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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/ September 17, 2026
Mind Eraser opened at Six Flags America in Bowie, Maryland on May 20, 1995, as a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC) — a steel inverted design that hangs trains beneath the track in a fixed, non-swinging position for a tight, disorienting ride packed into a…
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/ September 17, 2026
Revenge of the Mummy is an indoor steel launch coaster at Universal Studios Hollywood that opened on June 25, 2004, in the building that previously housed E.T. Adventure. Manufactured by Premier Rides, it combines a dark ride’s storytelling with a genuine coaster launch, sending guests…
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/ September 17, 2026
Flight of the Hippogriff is a steel family roller coaster located in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California. It opened on April 7, 2016, alongside the park’s Wizarding World expansion, and holds the distinction of being the…
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/ September 17, 2026
Chip ‘n’ Dale’s GADGETcoaster is a compact family roller coaster tucked into Mickey’s Toontown at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, the ride first opened on January 24, 1993, as Gadget’s Go Coaster, themed to the Rescue Rangers inventor Gadget Hackwrench and…
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/ September 17, 2026
Space Mountain debuted at Tokyo Disneyland on April 15, 1983, as one of the park’s opening-day attractions and the first Space Mountain to open concurrently with a Disney park. Tucked inside a massive white dome in Tomorrowland, the steel coaster sends twelve riders per rocket-shaped…
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/ September 17, 2026
Raging Spirits is a steel roller coaster in the Lost River Delta section of Tokyo DisneySea, themed around the ruins of an ancient ceremonial site inspired by Incan architecture in Peru. It opened on July 21, 2005, becoming the first and only coaster in the…
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/ September 17, 2026
Crush’s Coaster is a spinning steel roller coaster at Disneyland Paris, located within what was long known as Walt Disney Studios Park and is now branded as part of Disney Adventure World following the resort’s March 2026 rebrand. Opened on June 9, 2007, the ride…
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/ September 17, 2026
Goofy’s Sky School is a steel wild mouse roller coaster tucked into the Paradise Gardens Park section of Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, California. Built by Mack Rides and designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, the ride sends guests through a series of sharp turns and…
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/ September 17, 2026
Curse of the Werewolf is a launched spinning roller coaster in the Dark Universe land of Universal’s Epic Universe in Orlando, Florida. Built by German manufacturer Mack Rides, it opened alongside the park on May 22, 2025, and tells an original story inspired by Universal’s…
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/ September 17, 2026
Woody Woodpecker’s Nuthouse Coaster was a family-friendly junior roller coaster at Universal Studios Florida, tucked into the Woody Woodpecker’s KidZone section of the park. Manufactured by Vekoma, it holds a special place in Universal Orlando Resort’s history as the very first roller coaster ever built…
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/ September 17, 2026
Primeval Whirl was a steel spinning Wild Mouse roller coaster in Chester & Hester’s Dino-Rama, part of DinoLand U.S.A. at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Opened on March 31, 2002, it was the first roller coaster to debut at the park, pairing a jerky wild-mouse layout with…
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/ September 17, 2026
The Barnstormer is a steel junior roller coaster tucked into the Storybook Circus section of Fantasyland at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma and designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, it sends riders aboard Goofy’s homemade biplane as it careens through a…
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/ September 17, 2026
Revenge of the Mummy is an indoor launched steel coaster at Universal Studios Florida that blends a roller coaster with a dark ride, sending riders through a cursed Egyptian tomb inspired by Universal’s Mummy film franchise. It opened on May 21, 2004, in the building…
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/ September 17, 2026
Space Mountain opened in Tomorrowland at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on January 15, 1975, and it remains one of the most recognizable roller coasters in the world. Designed by WED Enterprises (Walt Disney Imagineering) and built by Arrow Development, it was among the first…
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/ September 17, 2026
Twisted Twins was a wooden dueling roller coaster at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened in April 1998 under the name Twisted Sisters, sending two mirror-image wooden tracks named Stella and Lola out from a single station so that riders raced past…
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/ September 17, 2026
Woodland Run is a wooden roller coaster at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky, originally built by the Dinn Corporation and designed by Curtis D. Summers and John Fetterman. It opened in August 1990 as Thunder Run, giving generations of Louisville-area thrill-seekers their introduction to out-and-back…
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/ September 17, 2026
Shockwave was a steel looping roller coaster that towered over the Orleans Place section of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Built by Arrow Dynamics and designed by legendary coaster engineer Ron Toomer, it opened on June 3, 1988, as a showcase of the…
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/ September 17, 2026
Demon is a steel looping roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, built by Arrow Dynamics and designed by Ron Toomer. The ride first opened on May 29, 1976, as Turn of the Century, a milder coaster with airtime hills and a…
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/ September 17, 2026
Déjà Vu was a Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang shuttle coaster that opened at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois on October 7, 2001. Riders sat in dangling, ski-lift-style chairs suspended below the track, launched out of the station by a catch-car vertical lift, sent…
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/ September 17, 2026
Iron Wolf opened on April 28, 1990, in the County Fair section of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, and holds a special place in coaster history: it was the very first roller coaster ever built by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), the Swiss firm…
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