Eejanaika (ええじゃないか, Eejanaika^?) is a steel 4th Dimension roller coaster at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan. Fuji-Q Highland (富士急ハイランド) is an amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan. ... The Dueling Dragons, the worlds only Dueling Steel-Inverted roller coaster located at Islands of Adventure in Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida. ... A 4th Dimension Roller Coaster is a Roller coaster with specially designed trains with seats that spin through 360 degrees. ... S&S Power is company known for its pneumatically powered rides. ... A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward section of track on a typical roller coaster that initially transports the roller coaster train to an elevated point. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ... Kilometres per hour (American spelling: kilometers per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ... Japanese 10 yen coin (obverse) showing Phoenix Hall of Byodoin Yen is the currency used in Japan. ... The Dueling Dragons, the worlds only Dueling Steel-Inverted roller coaster located at Islands of Adventure in Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida. ... A 4th Dimension Roller Coaster is a Roller coaster with specially designed trains with seats that spin through 360 degrees. ... A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... Fuji-Q Highland (富士急ハイランド) is an amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan. ... Fujiyoshida (富士吉田市; -shi) is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of HonshÅ«. Fujiyoshida was founded on March 20, 1951. ... Yamanashi Prefecture (山梨県 Yamanashi-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ...

Eejanaika is a "4th Dimension" coaster, a design in which the seats can rotate forward or backward 360 degrees in a controlled spin. This is achieved by having four rails on the track: two of these are running rails while the other two are for spin control. The 2 rails that control the spin of the seats move up and down relative to the track and spin the seats using a rack and pinion gear mechanism. Rack and pinion animation A rack and pinion is a pair of gears which convert rotational motion into linear motion. ... Spur gears found on a piece of farm equipment. ...

Ejanaika was actually due to open 1 day earlier than it eventually did due to bad weather. The first Scottish family to ride Ejanaika was the Pettit family from Edinburgh they rode the coaster just 15 minutes after it opened!

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Eejanaika is the roller coaster with the most inversions in the world. Throughout the ride, the riders go through 14 inversions. However, most of these inversions are accomplished by spinning the seats rather than actually inverting the track. The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ...

The track itself only inverts 3 times -

• Inside raven turn (½)
• full-full/zero-g roll (1)
• half camelback twist (½)
• outside raven turn (½)
• half camelback twist (½)

This has led to some controversy in the roller coaster enthusiast community concerning the legitimacy of Eejanaika's claim. The Roller Coaster DataBase does not acknowledge these seat inversions for the purpose of record-holding.[1] The Roller Coaster DataBase (RCDB) is a web site with an extensive roller coaster and amusement park database from all around the world. ...

Eejanaika is the world's second 4th Dimension coaster, the first being X at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, United States. Not surprisingly, this makes Eejanaika the world's tallest, fastest and longest 4th Dimension coaster. X is the worlds only 4th Dimensional Roller Coaster. ... Six Flags Magic Mountain is an amusement park in the Santa Clarita, California neighborhood of Valencia, north of Los Angeles. ... A typical stretch of Valencia Boulevard. ...

Eejanaika is pronounced "Ee ja nai ka" and written in Japanese as "ええじゃないか", but the roller coaster's official spelling turns the second "え" upside down. Eejanaika has several meanings, but "Ain't it great" is believed to be the relevant meaning in this situation. Dancing farmers. ...

External links

• (Japanese) Fuji-Q Eejanaika (official site)
• Pictures and Ride Stats (rcdb.com)