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A stand-up roller coaster is a roller coaster designed to have the passengers stand through the course of the ride. These roller coasters are very intense, and generally carry taller height restrictions than other rides. ==History== The first stand-up roller coasters in the world were actually built as standard roller coasters. Japanese manufacturer TOGO built ''Momonga Standing & Loop Coaster'' in 1979 for Yomiuriland in Tokyo, Japan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Momonga Standing & Loop Coaster (Yomiuriland) )〕 Three years later, TOGO built ''Dangai'' at the former Thrill Valley amusement park in Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dangai (Thrill Valley) )〕 Both rides added stand-up trains in 1982, with ''Dangai'' opening one day before ''Momonga Standing & Loop Coaster''.〔 The first stand-up roller coaster in the United States was, like the Japanese roller coasters before it, a modified attraction. Arrow Dynamics built one of its signature corkscrew roller coasters, named ''Screamroller'', at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri in 1976.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Extremeroller (Worlds of Fun) )〕 In 1983, Arrow designed a stand-up train for the attraction, which was subsequently renamed ''Extremeroller'' (also known as ''EXT'').〔 However, the track and structure were never designed for stand-up trains, and the original sit-down trains were reinstalled in 1984, remaining in place until the attraction was removed in 1988.〔 The 1984 season saw two stand-up roller coasters open in the United States. One was, like ''Extremeroller'', yet another retrofit. The ''River King Mine Train'' was an Arrow-built roller coaster that opened with its park, Six Flags St. Louis, in 1971. Stand-up trains were added for 1984, and the attraction's name was changed to ''Rail Blazer''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=River King Mine Train (Six Flags St. Louis) )〕 However, like ''Extremeroller'' the season before, the track wasn't intended to use stand-up trains and, prior to the start of the 1985 season, the original trains and name were restored.〔 Also in 1984, 350 miles east of Six Flags St. Louis, Kings Island at Mason, Ohio opened the TOGO-designed ''King Cobra'' as the world's first purpose-built stand-up roller coaster. The attraction operated from 1984 to 2001. The last new stand-up roller coaster to be constructed was ''Georgia Scorcher'' at Six Flags Over Georgia in 1999. In 2005, ''Batman: The Escape'' at the now-defunct Six Flags Astroworld was disassembled and placed in storage at Darien Lake.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=unknown (Darien Lake) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stand-up roller coaster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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