Moonsault Scramble was the tallest roller coaster until 1996, when which steel roller coaster at the same park overtook it?
Moonsault Scramble Moonsault Scramble was a shuttle roller coaster that operated from 1983 until 2000 at Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan. According to the "Guinness Book of Records", Moonsault Scramble was the tallest roller coaster in the world until 1996, when its record height was surpassed by another roller coaster at Fuji-Q Highland called Fujiyama, which reached 79 m in height. Moonsault Scramble was the first roller coaster to surpass 61 metres (200 ft) in height, and it remains the third tallest shuttle roller coaster ever built, behind (Six Flags Magic Mountain), and Tower of Terror II (Dreamworld) The coaster was removed from the park to make way for the construction of Dodonpa in 2001.
Steel roller coaster A steel roller coaster is a roller coaster that is defined by having a track made of steel. Steel coasters have earned immense popularity in the past 50 years throughout the world. Incorporating tubular steel track and polyurethane-coated wheels, the steel roller coasters can provide a taller, smoother, and faster ride with more inversions than a traditional wooden roller coaster.