I don’t think it’s a coaster because it doesn’t really have a rolling stock. Roller coasters have trains with wheels that travel down tracks. A Superloop ride is a train attached to a conveyor belt of sorts that spans the inside of the loop. If the train had wheels underneath and was propelled by tire drives or something (like Schwarzkopf’s Katapult coaster) then I’d be more inclined to say that it’s a coaster.

I’m not a huge Superloops fan either, but I’ve been on some pretty awesome ones where the ride ops let the ride go at full bore. They can get surprisingly fast; far faster than Kamikaze type rides! I doubt SF will run their’s at such speeds, but I still think it’s an all right addition nonetheless. I don’t like how they’re calling it a coaster, but for a park that needs flats, I’m not complaining.

I’m still not so sure though, myself. I guess you could call it a type of powered shuttle coaster, and they certainly are more of a coaster than the sky master/Kamikazee rides that essentially do the same thing, however, I’d say that’s pushing it.
Personally I’d call it a hybrid of coaster and flat.

But wait, as I type this, I’m thinking.. “Why the hell do I even care?!?!!????!!!” I HATE super loops! After one ride at the fair this spring, I was done, and immediately headed over to the far superior larson manufactured ride on the other end of the midway… Tha ARM/Larson Super shot !… Absolutely kick@$$ airtime whoops painful, unsafe WTC feeling (even though it was a brand new super loop) hangtime any day!

Suck it super loops!!!