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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/ July 3, 2026
Wildfire is one of the most extreme wooden coasters on the planet, and the numbers back it up: an 83-degree first drop, a top speed of 115 km/h, and a height that ties it for a world record. If you’re looking for the exact figures
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/ July 2, 2026
A 72-foot wooden effigy looms over Mutiny Bay, flames bursting from its shoulders as a train full of screaming riders disappears into its base for the third time. That’s Wicker Man, Alton Towers’ wooden roller coaster and the ride that ended a 22-year UK drought
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/ July 1, 2026
The Smiler is a steel Infinity Coaster built by Gerstlauer at Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire, England, and it opened to the public on 31 May 2013. From its debut, the ride claimed the world record for the most inversions on any roller coaster —
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/ July 1, 2026
Oblivion opened at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England on 14 March 1998 as the world’s first dive coaster and the first roller coaster to feature a near-vertical drop. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard and engineer Werner Stengel, it was marketed as the ‘world’s first vertical
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/ June 30, 2026
Nemesis at Alton Towers is the ride that changed British theme parks forever — an inverted steel coaster from Bolliger & Mabillard that plunges riders into a man-made ravine, weaves through rock walls, and flips them upside down four times in just 80 seconds. Since
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/ June 30, 2026
Standing 174 feet above the Palatinate countryside, Expedition GeForce is the tallest and fastest ride at Plopsaland Deutschland — and one of the most decorated steel roller coasters ever built. Since opening in 2001, this Intamin mega coaster has paired an 82-degree first drop with
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/ June 29, 2026
Silver Star has been Europa-Park’s signature thrill ride since 2002, and even with dozens of newer coasters built across Europe since then, it still delivers one of the biggest first drops and longest stretches of airtime you’ll find in Germany. At 73 metres tall with
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/ June 29, 2026
Blue Fire Megacoaster opened at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany, on April 4, 2009, and quickly earned its place among Europe’s most celebrated launched roller coasters. Built by Mack Rides — the storied family-owned manufacturer based in nearby Waldkirch — it was the company’s very first
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/ June 28, 2026
Opened on March 31, 2012, Wodan Timbur Coaster brought Europa-Park its first wooden roller coaster and handed Europe a serious contender on the global wood coaster circuit. Built by Great Coasters International, the ride climbs 131 feet before hurtling through 3,444 feet of timber at
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/ June 28, 2026
Icon is the steel launched roller coaster that reshaped Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s skyline in 2018 — the first multi-launch coaster ever built in the United Kingdom, and the resort’s first new coaster in 24 years. Built by German manufacturer Mack Rides for £16.25 million, it
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/ June 27, 2026
Untamed at Walibi Holland is the ride enthusiasts point to whenever the conversation turns to hybrid coasters that do more than deliver airtime — its five inversions are still the benchmark for the entire RMC hybrid category more than five years after it opened. If
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/ June 27, 2026
Hyperion is a steel hyper coaster built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin at Energylandia in Zator, Poland. It opened on 14 July 2018 and immediately became the country’s benchmark thrill ride, climbing to 77 metres (253 ft) and hitting a top speed of 142 km/h (88
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/ June 26, 2026
Zadra is a steel hybrid roller coaster at Energylandia in Zator, Poland, built by Rocky Mountain Construction and opened on August 22, 2019. Standing 206 feet tall and launching riders to 75 mph through three inversions along 4,318 feet of track, it ties as the
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/ June 26, 2026
Black Mamba is a steel inverted roller coaster at Phantasialand in Brühl, Germany — about 20 km (12 miles) southwest of Cologne (Köln). Designed and built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), it opened to the public on May 24, 2006, and remains one
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/ June 25, 2026
F.L.Y. is a steel flying roller coaster at Phantasialand in Brühl, Germany. Manufactured by Vekoma and opened on September 17, 2020, it stretches 1,236 meters (4,055 feet) of track — enough to claim the title of the world’s longest flying coaster, surpassing Flying Dinosaur at
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/ June 25, 2026
Helix is a steel multi-launch roller coaster at Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden. Built by Mack Rides and opened on April 26, 2014, the ride weaves through and over the rocky hillside terrain that gives Liseberg much of its distinctive character, with two linear
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/ June 24, 2026
Eejanaika (ええじゃないか) is a steel fourth-dimension roller coaster at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan — and two decades after opening, it’s still one of the most disorienting rides on Earth. Built by S&S – Arrow (now S&S – Sansei Technologies), it opened July 19,
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/ June 24, 2026
Taron is the ride that put Phantasialand’s Klugheim area on every coaster enthusiast’s map: a 73 mph Intamin multi-launch coaster that threads through faux canyon walls with more track crossovers than any launched coaster on Earth. If you’re planning a trip to Brühl, Germany, and
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/ June 24, 2026
Dragon Khan is a steel sit-down roller coaster at PortAventura Park in Salou, Tarragona, Spain, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) and opened on May 2, 1995. One of two coasters present on the park’s opening day, it immediately established PortAventura as a
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/ June 23, 2026
Shambhala is the steel hypercoaster that put PortAventura Park on the world stage — a Bolliger & Mabillard giant in the park’s China zone that still delivers one of the tallest drops and fastest launches-by-gravity anywhere in Europe. If you’re trying to pin down exactly
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