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/ July 25, 2026
Mamba is a steel hypercoaster at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri, built by D.H. Morgan Manufacturing and designed by Steve Okamoto. It opened to the public on April 18, 1998, following an announcement made on September 11, 1997, and cost more than $10
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/ June 30, 2026
Expedition GeForce is a steel Mega Coaster manufactured by Intamin and engineered by Werner Stengel, located at Plopsaland Deutschland (formerly Holiday Park) in Haßloch, Germany. It opened on June 18, 2001, as part of the park’s 30th anniversary celebrations, representing a construction investment of approximately
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/ June 24, 2026
Taron is a steel multi-launch roller coaster at Phantasialand in Brühl, Germany, built by Intamin and opened on June 30, 2016. Themed around the mythical Norse village of Klugheim, the ride blasts through faux rock formations and narrow canyon passes, delivering two LSM launches that
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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
Takabisha is a steel Euro-Fighter roller coaster at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, that opened on July 16, 2011. Built by Gerstlauer on their Euro-Fighter 1000 model, the ride immediately earned the Guinness World Record for the steepest roller coaster in the world, thanks
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/ June 17, 2026
Behemoth is a steel hyper coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario. Standing 230 feet (70 meters) tall with a 226-foot first drop and a top speed of 77 mph (124 km/h), it opened on May 4, 2008, instantly
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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
Goliath opened at Six Flags Over Georgia on April 1, 2006, immediately claiming its place as one of the park’s signature attractions. Designed and built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), the steel hypercoaster stands 200 feet tall and reaches a top speed of
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/ June 15, 2026
When Magnum XL-200 launched at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio on May 6, 1989, it didn’t just break records — it invented a new category. Standing 205 feet tall and reaching 72 mph, it became the world’s tallest, fastest, and steepest complete-circuit roller coaster at
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/ June 15, 2026
Superman: Escape from Krypton was a steel shuttle roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin and originally opened on March 15, 1997 as Superman: The Escape, the ride used linear synchronous motor (LSM) technology to catapult riders
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/ June 15, 2026
Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain opened at Disney’s Animal Kingdom on April 7, 2006, as the most expensive roller coaster ever built, costing around $100 million. Designed by Walt Disney Imagineering and manufactured by Vekoma, the ride sends guests 118 feet up
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/ June 15, 2026
Superman: The Ride is a steel hypercoaster at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts, built by Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel. When it opened on May 5, 2000 — then named Superman – Ride of Steel — it immediately set the bar for
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/ June 15, 2026
Skyrush doesn’t look like it should be this intense from the midway, but the numbers back it up: 200 feet tall, a 212-foot first drop, and 75 mph reached in the first three seconds. It’s the ride most Hersheypark enthusiasts name as the park’s best,
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/ June 14, 2026
Mako is a steel hypercoaster at SeaWorld Orlando in Orlando, Florida, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard and opened on June 10, 2016. Standing 200 feet tall and stretching 4,760 feet of track, it debuted as the tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster in
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/ June 14, 2026
Most roller coasters let you settle into your seat and anticipate the drops ahead. X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain takes that comfort away entirely. Perched on the outside of a wide wing-shaped train, you ascend the lift hill facing backwards — then spend the
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/ July 24, 2023
The moment Diamondback’s train hooks the chain at the base of the hill, the clock starts. For the next several seconds, a steady mechanical clatter hauls 32 riders — seated in open, stadium-style rows with nothing but a T-bar across the lap — up 230
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/ July 21, 2023
When Millennium Force crested its 310-foot cable lift hill for the first time on May 13, 2000, it didn’t just open a new ride — it opened a new category. Cedar Point and manufacturer Intamin coined the term “giga coaster” to describe any complete-circuit roller
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