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/ June 15, 2026
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit spent 16 years as one of only a couple of coasters in the world where riders picked their own soundtrack — a song blasting through speakers built into their own headrest as the train rocketed through Universal Studios Florida. (Universal Studios
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/ June 15, 2026
Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure opened at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, on June 13, 2019, as the showpiece of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin at a reported cost of $300 million, the ride stretches
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/ June 15, 2026
Wicked Cyclone is a steel hybrid roller coaster at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts, built by Rocky Mountain Construction and designed by Alan Schilke. It opened on May 24, 2015, standing 109 feet tall, stretching 3,320 feet of track, and reaching a top
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/ June 15, 2026
Superman: The Ride is the tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster in New England, and it has held that regional crown since it opened at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts on May 5, 2000. Built by Intamin and designed by legendary coaster engineer
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/ June 15, 2026
Wonder Woman: Flight of Courage opened on July 16, 2022, at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, claiming the titles of the world’s tallest and longest single-rail roller coaster — records it still holds today. Built by Rocky Mountain Construction on the Raptor Track
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/ June 15, 2026
Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain launched on February 11, 2000, as the world’s fastest and longest-dropping full-circuit steel roller coaster — a title it held for exactly 91 days. Built by Swiss manufacturer Giovanola at a cost of roughly $30 million, this 235-foot (72
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/ June 15, 2026
Kumba, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay’s roaring steel legend, is entering its final months of operation. After 33 years as one of Florida’s most influential roller coasters, the Bolliger and Mabillard classic will close permanently on Sunday, August 2, 2026, making way for a reimagined successor
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/ June 15, 2026
SheiKra towers 200 feet over Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, and every inch of that height is on display the moment the train creeps over the edge of its signature 90-degree drop. It’s the ride’s most talked-about stat, and for good reason: standing at the crest
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/ June 15, 2026
Montu is a steel inverted roller coaster in the Egypt section of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. Designed by Werner Stengel and built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, it opened on May 16, 1996, and sends riders through seven inversions at 60
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/ June 15, 2026
Griffon is the signature dive coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in James City County, Virginia — a Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) creation that hangs riders over a 205-foot precipice, holds them there, then drops them straight down at a full 90 degrees. Since opening on
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/ June 15, 2026
Alpengeist has been flipping riders upside down above Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s Rhinefeld section since March 1997, and nearly three decades later it’s still one of the most talked-about inverted coasters on the planet. Named for the German legend of an alpine ghost that lures skiers
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/ June 15, 2026
Apollo’s Chariot opened on March 27, 1999, at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, and holds the distinction of being the first hypercoaster ever designed by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. Standing 170 feet tall with a 210-foot first drop taken at 65 degrees, it
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/ June 15, 2026
Mystic Timbers is the wooden roller coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, that turned a lumber-company ghost story into one of the most talked-about finales in the coaster world. Built by Great Coasters International (GCI) and opened April 15, 2017, it winds through 3,265
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/ June 15, 2026
Nitro is a steel hyper coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, designed and built by Bolliger & Mabillard. It opened on April 7, 2001, and immediately set records as the tallest roller coaster on the East Coast and the fastest in
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/ June 15, 2026
Twisted Timbers is the hybrid roller coaster at Kings Dominion that took a rough wooden clunker called the Hurler and rebuilt it into one of the East Coast’s most talked-about airtime machines. Rocky Mountain Construction stripped the old Hurler down to its wooden bones and
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/ June 15, 2026
ArieForce One packed more onto 3,400 feet of steel than almost any coaster in the country: a 154-foot lift, an 83-degree first drop, four inversions, and the largest Zero-G stall in the United States. Rocky Mountain Construction’s flagship at Fun Spot America Atlanta became an
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/ June 15, 2026
Wildcat’s Revenge is Hersheypark’s first hybrid coaster — and it got there by rebuilding a 1996 wooden coaster from the rails up. Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) grafted its steel I-Box track onto the original Wildcat’s wooden structure, opening on June 2, 2023 as Hersheypark’s first
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/ June 15, 2026
Skyrush doesn’t look like it should be this intense from the midway, but the numbers back it up: 200 feet tall, a 212-foot first drop, and 75 mph reached in the first three seconds. It’s the ride most Hersheypark enthusiasts name as the park’s best,
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/ June 15, 2026
Pantherian is the panther-themed giga coaster towering over Kings Dominion’s skyline in Doswell, Virginia — and if the name is new to you, the ride underneath it isn’t. This is the same 305-foot Intamin giga coaster longtime fans know as Intimidator 305, wearing a new
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/ June 15, 2026
Maverick doesn’t look like much on paper. At 105 feet, it’s dwarfed by nearly every other major coaster at Cedar Point — yet ask enthusiasts to rank the park’s best rides and Maverick almost always lands near the top, often ahead of coasters twice its
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