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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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/ November 5, 2026
Sierra Sidewinder opened at Knott’s Berry Farm on May 26, 2007, bringing a new kind of thrill to the park’s Camp Snoopy area. Built by German manufacturer Mack Rides, it was the company’s first free-spinning coaster model, letting each four-car train rotate freely as it…
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/ November 5, 2026
Pony Express opened at Knott’s Berry Farm on May 22, 2008, becoming the first Zamperla Moto Coaster built in the United States. Tucked into the park’s Ghost Town section, the $9 million ride reimagines the historic mail-delivery service of the same name, putting riders atop…
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/ November 4, 2026
Demon is a steel looping coaster at California’s Great America in Santa Clara that has been thrilling riders since the park’s earliest years. It opened on May 20, 1976 as “Turn of the Century,” an Arrow Dynamics coaster that already featured a double corkscrew after…
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/ November 4, 2026
MonteZOOMa: The Forbidden Fortress stands in Fiesta Village at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, as the reinvented version of Montezooma’s Revenge, the shuttle loop coaster that first opened on the site on May 21, 1978. Built originally by German manufacturer Anton Schwarzkopf and…
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/ November 4, 2026
Coast Rider is a steel wild mouse roller coaster in The Boardwalk section of Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Built by Mack Rides, it opened on May 25, 2013, on the former footprint of the water ride Perilous Plunge, which had closed the…
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/ November 3, 2026
Woodstock’s Express is a steel family coaster tucked into the Planet Snoopy section of California’s Great America in Santa Clara, California. Built by Intamin, the ride has a surprisingly long history that stretches back decades before it ever wore its current Peanuts-themed livery. The coaster…
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/ November 3, 2026
The Grizzly is a wooden roller coaster that has anchored California’s Great America in Santa Clara since 1986. Designed by noted engineer Curtis D. Summers and built by Kings Island’s in-house construction team, it was part of a wave of classic wood coasters built across…
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/ November 2, 2026
Psycho Mouse is a steel wild mouse roller coaster at California’s Great America in Santa Clara, California. Built by Arrow Dynamics, it opened to riders on March 24, 2001, and has remained a staple of the park’s lineup ever since. Unlike the park’s taller, faster…
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/ November 2, 2026
Patriot is a floorless roller coaster at California’s Great America in Santa Clara, California, with a history stretching back over three decades. The ride began life in 1991 as Vortex, a stand-up coaster designed by Werner Stengel and built by Bolliger & Mabillard, one of…
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/ November 1, 2026
Tucked into the Planet Snoopy section of California’s Great America in Santa Clara, Lucy’s Crabbie Cabbies is a gentle kiddie coaster built for the park’s youngest thrill-seekers. Riders climb aboard crab-themed taxi cabs named for Peanuts character Lucy van Pelt and set off on a…
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/ November 1, 2026
Flight Deck is a steel inverted roller coaster at California’s Great America in Santa Clara, California. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, it opened on March 20, 1993 as Top Gun, a name that played off the Hollywood blockbuster, before the ride was rebranded…
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/ October 31, 2026
Sand Serpent was a compact Wild Mouse-style roller coaster that ran at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Florida from 2004 until its closure in 2023. Built by German manufacturer Mack Rides, the ride packed a series of tight, hairpin turns and sudden drops into a…
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/ October 30, 2026
Air Grover is a junior roller coaster tucked into the Sesame Street Safari of Fun area of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Opened on March 27, 2010, the ride gives younger guests their first taste of a real roller coaster without the steep drops or inversions…
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/ October 29, 2026
The Joker Funhouse Coaster is a family-sized steel roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia near Atlanta. Built by Chance Rides, the compact coaster opened on September 4, 2004, as part of a wave of new attractions added to the park that year, originally debuting…
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/ October 29, 2026
Superman: Ultimate Flight opened at Six Flags Over Georgia on April 6, 2002, as the original installation of a Bolliger & Mabillard flying coaster model that Six Flags would later duplicate at two other parks. Riders are loaded face-down and parallel to the track, flying…
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/ October 28, 2026
When Great American Scream Machine opened at Six Flags Over Georgia on March 31, 1973, it carried a bold claim: the tallest, longest, and fastest roller coaster in the world. Built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters and designed by William Cobb, Don Rosser, and legendary wooden-coaster…
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/ October 28, 2026
Dare Devil Dive is a steel roller coaster in the USA section of Six Flags Over Georgia, opened on May 28, 2011. Built by German manufacturer Gerstlauer as a custom Euro-Fighter model, it was only the second ride of its type to open in the…
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/ October 27, 2026
Blue Hawk is a steel looping roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Mableton, Georgia, tucked into the park’s Lickskillet section. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, the coaster reaches 122 feet, hits speeds of 52 mph, and sends riders through five inversions along 2,742…
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/ October 27, 2026
Chupacabra is a steel inverted roller coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas, looming over the park’s entrance and parking lot at 105 feet tall. The ride dangles riders’ feet freely below the track as it races through 2,693 feet of track…
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/ October 26, 2026
Quantum Accelerator is a steel family launch coaster at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts, billed as New England’s first dual-launch straddle coaster. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin, it opened to the public on April 17, 2026, after a soft opening the week before…
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