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/ November 6, 2026
Australia’s coaster scene is small and spread across a handful of cities, but it’s unusually varied for its size: a genuine hypercoaster and a growing cluster of launch and shuttle coasters on the Gold Coast, a brand-new wooden coaster at Sea World, a Eurofighter in…
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/ November 6, 2026
Germany’s coaster scene splits into a handful of flagship parks that build genuinely original rides — multi-launch coasters, a flying launch coaster, a tower coaster with a backward free-fall drop — and a second tier of smaller, regional parks that build one or two very…
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/ November 6, 2026
Japan’s coaster scene isn’t spread thin across hundreds of small parks the way it is in the United States — it’s concentrated at a handful of destinations that each built something genuinely distinct, from a steel giant outside Nagoya that held the world’s longest-roller-coaster record…
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/ November 6, 2026
New York’s coaster scene splits into two worlds: century-old wooden classics that predate the automobile, and a cluster of modern steel machines concentrated at a couple of big outdoor parks. The best ride in the state is Ride of Steel at Six Flags Darien Lake…
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/ November 6, 2026
The United Kingdom’s roller coaster scene is concentrated in a handful of major parks rather than spread evenly across the country, with Alton Towers Resort and Thorpe Park Resort doing most of the heavy lifting and Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Flamingo Land Resort filling in…
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/ November 6, 2026
Michigan is a one-park coaster state: almost every ride worth planning a trip around sits inside Michigan’s Adventure in Muskegon, which means the real decision isn’t which park to visit but which rides to prioritize once you’re there. The best coaster in the state is…
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/ November 6, 2026
Tennessee’s roller coaster lineup is small but concentrated: nearly every notable coaster in the state runs at a single park, Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, and the best of them is Lightning Rod, a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid built for repeated airtime rather than sheer height.
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/ November 6, 2026
Missouri’s coaster scene splits between a historic Ozarks hillside park and two former Six Flags/Cedar Fair properties in Kansas City and the St. Louis area, and that split shows in the rides: wood coasters cut into real terrain at Silver Dollar City, a tall steel…
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/ November 6, 2026
Georgia’s roller coaster scene is concentrated almost entirely at Six Flags Over Georgia, with the rest spread between Wild Adventures in Valdosta and the historic Lake Winnepesaukah near Chattanooga — it’s not a state with a dozen competing coaster parks, but what’s here ranges from…
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/ October 9, 2026
The Corn Belt Circuit is an 11-day, 7-park coaster road trip through Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri, running from Six Flags Great America outside Chicago down to Mid America Adventure near St. Louis. The full loop covers about 1,282 miles and roughly 24 hours…
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/ October 9, 2026
The Golden Coast Run links five California parks from the 1924 wooden Giant Dipper on the Santa Cruz pier down to the launch coasters at SeaWorld San Diego, covering about 9 hr 30 min and 466 miles of driving over 6 days. It suits coaster…
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/ October 9, 2026
The Texas Triangle links four parks across the state’s biggest metro areas: Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Six Flags Fiesta Texas and SeaWorld San Antonio in San Antonio, and Kemah Boardwalk on Galveston Bay. Run start to finish, the route covers about 10 hours…
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/ October 9, 2026
The I-4 Coaster Crawl runs from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay on Florida’s Gulf Coast to Fun Spot America near International Drive in Orlando, covering eight parks over 8 days with about 3 hours of total driving split into short hops along and near Interstate 4.
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/ October 9, 2026
The Smoky Mountain Swing links three parks across the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Georgia: Carowinds in Charlotte, Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, and Six Flags Over Georgia in the Atlanta suburbs. Done as a loop with one day per park and two travel days for the roughly…
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/ October 9, 2026
The Lake Erie Shoreline Run links four coaster parks along the lake’s southern and western shores, starting at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, and finishing at Canada’s Wonderland outside Toronto, Ontario. Planned as a 5-day trip for the 2027 season, it covers about 9 hours…
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/ October 9, 2026
The Yankee Wooden Trail links four classic New England parks from Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut, to Great Escape in Queensbury, New York, timed for fall foliage. The route covers about 7 hours 45 minutes of driving over 343 miles and works best as a…
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/ October 9, 2026
The Keystone Classic links five classic Pennsylvania amusement parks — from Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg to Waldameer Park in Erie — into one summer road trip. Planned over six days, the route covers about 8 hours and 372 miles of driving between stops, tracing…
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/ October 9, 2026
The Heartland Six is a six-park Midwest coaster road trip that starts at Michigan’s Adventure in Muskegon, Michigan, runs south through Indiana Beach, Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari, and Kentucky Kingdom, then finishes with back-to-back visits to Kings Island and Cedar Point in Ohio. Spread…
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/ October 9, 2026
The Mid-Atlantic Mega Run links five coaster-heavy parks between New Jersey and Virginia: Six Flags Great Adventure, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, Hersheypark, Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Run start to finish, the route covers about 9 hr 30 min and 446 miles of…
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/ October 9, 2026
Pennsylvania is one of the deepest roller coaster states in the country: a free-admission, family-owned park built around wooden coasters, a century-old Pittsburgh park now owned by the same company behind Dollywood, a Six Flags park near Allentown built around modern steel thrills, an independent…
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