Roller Coaster DataBase

{{Short description|Database for rollercoasters}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2012}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Roller Coaster DataBase

| logo = RCDB logo.gif

| screenshot = New RCDB home page.png

| screenshot_size = 250px

| caption = Roller Coaster DataBase home page

| url = {{URL|https://www.rcdb.com/}}

| type = Database

| language = 10 languages

| registration = No

| owner = Duane Marden

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1996}}

| current_status = Online

}}

Roller Coaster DataBase (RCDB) is a roller coaster and amusement park database begun in 1996 by Duane Marden.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-06-17-fast-coasters_x.htm |title=Faster coasters have reliability issues |date=June 19, 2006 |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=April 8, 2010 |agency=The Associated Press |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022192645/https://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-06-17-fast-coasters_x.htm |archive-date=Oct 22, 2010}} It has grown to feature statistics and pictures of over 12,000 roller coasters from around the world.{{cite web |title=About This Site |url=https://rcdb.com/about.htm?pg=1 |access-date=2021-05-09 |website=Roller Coaster DataBase}}

Publications that have mentioned RCDB include The New York Times,{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Noam |title=Obsessions With Minutiae Thrive as Databases |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/business/media/04link.html?pagewanted=2 |access-date=December 1, 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 3, 2010}} Los Angeles Times,{{cite news |last=MacDonald |first=Brady |title=Looping wooden roller coasters are about to become a reality |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-rocky-mountain-coasters-10201225-story.html |access-date=December 1, 2012 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 25, 2012}} Toledo Blade,{{cite news |title=N.J. coaster gets raves, when it's working |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wckwAAAAIBAJ&dq=roller-coaster-database&pg=6851%2C631229 |access-date=December 1, 2012 |newspaper=Toledo Blade |date=June 18, 2006}} Orlando Sentinel,{{cite news |title=A New Life For Old Coaster |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2007/07/14/a-new-life-for-old-coaster/ |access-date=December 1, 2012 |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |date=July 14, 2007 |author=Bevil, Dewayne |author2=Caviness, Tod}} Time,{{cite magazine |last=Shum |first=Keane |title=In The Loop |magazine=Time |date=September 19, 2005 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1106455,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014230609/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1106455,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 14, 2010}} Forbes,{{cite journal |last=LaMotta |first=Lisa |title=The Most Blood-Curdling Coasters |journal=Forbes |date=October 25, 2007 |url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/10/25/six-flags-rollercoaster-ent-manage-cx_ll_1025scaryrollercoaster.html}} Mail & Guardian, Chicago Sun-Times.{{cite news |last=Moran |first=Dan |title=New coaster coming to Gurnee Six Flags in 2012 |url=http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/7407158-418/new-coaster-coming-to-gurnee-six-flags-in-2012.html |access-date=December 1, 2012 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |date=September 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323001059/http://newssun.suntimes.com/news/7407158-418/new-coaster-coming-to-gurnee-six-flags-in-2012.html |archive-date=March 23, 2012 |df=mdy-all}} and Chicago Tribune.{{cite news |title=Designers get twisted, you can too |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/231256590 |access-date=April 17, 2025 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=May 2, 2003}}