Busch Gardens Tampa’s SheiKra is named for the African bird known to dive straight down to pluck its prey, matching the coaster’s ultra-wide winged train and its vertical drop and elegant splashdown. Cedar Point’s Maverick has the personality of a buckin’ bronco, twisting through canyons and racing along water as cannons fire. Though ultimately it is a thrill ride, there’s something a bit deeper - experiencing the rage of the Hulk.

'SENSATION' COASTERS. Think of Universal’s Incredible Hulk.

Though some amount of decoration or style might exist in the name, queue, or station, the point of these coasters is to be coasters. Think of Six Flags’ Batman: The Ride, Knott’s Berry Farm’s Silver Bullet, or Cedar Point’s Millennium Force. Most of the bare wood or steel coasters at your neighborhood amusement park probably would fit here. And though the lines can be blurry, we tend to think of it this way: What exactly makes a coaster 'worthy' of being called a 'story' coaster? Of course, there's no official definition, so to help us make sense of what's what, it got us thinking about four categories of classifying roller coasters by their storytelling.

Have you heard the news? Universal Orlando's newest 'E-Ticket' attraction, Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure is the first 'story coaster' in the world.! Or is it?

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