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Triple out and back

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A roller coaster layout similar to an out and back, except that the course leaves and returns to near the station three times. Also see Out and Back and Double Out and Back.

Incline loop

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used by Bolliger and Mabillard used to describe a vertical loop which is angled at an elevation of sharply less than 90-degrees.

Immelman

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used by Bolliger and Mabillard to describe their Diving Loop on inverted roller coasters. This element was named for an airplane manuever invented by a German pilot in World War II.

A term used by Bolliger and Mabillard to describe an inversion similar to an acrobatic stunt plan maneuver. This inversion involves half a vertical loop and a twisting curve leading either in or out ...

Wild mouse

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term that describes a type of roller coaster with sharp, turns that are not banked and quick steep drops. Wild Mouse coaster typically run with two or four passenger individual cars as opposed to ...

Turnaround

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term that describes a turn on a roller coaster that sends the train back going in the opposite direction it came from. Turnarounds are common on roller coasters with an out and back layout.

Cobra roll

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term describing a signature element on some roller coasters designed by Bolliger and Mabillard. The cobra roll is a double inversion similar to Arrow's boomerang element. Riders are enter the ...