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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/ October 1, 2026
Carolina Goldrusher is a steel mine train roller coaster at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it holds the distinction of being the park’s very first coaster. Designed by Ron Toomer and built by Arrow Dynamics, it opened on March 31, 1973, the same year…
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/ October 1, 2026
Woodstock’s Air Rail is a suspended family coaster tucked into the Camp Snoopy section of Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma as a Suspended Family Coaster model and designed by Peter Clerx, the ride opened to guests on April 7, 2001…
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/ September 29, 2026
The Great Pumpkin Coaster is a small family roller coaster tucked into the Planet Snoopy section of Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. Built by E&F Miler Industries, it’s a classic steel “junior oval” coaster designed to give young riders their first taste of a lift…
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/ September 29, 2026
Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers is a family boomerang roller coaster that opened May 24, 2024, at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, as the marquee attraction of the park’s new Camp Snoopy area within Planet Snoopy. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, the ride reimagines the classic…
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/ September 28, 2026
Road Runner Express is a steel family roller coaster tucked into the Bugs Bunny World section of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma as one of its compact Junior Coaster models, the ride carries young guests through a gentle…
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/ September 27, 2026
Ninja is a suspended steel roller coaster tucked into the Samurai Summit area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Built by Arrow Dynamics and opened on May 21, 1988, it was the fifth of only ten suspended coasters the manufacturer ever built, and…
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/ September 27, 2026
Canyon Blaster opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California on May 27, 1999, as the centerpiece of a refreshed Bugs Bunny World. Built by E&F Miler Industries, the steel family coaster gave the park’s youngest guests their first real taste of a roller…
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/ September 26, 2026
Batman: The Ride is a steel inverted roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, it opened on March 26, 1994, and it was the first inverted coaster in Southern California. Riders sit in floorless-style seats with their…
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/ September 26, 2026
Sprocket Rockets is a small steel family coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Vekoma built it, and it opened in 1998 under the name Spacely’s Sprocket Rockets. It is listed as a Junior Coaster that stands about 28 feet tall and runs…
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/ September 25, 2026
New roller coasters for 2027 are stacking up fast, and the list just got a new entry: Lagoon in Utah officially unveiled J3 Grand Prix, the first Intamin Hot Racer in the United States, pushing the confirmed 2027 count to 20 worldwide. Six Flags Great…
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/ September 25, 2026
Ricochet is a steel Wild Mouse roller coaster at Carowinds, the amusement park straddling the North Carolina and South Carolina line near Charlotte. Built by Mack Rides, it opened on March 23, 2002, in the park’s Carolina Boardwalk area. It is a compact-model Wild Mouse…
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/ September 25, 2026
Carolina Cyclone is a steel looping roller coaster at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina. Built by Arrow Dynamics and designed by Ron Toomer, it opened on March 22, 1980, at a reported cost of about $2 million. When it debuted, it was the first roller…
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/ September 25, 2026
Vortex is a steel stand-up roller coaster at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was built by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), with layout engineering by Werner Stengel’s firm, and it opened to the public on March 14, 1992. Riders stand on the train instead of…
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/ September 25, 2026
Little Dipper is a small wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. It is a compact figure-eight ride with gentle hills, dips and turns, and it is built for young riders. It is often a child’s first roller coaster. The ride…
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/ September 24, 2026
Dark Knight is an enclosed steel Wild Mouse roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. It opened on May 21, 2008, and was built by Mack Rides at a reported cost of about $7.5 million. It is not a big-drop thrill machine.
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/ September 24, 2026
Wild Mouse is a steel spinning roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It opened on May 6, 2023, as the anchor of the park’s new Boardwalk area, and it was billed as the park’s 18th roller coaster. Zamperla built it, and it was…
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/ September 22, 2026
Goliath opened at Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands, on March 29, 2002, and instantly became the park’s signature thrill ride. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin with track design from German engineer Werner Stengel, it was classified as one of mainland Europe’s first Intamin “Mega Coaster”…
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/ September 21, 2026
Little Dipper is a steel kiddie roller coaster at Memphis Kiddie Park in Brooklyn, Ohio, a small family amusement park just outside Cleveland. Built by the Allan Herschell Company, the ride opened with the park on May 28, 1952, making it one of the oldest…
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/ September 21, 2026
Disaster Transport was an enclosed steel bobsled roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It began life as Avalanche Run, an outdoor Intamin bobsled coaster announced in October 1984. Cedar Point had originally targeted Avalanche Run to debut with the park’s May 11, 1985…
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/ September 21, 2026
Corkscrew has been twisting riders upside down at Michigan’s Adventure in Muskegon since 1979, back when the park was still known as Deer Park under owner Roger Jourden. Built by Arrow Dynamics, it holds the distinction of being the first inverting roller coaster in the…
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