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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/ October 16, 2026
The Joker opened at Six Flags Over Texas on May 20, 2017, bringing a new kind of disorientation to the Arlington park’s Gotham City area. Built by S&S Worldwide as a “4D Free Spin” model, it became the park’s 13th roller coaster and introduced a…
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/ October 16, 2026
Runaway Mountain opened at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington on June 12, 1996, as the very first roller coaster built by Premier Rides, a manufacturer that would go on to design marquee launch coasters around the world. Rather than a towering steel structure, Runaway…
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/ October 15, 2026
Pandemonium is a spinning roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, tucked into the park’s Boomtown section. Built by German manufacturer Gerstlauer, it opened on May 17, 2008, taking over the spot once occupied by the Wildcatter free-fall ride. Unlike a typical…
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/ October 15, 2026
Mr. Freeze is a launched shuttle coaster in the Gotham City section of Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. A linear induction motor (LIM) system blasts riders from 0 to 70 mph in just 3.8 seconds, sending the train through a 150-foot inverted top hat…
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/ October 14, 2026
The Mini Mine Train is a kiddie roller coaster tucked into the Boomtown section of Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. Built by Arrow Development and opened in 1969, three years after its much larger sibling the Runaway Mine Train, it was designed to…
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/ October 14, 2026
Batman: The Ride opened at Six Flags Over Texas on May 26, 1999, bringing the dark, suspended thrills of Gotham City to Arlington. The ride is a clone of the original Batman: The Ride that debuted at Six Flags Great America in 1992, which is…
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/ October 13, 2026
Cocoa Cruiser is a steel kiddie roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, designed as a gentle introduction to coasters for young riders and the families who join them. It opened on May 10, 2014, taking the place of the old Tiny Timbers log flume…
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/ October 12, 2026
Aquaman: Power Wave is a launched water coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, that opened to the public on March 11, 2023. Built by Mack Rides, it holds the distinction of being the first PowerSplash model installed in North America, a design…
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/ October 11, 2026
Woodstock Express is a classic wooden roller coaster tucked into the Planet Snoopy section of Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters and designed by the legendary John C. Allen, it has been thrilling young riders since the park’s earliest days, making…
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/ October 11, 2026
Tumbili is a steel 4D Free Spin roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, built by S&S – Sansei Technologies and opened on March 12, 2022. Its name comes from the Swahili word for “monkey,” fitting its home inside the park’s Jungle X-Pedition area…
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/ October 10, 2026
The Great Pumpkin Coaster is a gentle kiddie roller coaster tucked into the KidZville area of Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Built by E&F Miler Industries, it opened on March 29, 1997, as Taxi Jam Coaster before the park re-themed it around the Peanuts character…
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/ October 10, 2026
Backlot Stunt Coaster is a launched family roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, built by Premier Rides and designed by Werner Stengel. It opened on May 27, 2006, originally themed to the film “The Italian Job” as Italian Job: Turbo Coaster, before losing…
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/ October 9, 2026
Apple Zapple is a steel wild mouse roller coaster tucked into the Candy Apple Grove section of Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Built by Mack Rides, the coaster first opened on March 23, 2002 under the name Ricochet, running for over a decade and a…
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/ October 9, 2026
The Lil’ Devil Coaster is a small steel coaster in the Jr. Thrill Seekers section of Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Built by Italian manufacturer Zamperla, it’s a classic ‘Family Gravity Coaster’ designed to give young riders their first taste of…
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/ October 9, 2026
Pennsylvania is one of the deepest roller coaster states in the country: a free-admission, family-owned park built around wooden coasters, a century-old Pittsburgh park now owned by the same company behind Dollywood, a Six Flags park near Allentown built around modern steel thrills, an independent…
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/ October 9, 2026
Indiana’s coaster scene comes down to two real destinations: Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari in Santa Claus, built around a run of acclaimed wooden coasters, and Indiana Beach in Monticello, a lakeside midway park with an older, scrappier lineup of steel and wood rides. The…
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/ October 8, 2026
North Carolina’s coaster scene is essentially a one-park story: Carowinds, which straddles the North Carolina/South Carolina line in Charlotte, carries almost the entire state’s lineup of real thrill rides. The top pick is Fury 325, a Bolliger & Mabillard giga coaster that has been named…
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/ October 8, 2026
Illinois’ coaster scene is concentrated almost entirely in one place: Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, a park that has stacked wooden classics, steel inversions, and a brand-new dive coaster into a single lineup over nearly 50 years. The best of the bunch is Goliath…
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/ October 8, 2026
Virginia’s coaster scene is really a story of two parks an hour apart: Kings Dominion in Doswell leans hard into steel, wood, and hybrid thrill machines, while Busch Gardens Williamsburg balances big-name coasters with European theming and a more scenic pace. The best coaster in…
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/ October 8, 2026
Harley Quinn Crazy Train is a steel family coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, built by German manufacturer Zierer. It originally opened in 1999 as Blackbeard’s Lost Treasure Train during a $42 million park expansion, running as a pirate-themed junior…
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