a minute and a half and reaches speeds of 33 miles per hour. The outside of the ride is decorated in the shape of a huge skull. On hot days, water sprays from the eye sockets into the queuing area.
- Winjas Fear and Winjas Force are twin roller coasters that have operated at Phantasialand amusement park in Brühl, Germany since 2002. They run through the Wuze Town section of the park, which simulates an underground city. Winjas reaches speeds of 51 mph and the cars rotate freely to create an unpredictable and intense ride. Because there is no fixed pattern to the rotation, no two rides are the same.
- The Dark Knight is a Batman-themed roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey. It opened in 2008 at cost of $7.5 million to coincide with the release of the Christopher Nolan film of the same name. The two-minute ride takes place in a recreation of Gotham City and reaches speeds of 30 mph while going through a succession of hairpin turns and sharp drops. There is also a Dark Knight ride at Six Flags Great America in Illinois.
- Eurosat opened in 1989 in Europa Park, the largest theme park in Germany. It is a space-themed ride similar to Space Mountain at Disneyland and both are built inside large domed structures. Eurosat reaches speeds of 37 mph in a ride that lasts almost three and a half minutes -- all of which takes place in almost complete darkness.
- Opa is a "spinning" roller coaster that opened in 2006 at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park in Wisconsin. The entire structure is built inside a tent and features individual cars that rotate as the ride progresses. The 90-second ride reaches speeds of 29 mph and goes through a succession of sudden drops and sharp turns.
- Flight of Fear is an indoor roller coaster at Kings Dominion amusement park in Doswell, Virginia. Along with the identical ride at Kings Island in Ohio, it was the first roller coaster in the world to feature a linear induction motor launch method when it opened in 1996. This starts the ride with a rapid acceleration up to 54 mph using electric motors. It has won several awards, including the Major Theme Park Ride award from the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.
- The original Space Mountain in Ontario, FloridaHandout/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images
There is a Space Mountain ride at all five Disneyland parks, the first of them opening in Disneyland Florida in 1975 at a cost of $10 million. All five rides have different individual characteristics, but all are space-themed and take place inside a domed structure that stands out as a landmark in the respective parks. All of the rides last around two and a half minutes, although Space Mountain: Mission 2 at Disneyland Paris is the fastest-moving at 44 mph. - Berjaya Times Square is a large mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The seven-story mall contains Cosmo's World, an all-indoor amusement park featuring Supersonic Odyssey, a large steel looping roller coaster. The 90-second ride on Supersonic Odyssey reaches speeds of 43 mph and goes through a succession of loop-the-loops and corkscrews. It took three years to construct and opened in September 2003.
