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/ August 23, 2026
Rougarou is a floorless roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, built by Bolliger & Mabillard. The ride occupies the same steel structure that originally opened in 1996 as Mantis, a stand-up coaster that set world records for its type before earning a reputation
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/ July 15, 2026
Candymonium is a steel hypercoaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. It opened on July 3, 2020, as the centerpiece of the park’s Chocolatetown expansion, and immediately claimed the title of tallest, fastest, and longest coaster in Hersheypark history.
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/ July 12, 2026
Manta is SeaWorld Orlando’s signature flying roller coaster: riders are locked in face-down, arms and legs extended, and sent soaring belly-first over a lagoon stocked with real rays. It’s one of only a handful of Bolliger & Mabillard “flying coasters” on Earth, and the only
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/ July 6, 2026
Superman: Ultimate Flight is the flying roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, that locks riders face-down and sends them soaring through a 78-foot pretzel loop, where the train hits its top speed of 51 mph. It’s one of only a
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/ July 5, 2026
Katun is the Mayan-ruins-themed inverted roller coaster at Mirabilandia amusement park near Ravenna, Italy — a Bolliger & Mabillard machine designed by Werner Stengel that has been sending riders through two ‘Stargate’ tunnels since April 1, 2000. It’s sometimes typed or misheard as ‘Katoon’ or
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/ June 29, 2026
Silver Star has been Europa-Park’s signature thrill ride since 2002, and even with dozens of newer coasters built across Europe since then, it still delivers one of the biggest first drops and longest stretches of airtime you’ll find in Germany. At 73 metres tall with
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/ June 26, 2026
Black Mamba is a steel inverted roller coaster at Phantasialand in Brühl, Germany — about 20 km (12 miles) southwest of Cologne (Köln). Designed and built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), it opened to the public on May 24, 2006, and remains one
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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 the steel hypercoaster that put PortAventura Park on the world stage — a Bolliger & Mabillard giant in the park’s China zone that still delivers one of the tallest drops and fastest launches-by-gravity anywhere in Europe. If you’re trying to pin down exactly
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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 16, 2026
Afterburn is the steel inverted roller coaster at Carowinds in Fort Mill, South Carolina, known for dangling riders’ feet beneath a suspended train as it races through six inversions at up to 62 mph. Designed by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard and built for roughly
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/ June 16, 2026
If you’re searching for “Intimidator” at Carowinds and finding a different name on the park map, you’re not going crazy — the ride is still there, still one of the tallest and fastest coasters in the Carolinas, and still delivers the same 211-foot drop and
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/ June 16, 2026
Tatsu is the signature flying roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California — the ride that tilts you face-down into a prone harness and sends you skimming just feet above the hillside at 62 mph. Designed by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard,
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/ June 16, 2026
Batman: The Ride opened on May 9, 1992 at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, and made history as the world’s first inverted roller coaster. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, it introduced a new breed of thrill ride — one where riders sit in
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/ June 16, 2026
Thunderbird is the steel Wing Coaster at Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana, and it was the first launched Wing Coaster built in the United States. Designed and built by Bolliger & Mabillard, it opened on April 25, 2015, replacing a traditional
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/ June 15, 2026
Kumba, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay’s roaring steel legend, is entering its final months of operation. After 33 years as one of Florida’s most influential roller coasters, the Bolliger and Mabillard classic will close permanently on Sunday, August 2, 2026, making way for a reimagined successor
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/ June 15, 2026
SheiKra towers 200 feet over Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, and every inch of that height is on display the moment the train creeps over the edge of its signature 90-degree drop. It’s the ride’s most talked-about stat, and for good reason: standing at the crest
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/ June 15, 2026
Alpengeist has been flipping riders upside down above Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s Rhinefeld section since 1997, and nearly three decades later it’s still one of the most talked-about inverted coasters on the planet. Named for the German legend of an alpine ghost that lures skiers to
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/ June 15, 2026
Apollo’s Chariot opened on March 27, 1999, at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, and holds the distinction of being the first hypercoaster ever designed by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. Standing 170 feet tall with a 210-foot first drop taken at 65 degrees, it
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/ June 14, 2026
Leviathan at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, is Canada’s tallest and fastest roller coaster — a 306-foot steel giga coaster that hits 92 mph on its first drop alone. When it opened on May 6, 2012, it made history as Bolliger & Mabillard’s first-ever coaster
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