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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/ September 4, 2026
Montezooma’s Revenge opened at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California on May 21, 1978, and instantly became one of the most talked-about rides in the country. Built by Schwarzkopf and designed by Werner Stengel, the shuttle loop coaster used a spinning flywheel to catapult
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/ September 4, 2026
The New Revolution is the name Six Flags Magic Mountain gave, starting with the 2016 season, to its pioneering steel coaster that first opened on May 8, 1976. Built by Anton Schwarzkopf and designed by Werner Stengel, it holds a landmark place in coaster history
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/ September 3, 2026
No manufacturer has a cult following like Rocky Mountain Construction. The Idaho firm turned dying wooden coasters into world-beaters with its I-Box hybrid track, invented the single-rail Raptor, and hasn’t built a bad ride yet. Here is every operating RMC in ThrillZing’s database — all
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/ September 3, 2026
If B&M is coaster engineering’s craftsman, Intamin is its daredevil. The Swiss-Liechtenstein manufacturer owns virtually every speed record that matters, and this list ranks its 25 fastest operating coasters from ThrillZing’s database. The podium is the world podium: Falcons Flight (155.3 mph), the fastest coaster
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/ September 3, 2026
Bolliger & Mabillard doesn’t chase speed records — the Swiss manufacturer chases perfection, and somehow ends up fast anyway. This list ranks the 25 fastest operating B&M coasters in ThrillZing’s database by top speed. Fury 325 at Carowinds wears the crown at 95 mph, the
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/ September 3, 2026
Every ride on this list is made of lumber, older than your grandparents, and still running. These are the 25 oldest operating wooden roller coasters in ThrillZing’s database, ranked by the year they first carried riders. The elder statesman is Leap-The-Dips at Lakemont Park in
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/ September 3, 2026
Pantheon is Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s Intamin multi-launch coaster, themed to five Roman gods and engineered like all five showed up angry: four launches, two inversions, a backward spike, and a 95-degree beyond-vertical drop. Opened in 2022, it tops out at 73 mph — among the
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/ September 3, 2026
The 2020s have already produced the fastest roller coaster ever built. This list ranks the 25 fastest coasters that opened from 2020 onward, by top speed, using the verified stats in ThrillZing’s coaster database — every ride on it is operating today. The headline act
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/ September 3, 2026
Texas Cyclone was a wooden roller coaster that opened on June 12, 1976, at Six Flags AstroWorld in Houston, Texas. It was built as a near mirror-image tribute to the original Coney Island Cyclone in New York, after AstroWorld’s operators decided it would be too
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/ September 2, 2026
Dr. Diabolical’s Cliffhanger is a Bolliger & Mabillard dive coaster in the Crackaxle Canyon section of Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. It opened to the public on July 30, 2022, replacing the Sundance Theatre, an original venue that had stood since the park
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/ September 2, 2026
Steel Eel is a steel hyper coaster at SeaWorld San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas, built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing. It opened on March 6, 1999, as what was then the single-biggest ride investment the park had made, giving guests a fast, airtime-focused counterpart
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/ September 1, 2026
Texas Stingray is a wooden roller coaster at SeaWorld San Antonio, built by Great Coasters International (GCI) and designed by Skyline Attractions. It had a soft opening on February 21, 2020, followed by its public debut on February 29, 2020, though a brief pandemic-related closure
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/ August 31, 2026
Jersey Devil Coaster is a single-rail steel roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, themed around the legendary creature said to haunt the nearby Pine Barrens. Built by Rocky Mountain Construction and designed by Alan Schilke, it opened to the
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/ August 31, 2026
Green Lantern was a stand-up roller coaster that operated at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, from 2011 until its closure after the 2024 season. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, it sent riders through five inversions at speeds up to 63
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/ August 30, 2026
Mind Bender opened at Six Flags Over Georgia on March 31, 1978, and was marketed as the world’s first triple-loop roller coaster. Built by German manufacturer Anton Schwarzkopf and designed by engineer Werner Stengel, the steel sit-down coaster cost about $2.8 million and quickly became
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/ August 30, 2026
Grizzly is a wooden roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, that has been rattling through the park’s forested Old Virginia section since it opened on March 27, 1982. Designed by noted coaster engineer Curtis D. Summers, its double-figure-eight layout closely follows the blueprint
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/ August 29, 2026
Rapterra is a steel launched wing roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. It opened on March 29, 2025, in the park’s Jungle X-Pedition section, replacing the former Volcano: The Blast Coaster attraction. The ride holds the
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/ August 29, 2026
Dominator is a floorless roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, built by Bolliger & Mabillard. It wasn’t born there, though — the ride first opened on May 5, 2000, as Batman: Knight Flight at Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, before Cedar Fair relocated
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/ August 28, 2026
Penguin Trek is a family launch coaster at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. It opened to the public on July 7, 2024, following a soft opening on July 2, replacing the long-running dark ride Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin,
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/ August 28, 2026
Phoenix Rising is a steel inverted family roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, it officially opened to the public on July 21, 2024, becoming the park’s tenth coaster and one of the most anticipated
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