Tag:attraction=roller_coaster
 attraction = roller_coaster
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Stationary roller coaster 
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Status: in use
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attraction=roller_coaster is used to tag roller coasters in amusement parks, theme parks and other similar leisure and entertainment facilities. "A roller coaster is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_coaster
How to map
Draw a node 
at the center of the attraction. 261 roller coasters are mapped as nodes as of 7 April 2019.
Many mappers draw a way along the tracks of the roller coaster. However, this conflicts with the proposal to map roller coaster tracks with roller_coaster=track. This method has been used 1,572 times as of 7 April 2019.
Other mappers draw the outline of the area 
of the roller coaster. As of 7 April 2019, there are 333 areas mapped in this way.
In this case, it has been recommended to map the extent of the ground area of a stationary roller coaster (including queues, buildings and fencing), rather than the outer limits of all the track, which may extend outside the attraction and cross pathways.
Add attraction=roller_coaster + name=*.
Helpful combinations
There is also a proposed tag roller_coaster=track.
If attraction=roller_coaster is tagged on a node or area, then you may draw the way 
of the roller coaster track and add roller_coaster=track.
As of 7 April 2019, roller_coaster=track is used 1483 times, while attraction=roller_coast has been used 1,572 times on linear ways, thus it is still equally popular to map the roller coaster with this tag. 689 roller coast tracks are double-tagged with attraction=roller_coaster and roller_coaster=track.
It is strictly not recommended to tag roller coaster tracks with "railway". (However, 980 features are tagged with both attraction=roller_coaster and railway=*, mainly railway=minature and railway=narrow_gauge, as of 7 April 2019)
Examples
Dive Coasters
Family roller coasters
Alpine coasters
Bobsled roller coasters
4th dimension roller coasters
