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 8, 2026
Cobra’s Curse is a steel spinning roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, tucked into the park’s Egypt section beneath a towering 80-foot statue of the fictional Snake King Venymyss. Manufactured by Germany’s Mack Rides, the coaster opened to guests on June 17, 2016, becoming
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/ August 8, 2026
Nighthawk was a steel flying roller coaster at Carowinds, the amusement park straddling the North Carolina-South Carolina border in Charlotte. Riders were flipped into a face-down, arms-forward flying position before soaring through a vertical loop, a double corkscrew, and a series of disorienting Lie-to-Fly and
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/ August 7, 2026
Flight Deck was a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC) at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, best known for the years it spent flipping riders through five inversions above the park’s Grande World Expo section. It first opened in 1995 as Top Gun, themed to the
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/ August 7, 2026
Thunderbolt is a steel roller coaster at Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, that opened to riders on June 14, 2014. Built by Italian manufacturer Zamperla at a cost of roughly $9 million, it borrowed its name from a beloved wooden coaster that thrilled Coney
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/ August 6, 2026
Hades 360 is a wooden roller coaster at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. It opened on May 14, 2005, simply as “Hades,” built by The Gravity Group, and quickly earned attention as one of the tallest and fastest wooden coasters
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/ August 6, 2026
Steel Hawg is a steel roller coaster at Indiana Beach in Monticello, Indiana, notable as the first El Loco model ever built by manufacturer S&S Worldwide (now S&S – Sansei Technologies). Designed by Alan Schilke, the compact but intense ride opened to the public on
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/ August 5, 2026
Ice Breaker is a launched steel roller coaster at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida, built by Premier Rides using its Sky Rocket model. It opened to the public on February 18, 2022, after an original 2020 debut was pushed back by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it
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/ August 5, 2026
Pipeline: The Surf Coaster made history when it opened at SeaWorld Orlando on May 27, 2023, debuting as the world’s first B&M Surf Coaster and the first new stand-up roller coaster design since 1999’s Georgia Scorcher. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride reimagines the
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/ August 4, 2026
Skull Mountain is an indoor family roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Built by Intamin at a cost of about $5 million, it opened to riders on June 3, 1996, and has remained a park staple ever since, easily
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/ August 4, 2026
Gold Striker is a wooden roller coaster at California’s Great America in Santa Clara, California, built by Great Coasters International (GCI) and designed by Jeff Pike. It opened to the public on May 31, 2013, following a soft opening in late April, becoming the park’s
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/ August 3, 2026
RailBlazer is a steel single-rail roller coaster at California’s Great America in Santa Clara, California. Built by Rocky Mountain Construction and opened in June 2018, it was one of the first two prototype single-rail coasters in the world, debuting alongside its mirror-image twin, the Wonder
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/ August 3, 2026
Do-Dodonpa was a compressed-air launch coaster at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Japan, built by S&S – Sansei Technologies using their Thrust Air Coaster system. It first opened as Dodonpa on December 21, 2001, instantly becoming the fastest roller coaster in the world and holder of
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/ August 2, 2026
Stampida is a twin-track wooden racing roller coaster in the Far West section of PortAventura Park in Salou, Catalonia, Spain. Opened on March 17, 1997, and designed by John Wardley and Larry Bill for manufacturer Custom Coasters International, it was one of the first modern
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/ August 2, 2026
Furius Baco is a steel wing coaster at PortAventura Park in Salou, Catalonia, Spain, built by Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel’s engineering firm. It opened on June 5, 2007, and made an immediate splash as the fastest roller coaster in Europe at the time,
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/ August 1, 2026
iSpeed is a steel launched roller coaster at Mirabilandia in Savio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Built by Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel’s firm, it opened on May 20, 2009, replacing the wooden coaster Sierra Tonante on the same plot of land. As Intamin’s second Blitz Coaster
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/ August 1, 2026
Taiga is a steel launch coaster at Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland, that opened on June 18, 2019. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin using its Blitz Coaster design, Taiga uses a linear synchronous motor launch to send riders into a course packed with inversions
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/ July 31, 2026
Kondaa is a steel roller coaster at Walibi Belgium in Wavre, built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin using their Mega Coaster model. It opened to the public on May 8, 2021, becoming the park’s ninth coaster and an instant record-holder in the region. Set within the
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/ July 31, 2026
Toutatis is a steel launched roller coaster at Parc Astérix in Plailly, France, named after the Celtic deity from the Asterix comics whose catchphrase “By Toutatis!” gives the ride its theatrical flair. Built by Intamin as an LSM launch coaster, it opened to the public
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/ July 30, 2026
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is the most popular ride at Magic Kingdom, and also one of the most misunderstood: it looks like a kiddie ride from the queue, then surprises first-timers with real drops, banked turns, and a cart that sways side to side like
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/ July 30, 2026
Incredicoaster is a launched steel roller coaster at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, California, themed around Pixar’s The Incredibles. Manufactured by Intamin, the ride launches riders from 0 to 55 mph in about four seconds along a 6,072-foot track, making it one of the longest
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