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 8, 2026
Raging Wolf Bobs was a classic wooden roller coaster that thundered through Geauga Lake amusement park in Aurora, Ohio, for nearly two decades. Built to mark the park’s centennial celebration, it was the park’s first new coaster in ten years when it opened on May…
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/ September 8, 2026
Anaconda was a steel looping roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, built by Arrow Dynamics and designed by legendary engineer Ron Toomer. Opening on March 23, 1991, it replaced the park’s earlier King Kobra shuttle loop and cost around $5 million to build…
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/ September 8, 2026
Big Bad Wolf was a steel suspended roller coaster that operated at Busch Gardens Williamsburg from 1984 to 2009. Built by Arrow Dynamics and designed by Ron Toomer, the ride carried swinging, individually hinged cars through the park’s Bavarian-themed Oktoberfest section, giving riders a pendulum-like…
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/ September 8, 2026
Wolverine Wildcat is a wooden roller coaster at Michigan’s Adventure in Muskegon, Michigan, that opened on May 18, 1988. Built by the Dinn Corporation and designed by Curtis D. Summers, it was the first collaboration between the two, who would go on to build nine…
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/ September 8, 2026
Superman: Ride of Steel was a steel hypercoaster that towered over Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, from its opening on May 13, 2000. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin and designed by engineer Werner Stengel, it was a mirror-image twin of the Ride of…
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/ September 8, 2026
Superman: Ultimate Flight is a steel flying roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. It opened on May 3, 2003, in the park’s Orleans Place section, replacing the Arrow Dynamics looper Shockwave. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, it was the…
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/ September 8, 2026
Batman & Robin: The Chiller was a dual-tracked, launched shuttle coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, designed by Premier Rides with layout engineering from Werner Stengel’s firm, Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH. Branded around the 1997 film Batman & Robin, the ride used…
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/ September 8, 2026
Double Loop was a steel roller coaster at Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, that made history in 1977 as the first coaster in the world to feature two consecutive vertical loops. Built by Arrow Dynamics at a cost of $1.35 million, the ride quickly became…
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/ September 8, 2026
Cornball Express is a wooden roller coaster at Indiana Beach in Monticello, Indiana, that opened on May 18, 2001. Built by Custom Coasters International, it was one of the manufacturer’s final designs before the company closed its doors in 2002, giving the ride a bittersweet…
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/ September 8, 2026
Hoosier Hurricane is a wooden roller coaster at Indiana Beach in Monticello, Indiana, running along the shore of Lake Shafer beside the park’s boardwalk. When it opened on May 27, 1994, it became the park’s largest wooden coaster and the first wooden coaster built anywhere…
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/ September 8, 2026
Batman: The Ride is an inverted steel roller coaster that has anchored the Gotham City section of Mid America Adventure (formerly Six Flags St. Louis) in Eureka, Missouri, since it opened on April 22, 1995. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, it arrived just…
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/ September 8, 2026
T3 was an inverted steel roller coaster at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky, built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma as a Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC). It first opened on April 7, 1995 as T2, becoming the first Vekoma SLC to operate in North America, and spent…
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/ September 8, 2026
Invertigo is a Vekoma inverted shuttle coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, best known for seating riders in face-to-face rows as the train is launched backward and forward through a vertical loop and a cobra roll. It’s one of only four Invertigo-model coasters Vekoma…
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/ September 8, 2026
Diamondback opened at Kings Island on April 18, 2009, as the park’s first Bolliger & Mabillard creation and, at the time, the largest capital investment in the park’s history at roughly $22 million. Built as a steel hypercoaster with an out-and-back layout, it introduced Cincinnati-area…
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/ September 8, 2026
Corkscrew opened at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, on May 15, 1976, and made history as the first roller coaster in the world to feature three inversions. Built by Arrow Development and designed by legendary engineer Ron Toomer, the steel coaster arrived during the U.S.
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/ September 8, 2026
Looking for the numbers? Height, speed, records and the height requirement are on our Valravn stats guide. Valravn is a Bolliger & Mabillard dive coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, that opened on May 7, 2016. Named after the mythical shape-shifting raven of Danish…
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/ September 8, 2026
Steel Vengeance is a hybrid roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, built by Rocky Mountain Construction and opened to the public on May 5, 2018. It rose from the bones of Mean Streak, a wooden coaster that had operated since 1991, with RMC’s…
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/ September 8, 2026
Millennium Force opened at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, on May 13, 2000, and immediately redefined what a roller coaster could be. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin, it stood 310 feet tall, a height that earned it the distinction of being the world’s first “giga…
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/ September 8, 2026
Raptor is a Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, that opened on May 7, 1994. Designed by Werner Stengel, it cost between $11.5 and $12 million to build and replaced the park’s old Mill Race water ride. At its…
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/ September 8, 2026
Thunderbolt is a wooden roller coaster at Kennywood in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, that has been dropping riders into a forested ravine since it first opened as Pippin in 1924, designed by John A. Miller. The ride was reengineered and renamed Thunderbolt in 1968 by Kennywood’s…
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