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
Cannibal is the ride Lagoon spent nearly a decade dreaming up — and then decided to build itself. Rising over the classic Farmington, Utah park since July 2015, its brown elevator tower is visible from Interstate 15, and the moment that made it famous happens…
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/ August 15, 2026
When Tantrum opened at Six Flags Darien Lake on May 25, 2018, it gave New York State something it had never had before: a roller coaster that drops at more than 90 degrees. The lime-green and orange Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter hauls riders straight up a vertical…
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/ August 15, 2026
Squeezed onto the seafront of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England, Rage is proof that a roller coaster doesn’t need to be huge to be genuinely intense. This Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter at Adventure Island packs a beyond-vertical 97-degree first drop, three inversions and up to 4.5 g into…
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/ August 15, 2026
Deep in the Ruigrijk region of the Netherlands’ fairytale park Efteling, two wooden trains charge out of a medieval station side by side — one for Water, one for Fire — racing to slay a dragon. Joris en de Draak (“George and the Dragon”) is…
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/ August 15, 2026
Every coaster empire starts somewhere, and for Six Flags Magic Mountain — the self-styled “Thrill Capital of the World” — it started with Gold Rusher. This Arrow mine train opened with the park on May 29, 1971, making it Magic Mountain’s very first roller coaster.
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/ August 15, 2026
Tucked into the limestone quarry walls of Crackaxle Canyon, Road Runner Express is Six Flags Fiesta Texas’ classic family mine train. Opened on May 1, 1997, this Arrow Dynamics coaster carries a fun piece of history: it was the last mine train roller coaster Arrow…
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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, shown as minutes:seconds, 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…
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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 at Alton Towers built its reputation on a single moment: a pitch-black crypt where the track itself seems to vanish beneath the train and riders genuinely freefall for a few heart-stopping metres before the ride catches them again. It’s the reason the UK’s original…
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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 Mid America Adventure (formerly 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…
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/ August 11, 2026
Feet dangling, no floor beneath you, and a 150-foot drop waiting at the top — Medusa has been rattling nerves at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom since March 18, 2000, when it opened as the first floorless roller coaster anywhere on the West Coast. Built by…
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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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