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/ August 15, 2026
When Colossus opened at Thorpe Park on 22 March 2002, it did something no roller coaster had ever done: it turned riders upside down ten times in a single circuit. The Intamin-built machine instantly claimed the world inversion record and held it for over a…
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/ August 15, 2026
Three. Two. One. Go. Few coasters anywhere compress as much violence into as little time as Stealth. Thorpe Park’s Intamin Accelerator hurls riders from a standstill to 80 mph in roughly 1.8 seconds, rockets 205 feet over a top hat, and has the train back…
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/ August 15, 2026
Red Force is the coaster you spot from the motorway long before you reach the gates of PortAventura World. Rising 367 feet above Ferrari Land in Salou, Spain, this scarlet Intamin launch coaster has been Europe’s tallest and fastest roller coaster since it opened on…
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/ August 15, 2026
Crowned by a 60-foot fire-breathing dragon, Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts is the centerpiece of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley at Universal Studios Florida. Opened July 8, 2014 on the former site of the Jaws ride, this Intamin creation…
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/ August 13, 2026
Th13teen at Alton Towers built its reputation on a single moment: a pitch-black crypt where the track itself seems to vanish beneath the train and riders genuinely freefall for a few heart-stopping metres before the ride catches them again. It’s the reason the UK’s original…
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/ August 4, 2026
Skull Mountain is the enclosed, mine-cart-style indoor coaster hidden inside a giant skull-faced mountain at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. It has been a park staple since 1996, and while it doesn’t chase the height and speed records of neighbors like…
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/ August 2, 2026
Furius Baco is one of the most unusual coasters in Europe. Instead of a lift hill and a big drop, it fires a train from a standstill to 135 km/h (83.9 mph) in about 3.5 seconds, then skims low across PortAventura Park’s Mediterrània area with…
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/ August 1, 2026
iSpeed is the ride Mirabilandia built its reputation on: a magnetic-launch sprint from a dead stop to highway speed in roughly two seconds, straight into a 180-foot top hat. Since opening in May 2009, it’s held the title of Italy’s tallest and fastest launched roller…
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/ August 1, 2026
Taiga at Linnanmäki in Helsinki is an Intamin launch coaster that opened on June 18, 2019. It is the tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster in Finland. It stands 52 metres (170.6 ft) tall, reaches 106 km/h (65.9 mph) and runs 1,104 metres (3,622 ft)…
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/ July 31, 2026
Kondaa is a steel roller coaster at Walibi Belgium in Wavre, built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin using their Mega Coaster model. It opened to the public on May 8, 2021, becoming the park’s ninth coaster and an instant record-holder in the region. Set within the…
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/ July 31, 2026
Toutatis is a steel launched roller coaster at Parc Astérix in Plailly, France, named after the Celtic deity from the Asterix comics whose catchphrase “By Toutatis!” gives the ride its theatrical flair. Built by Intamin as an LSM launch coaster, it opened to the public…
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/ July 18, 2026
Xcelerator is the hydraulic launch roller coaster at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, and it’s the ride that started an entire category: when it opened on June 22, 2002, it was Intamin’s very first hydraulically launched coaster, a technology later scaled up for…
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/ July 12, 2026
Cheetah Hunt is a steel launched roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida, that opened on May 27, 2011, alongside the park’s Cheetah Run habitat in the Edge of Africa section. Built by Intamin with design input from the park’s Mark Rose…
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/ July 12, 2026
Bizarro was the DC Comics-themed identity given to the towering Intamin hypercoaster at Six Flags New England, one of the most decorated roller coasters in the United States. The ride first opened on May 5, 2000 as Superman – Ride of Steel, instantly becoming the…
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/ July 5, 2026
Balder opened at Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden, on April 12, 2003, and quickly became one of the most celebrated wooden roller coasters in the world. Named after the Norse god of light and justice, the ride was manufactured by Intamin and designed by…
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/ July 5, 2026
SpeedMonster is a launched roller coaster at TusenFryd, a theme park near Oslo, Norway. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin and designed by Stengel Engineering, the ride opened on April 23, 2006, and was described at the time as the biggest single investment in the park’s…
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/ July 4, 2026
Flying Aces is the biplane-themed wing coaster that anchors the aviation corner of Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin and opened to the public on February 24, 2016. As only the second wing coaster Intamin had ever produced, following Skyrush at Hersheypark…
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/ July 3, 2026
Formula Rossa is the hydraulic-launch roller coaster at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi that made history in 2010 by catapulting riders to 149.1 mph (240 km/h) in under five seconds, instantly becoming the fastest roller coaster on the planet. More than a decade later it’s still…
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/ June 30, 2026
Standing 174 feet above the Palatinate countryside, Expedition GeForce is the tallest and fastest ride at Plopsaland Deutschland — and one of the most decorated steel roller coasters ever built. Since opening in 2001, this Intamin mega coaster has paired an 82-degree first drop with…
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/ June 27, 2026
Hyperion is a steel hyper coaster built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin at Energylandia in Zator, Poland. It opened on 14 July 2018 and immediately became the country’s benchmark thrill ride, climbing to 77 metres (253 ft) and hitting a top speed of 142 km/h (88…
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