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 15, 2026
Blue Tornado is a steel inverted roller coaster at Gardaland in Castelnuovo del Garda, Italy, near Lake Garda and the city of Verona. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, it opened to the public in 1998 as one of the park’s marquee thrill attractions, and a…
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/ September 15, 2026
Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars is a family roller coaster in the Grizzly Gulch section of Hong Kong Disneyland, built by Vekoma and opened on July 14, 2012. It sends runaway mine trains through a gold rush-era mountain town, using two chain lifts plus…
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/ September 15, 2026
Flug der Dämonen, German for “Flight of the Demons,” is a Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster at Heide Park Resort in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. It opened on March 29, 2014, as Germany’s first wing coaster, replacing the former Wildwasserbahn II water ride that had…
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/ September 15, 2026
Fluch von Novgorod (“Curse of Novgorod”) opened at Hansa-Park in Sierksdorf, Germany, on April 9, 2009, as a custom Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter built around a launched, dark-ride opening sequence. Riders depart the station through an indoor show scene before an LSM launch system rockets the train…
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/ September 15, 2026
Hair Raiser is the floorless steel roller coaster that anchors Thrill Mountain at Ocean Park in Hong Kong, sending riders over a cliff’s edge above the South China Sea with their legs dangling free beneath the train. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard and…
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/ September 15, 2026
Bandit is a steel terrain roller coaster at Yomiuriland, an amusement park in Inagi, near Tokyo, Japan. Built by the Japanese manufacturer TOGO and opened on March 25, 1988, it briefly held the title of the world’s fastest roller coaster before Cedar Point’s Magnum XL-200…
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/ September 15, 2026
Pyrenees is a steel inverted roller coaster at Shima Spain Village in Shima, Mie, Japan, named after the mountain range that forms the natural border between Spain, Andorra, and France, echoing the park’s Spanish-themed setting. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard and designed by…
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/ September 15, 2026
Vogel Rok is an enclosed steel roller coaster at Efteling, the historic amusement park in Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, it opened on April 9, 1998, and takes its story from the Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor in the One Thousand and…
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/ September 15, 2026
Lost Gravity is a steel roller coaster at Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands, built by German manufacturer Mack Rides and opened to the public on March 24, 2016. It debuted as the first installation of Mack’s then-new “BigDipper” train system, a design notable for seating…
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/ September 15, 2026
Aftershock is a Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang shuttle coaster at Silverwood Theme Park in Athol, Idaho. Riders sit below the track with their legs dangling as twin 194-foot catch-car towers launch the train through a cobra roll and a vertical loop, first forward and then…
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/ September 15, 2026
Most roller coasters get built once and that’s the end of the story. Yankee Cannonball had two lives: one that ended in failure at a long-gone Connecticut park, and a second that’s now lasted nearly nine decades at Canobie Lake Park in Salem, New Hampshire.
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/ September 15, 2026
Georgia Scorcher is a steel stand-up roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell, Georgia. Opened on May 8, 1999, and built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride was squeezed onto a narrow strip of land in the park’s Georgia section, replacing…
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/ September 15, 2026
Judge Roy Scream opened on March 1, 1980, as the first wooden roller coaster ever built at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. Designed by Don Rosser and Bill Cobb and constructed by William Cobb & Associates at a cost of about $2.1 million…
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/ September 15, 2026
Medusa Steel Coaster is a steel hybrid roller coaster at Six Flags México in Mexico City, built by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) and designed by Alan Schilke. It opened on June 14, 2014, reaching speeds of about 58 mph while sending riders through three inversions…
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/ September 15, 2026
Steel Taipan is Dreamworld’s record-setting launch coaster on the Gold Coast, and it’s built to disorient you in three separate bursts of speed before you even reach the first inversion. If you’re trying to figure out how fast it goes, whether you’re tall (or short)…
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/ September 15, 2026
DC Rivals HyperCoaster at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast is Australia’s tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster, a 202-foot Mack Rides hypercoaster themed around DC Comics heroes and villains. Riders climb past a giant Joker face at the top of the lift…
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/ September 15, 2026
Hollywood Dream: The Ride opened on March 9, 2007, as the first major roller coaster built for Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the $50 million attraction helped drive a sharp jump in park attendance and net income during its debut…
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/ September 15, 2026
Dæmonen is a steel floorless roller coaster at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, one of the world’s oldest operating amusement parks. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, it opened on April 16, 2004, replacing the smaller family coaster Slangen and becoming, at the time…
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/ September 15, 2026
Rutschebanen is a wooden roller coaster at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, nicknamed Bjergbanen (the Mountain Coaster) for its scenery of painted hills and tunnels. Designed by Danish ride builder Valdemar Lebech with construction help from the L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway Company, it opened on…
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/ September 15, 2026
Valkyria is a steel dive coaster at Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden, built by Bolliger & Mabillard and named for the Valkyries of Norse mythology, the warrior spirits said to carry fallen soldiers to the afterlife. It opened on August 10, 2018, following a…
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