A floorless roller coaster is defined as a coaster with trains that ride above the track and allow the passenger's legs to dangle. The manufacturer's web site (http://www.bolliger-mabillard.com/products/floorless_en.aspx) reads, "A new generation of Sitting Coasters with dangling feet close to the track."
The floorless roller coaster is a fairly new concept in roller coaster design brought forth by manufacturers, Bolliger & Mabillard. The first e...
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A floorless roller coaster is defined as a coaster with trains that ride above the track and allow the passenger's legs to dangle. The manufacturer's web site (
http://www.bolliger-mabillard.com/products/floorless_en.aspx) reads, "A new generation of Sitting Coasters with dangling feet close to the track."
The floorless roller coaster is a fairly new concept in roller coaster design brought forth by manufacturers, Bolliger & Mabillard. The first ever floorless coaster debuted in 1999 at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, USA. The coaster, Medusa now named Bizzaro starting the 2009 season, opened to great reviews and continues to earn its place on the Amusement Today Top 50 Steel Coasters list. Recently, B&M; have incorporated floorless trains on their Diving Machine roller coasters, such as Griffon and SheiKra. Though they contain floorless trains, the coasters are still not considered floorless coasters.
As of 2007, only Bolliger & Mabillard, who invented the concept,...
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