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Lorenzo Acevedo Youth Advisory Committee posted May 12, 2025 09:36 PM

Hi everyone, I have been trying to figure out a difficult question regarding credits - do coasters like Matterhorn or Gemini count as one or two credits? In Matterhorn's instance, it has two completely different tracks, but it has a single queue, and rcdb lists it as one coaster (credit), but Log Ride (ride tracking app) counts it as two, so what are your all's opinion on this matter?

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Robert Ingle Committee Member

Hey Zo,

For those two I personally count each side seperate. I also tend to go with what Log Ride lists when it comes to counting credits. 

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Robert Reed Assistant Regional Rep

I go back and forth myself, but I tend to lean on the side that counts them as separate credits. Log ride in the end counts them as two and that's good enough for me.

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Dominic Warne

I think the examples you provided count as 2 credits. Both sides operate independently. 

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Sarah Windisch Committee Member

I'll be honest, I only count them as one myself however I have gotten into discussions with people over the years so I just say, it's your count, do it however you want. I know people who count things that I do not, even though I can see the argument. I'm not going to start it here of course but my feeling is it has one name so that's how I count it, but I'm a little old school and actually write everything on paper, not an app or anything. There's no right or wrong, I assume if you count one Racer as two then you'll count all of them the same way. However there's always exceptions to the rule, like Kennywood's Racer is Mobius so it's only one track, so you have to ride it twice (both "sides") to actually count it as one. The main point is enjoy the rides, regardless of count since there's always someone who has ridden more than all of us. Let's just hope we don't lose many more coasters #PreservationCounts 

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Al Putman

I count Matterhorn and Gemini as two credits. For Mobius loop; I count them as two credits if riders have to exit and re-board for the other side, and one credit if riders stay on for both sides.