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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/ 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 a steel hypercoaster at PortAventura Park in Salou, Tarragona, Spain, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard and opened on May 12, 2012. Rising 249 feet and hurtling riders down a 256-foot drop at 83 mph, it held the title of Europe’s tallest
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/ June 23, 2026
Takabisha is a steel Euro-Fighter roller coaster at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, that opened on July 16, 2011. Built by Gerstlauer on their Euro-Fighter 1000 model, the ride immediately earned the Guinness World Record for the steepest roller coaster in the world, thanks
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/ June 22, 2026
Standing in line watching a coaster scream overhead, heart pounding, second-guessing the whole thing — almost every rider has been there. Fear of roller coasters is incredibly common, and the good news is it’s also very beatable. You don’t have to white-knuckle it. With a
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/ June 22, 2026
It’s the great roller coaster debate: do you sprint for the front row or hold out for the back? Both give you a completely different ride on the exact same track, and neither is objectively ‘right’. It comes down to what kind of thrill you’re
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/ June 22, 2026
Fujiyama is a steel out-and-back hypercoaster at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, rising in the shadow of the mountain it’s named after. Built by TOGO and opened in July 1996, it remains one of the tallest and longest coasters ever built without a single
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/ June 21, 2026
Hakugei (白鯨, ‘White Whale’) is a steel hybrid roller coaster at Nagashima Spa Land in Kuwana, Mie, Japan — the country’s only Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid and the first RMC installation anywhere in Asia. Since opening on March 28, 2019, it has become one of
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/ June 20, 2026
Steel Dragon 2000 is the steel out-and-back giant at Nagashima Spa Land in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan — a coaster built for one thing above all else: scale. When it opened on August 1, 2000, it simultaneously claimed the world records for longest, tallest, and
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/ June 20, 2026
Falcons Flight at Six Flags Qiddiya City holds three simultaneous world records: the tallest, fastest, and longest complete-circuit roller coaster on Earth. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin as an Exa Coaster, it made its debut on December 31, 2025, when Qiddiya City’s flagship theme park
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/ June 19, 2026
Yukon Striker is a steel dive coaster at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, built by Bolliger & Mabillard and opened on May 3, 2019. Standing 223 feet tall with a 245-foot drop and a top speed of 81 mph, it debuted as the world’s tallest,
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/ June 19, 2026
Phantom’s Revenge is a steel hypercoaster at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, and one of the most celebrated coasters in the United States. Born from the bones of the 1991 Arrow Dynamics-built Steel Phantom, the ride was radically reimagined by D.H. Morgan Manufacturing
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/ June 19, 2026
Matterhorn Bobsleds is the dual-tracked steel roller coaster inside the snow-capped mountain at the center of Disneyland in Anaheim, California — and it’s the reason every smooth steel coaster you’ve ridden since exists at all. Opened on June 14, 1959, it was Disneyland’s first roller
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/ June 19, 2026
The Mindbender roller coaster was the signature ride of Galaxyland, the indoor amusement park inside West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta. For 37 years it held the title of the world’s tallest indoor roller coaster, hurling riders through three vertical loops entirely under one roof
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/ June 18, 2026
Two dive coaster world records, one Illinois roller coaster: a 96-degree drop and five inversions. Wrath of Rakshasa opened May 31, 2025, at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, instantly becoming the steepest and most-inverted dive coaster on Earth. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger
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/ June 18, 2026
Flight of the Hippogriff is a steel family roller coaster located in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida. Built by Vekoma on the footprint of the park’s original Flying Unicorn coaster, it opened in its
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/ June 18, 2026
Slinky Dog Dash is a family launched steel roller coaster located in Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Manufactured by Mack Rides and designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, it opened on June 30, 2018, as one of two headline
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/ June 17, 2026
Behemoth is a steel hyper coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario. Standing 230 feet (70 meters) tall with a 226-foot first drop and a top speed of 77 mph (124 km/h), it opened on May 4, 2008, instantly
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/ June 17, 2026
The Bat is a suspended steel roller coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, built by Arrow Dynamics and opened on April 9, 1993. Unlike traditional coasters, its trains hang freely below the overhead rail on pivoting axles, swinging outward through every banked turn to
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/ June 17, 2026
Flight of Fear is famous for one thing above all else: a launch so violent it feels faster than its numbers suggest. Riders go from a dead stop to 54 mph in four seconds, then get thrown through four inversions in total darkness before they’ve
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/ June 16, 2026
The Incredible Hulk Coaster is a launched steel roller coaster located in the Marvel Super Hero Island section of Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida. Designed by Werner Stengel and manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), it opened on May 28, 1999, and holds
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