Explore the world’s greatest roller coasters. ThrillZing breaks down stats, layouts, records, and ride experiences for the fastest, tallest, and most iconic coasters — from wooden classics to record-shattering steel giants — so you know exactly what to ride next.
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/ August 15, 2026
This list ranks roller coasters by theoretical hourly capacity — the number of riders a coaster can move through the line per hour when it’s running at full efficiency. It’s the throughput number operations teams use to size queues and estimate wait times, and it
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/ August 15, 2026
Joker is a fourth-dimension “Free Spin” roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, opened to riders on May 27, 2017. Built by S&S – Sansei Technologies and designed by engineer Alan Schilke, it became the park’s 15th roller coaster and joined a
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/ August 15, 2026
Goliath is a steel hyper coaster at La Ronde in Montreal, Quebec, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. It opened to the public on May 13, 2006, as part of an $18.7 million investment, the largest single-ride expenditure in the park’s history at that
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/ August 14, 2026
This list ranks theme park rides by total ride time, in minutes, using figures tracked in ThrillZing’s ride database. It spans coasters, dark rides, and water rides — any attraction with a recorded run time — so the comparison is about time spent in the
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/ August 14, 2026
Sky Rocket is a launched steel roller coaster at Kennywood in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, that opened to the public on June 29, 2010. Built by Premier Rides, it marked the park’s first major coaster addition in nearly a decade and its first ride with inversions
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/ August 13, 2026
Every drop on this list is measured in degrees from horizontal, where 90° is a straight vertical plunge. Anything past that mark is called ‘beyond vertical’ — the track tips forward under the car so riders fall face-first instead of just straight down, which is
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/ August 13, 2026
Manta is a steel launch coaster at SeaWorld San Diego, built by Mack Rides and opened to the public on May 26, 2012. Rather than towering into the sky, Manta hugs the terrain of the park’s Mission Bay shoreline, a design choice forced by strict
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/ August 13, 2026
Th13teen is a steel family roller coaster at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England, built by Intamin and opened on 20 March 2010. It occupies the site of the park’s former Corkscrew, which operated there for 28 years before its removal in 2008, and cost around
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/ August 12, 2026
This list ranks roller coasters by drop height in feet — the vertical distance from the highest point of the ride’s climb to the bottom of its most dramatic descent, not the coaster’s overall height or track length. It’s the number that determines how long
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/ August 12, 2026
Galactica is a Bolliger & Mabillard flying roller coaster at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England, tucked into the park’s Forbidden Valley area. It first opened on 16 March 2002 under the name Air, holding the distinction of being B&M’s very first flying coaster model, a
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/ August 11, 2026
This list ranks the 25 longest roller coasters currently operating anywhere in the world, measured in feet of track length — not height, speed, or duration, though a longer layout usually means more time in the seat. It draws on ThrillZing’s own coaster database and
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/ August 11, 2026
American Thunder is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri, built by Great Coasters International (GCI) and designed by Jeff Pike. It opened on June 20, 2008, originally themed around motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel before being renamed American Thunder for
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/ August 11, 2026
Medusa opened at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California on March 18, 2000, making history as the first floorless roller coaster on the West Coast. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, the $15 million steel coaster gave riders the sensation of having their
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/ August 10, 2026
Height is the simplest way to compare roller coasters, but it’s also the one that separates the merely tall from the truly extreme. This list ranks 25 operating coasters by their tallest structural point, measured in feet from the ground up — the lift hill,
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/ August 10, 2026
The Joker is a steel hybrid roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California. It opened on May 29, 2016, after Rocky Mountain Construction reworked the wooden coaster Roar, welding its signature I-Box steel track onto Roar’s original support structure to create an
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/ August 10, 2026
Wildfire is a steel Bolliger & Mabillard roller coaster at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. The $14 million ride opened to the public on April 4, 2001, and was designed by Werner Stengel’s engineering firm, giving the Ozark Mountains theme park its first major
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/ August 9, 2026
This list ranks currently operating roller coasters by top speed in miles per hour, the number posted at each coaster’s fastest point on the track, whether that’s off a launch or at the bottom of a first drop. It spans hydraulic-launch sprinters, magnetic-launch coasters, and
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/ August 9, 2026
Blue Streak is a classic wooden roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, and it holds the distinction of being the oldest roller coaster still operating at the park. Built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company and designed by John C. Allen and Frank F.
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/ August 9, 2026
Scorpion was a steel looping roller coaster that opened on May 16, 1980, at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. Built by German manufacturer Anton Schwarzkopf with engineering from Werner Stengel’s design firm, it arrived as part of the park’s Timbuktu section during a
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/ August 8, 2026
This list ranks currently operating roller coasters by their peak g-force — the maximum force riders feel pressed into their seat or harness at any single point on the ride, measured in multiples of Earth’s gravity (g). It’s a different metric than speed or height:
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