Hybrid roller coaster

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A hybrid roller coaster is a category of roller coasters where the track is made out of one material, either steel or wood, and the support structure is made from another.^[1][2] Early hybrid coasters include mine train roller coasters from Arrow Development, which feature a steel track with a wooden support structure.^[3] Becoming increasingly more common are hybrids with wooden tracks and steel supports,^[3] such as The Voyage at Holiday World.^[4][5]

Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) is well-known for their I-Box track design, commonly used to retrofit existing wooden coasters with a new steel track. Such designs provide several benefits, offering smoother rides and reducing maintenance costs.^[6] Hybrid coasters can also add inversions, similar to Mean Streak's conversion into Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point in 2018. Newer hybrids also tend to be taller, faster, and feature steeper drops over their wooden coaster counterparts.^{[citation needed]}