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/ September 17, 2026
Flight of Fear is a steel launched roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, known for catapulting riders into total darkness. Built by Premier Rides and designed by Ing.-Büro Stengel, it opened on June 18, 1996, as one of the first coasters in the…
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/ September 17, 2026
Top Thrill Dragster opened at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, on May 4, 2003, and instantly rewrote the record books. Built by Intamin and designed by legendary engineer Werner Stengel, it became the world’s first “strata coaster,” a classification reserved for steel coasters exceeding 400…
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/ September 17, 2026
Revenge of the Mummy is an indoor launched steel coaster at Universal Studios Florida that blends a roller coaster with a dark ride, sending riders through a cursed Egyptian tomb inspired by Universal’s Mummy film franchise. It opened on May 21, 2004, in the building…
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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
Star Trek: Operation Enterprise is a steel launched roller coaster at Movie Park Germany in Bottrop, Germany, built by Mack Rides and themed around Star Trek: The Next Generation. The ride opened to the public on May 24, 2017, with an official grand opening ceremony…
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/ September 15, 2026
Rita is a launched roller coaster at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England, known for its brutal hydraulic launch that hurls riders from 0 to 61.1 mph (98.3 km/h) in just 2.5 seconds. Built by Intamin as an Accelerator Coaster and designed by Werner Stengel, it…
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/ September 15, 2026
Copperhead Strike is a steel launched roller coaster at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, built by Mack Rides and opened to the public on March 23, 2019. It replaced the park’s former Whitewater Falls log flume and Sand Dune Lagoon area, bringing a modern launch…
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/ September 14, 2026
AlpenFury is a launched steel roller coaster at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, built by Premier Rides and opened to the public on July 12, 2025. Themed to the park’s Alpenfest area and Wonder Mountain, the ride uses a linear synchronous motor launch system to…
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/ September 12, 2026
Hypersonic XLC was a launched roller coaster that operated at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, from March 24, 2001, until its closure on October 28, 2007. Built by S&S Worldwide, it made history as the first roller coaster in the world to use a compressed…
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/ September 3, 2026
Pantheon is Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s Intamin multi-launch coaster, themed to five Roman gods and engineered like all five showed up angry: four launches, two inversions, a backward spike, and a 95-degree beyond-vertical drop. Opened in 2022, it tops out at 73 mph — among the…
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/ August 28, 2026
Penguin Trek is a family launch coaster at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. It opened to the public on July 7, 2024, following a soft opening on July 2, replacing the long-running dark ride Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin…
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/ August 26, 2026
FireChaser Express is a steel family launched roller coaster at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. It opened on March 22, 2014, and is marketed by the park as the nation’s first dual-launch family coaster, sending riders forward out of the station and then backward through…
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/ August 26, 2026
Powder Keg: A Blast into the Wilderness is a steel launched roller coaster at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. Opened on April 8, 2005, it was built by S&S – Sansei Technologies at a cost of about $10 million, converting an earlier water coaster…
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/ August 22, 2026
Jurassic World VelociCoaster is a launched steel roller coaster at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, built on the site of the former Triceratops Encounter attraction. Manufactured by Intamin and opened to the public on June 10, 2021, it was designed to put riders…
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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 13, 2026
Manta is a steel launch coaster at SeaWorld San Diego, built by Mack Rides and opened to the public on May 26, 2012. Rather than towering into the sky, Manta hugs the terrain of the park’s Mission Bay shoreline, a design choice forced by strict…
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/ August 3, 2026
Do-Dodonpa (often searched simply as “dodonpa” or “do dodonpa”) was a compressed-air launch coaster at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Japan. For most of its life it was the single fastest-accelerating roller coaster on Earth, firing riders to 180 km/h (112 mph) in about 1.56 seconds…
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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 launch coaster that gives Mirabilandia its Formula 1 moment: a magnetic-launch sprint from a dead stop to highway speed in about two seconds, straight into a 180-foot top hat. Since opening in 2009, it’s held the title of Italy’s tallest and fastest…
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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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