Wildcat
Hershey Park
The wildcat crosses over and under itself 20 times during the ride, and includes a curving double-down. The ride is 3,100 feet long and achieves a maximum speed of 48 miles per hour.
Phantom’s revenge
Kennywood
One of the fastest roller coasters in the world, the Phantomâ��s Revenge travels over and under another coaster in the park and includes banked curves and lots of airtime.. The biggest drop on this scream machine s not the first but the second – a whopping 230 feet that reached speeds of 85 miles per hour.
Anaconda
Kings Dominion
Anaconda was the first looping coaster in the world that went through an underwater tunnel. The coaster gives riders and exciting trip over (and under) a lake with giant twisting drop and corkscrews over the water.
Grizzly
Kings Dominion
This wooden roller coaster features a double figure-8 layout that was patterned after Coney Island’s defunct Wildcat roller coaster. The ride reaches a height of 87 feet, with a 78-foot drop and achieves top speeds of 50 miles per hour.
Volcano, the blast coaster
Kings Dominion
Ranked by Washingtonian Magazine as the best roller coaster in the country. At its debut in 1998, Volcano was the world�s first inverted linear induction motor-launched (LIM) rollercoaster� and featured the world�s tallest inversion. With more than 2,700 feet of track, it is Kings Dominion�s longest coaster.
Hypersonic XLC
Kings Dominion
Hypersonic was the first compressed-air launch coaster in the world and it remains the only one in the United States. Zero gravity airtime and free-fall sensations combine to make HyperSonic an incredible coaster experience.
Son of Beast
Kings Island
A record-breaking wood coaster, Son Of Beast is the tallest wooden roller coaster at 218 feet, with the highest wooden roller coaster drop, 214 feet. It’s also the fastest wooden roller coaster at 78 miles per hour and has the most wooden roller coaster track at one park, 22,612 feet.
The Beast
Kings Island
A terrain coaster that travels across 35 heavily wooded acres of land, the Beast is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest wooden roller coaster in the world.
Ghost Rider
Knotts Berry Farm
A wooden double out and back coaster, you enter the queue by going through a mining tunnel followed by a mine-themed queue house. The ride is renowned for its initial 108-foot banked drop, the longest banked wooden coaster drop in the Western U.S., it reaches a speed of 56 miles per hour at an angle of 51 degrees.
Space Mountain
Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom
The Orlando Space Mountain was the first of fives rides by that name to open and remains a fan favorite. It was also the first roller-coaster ride to occur in perpetual darkness. Space Mountain opened in 1975 but Walt Disney came up with the idea of a high-speed space age attraction in the 1960.
The Riddler�s Revenge
Six Flags Magic Mountain
A blazing-fast coaster with a twist: you stand, not sit, as you race at 65 miles per hour and go head-over-heels six times over nearly one mile of twisting, looping, inverted steel track. The ride, on the tallest and fastest stand-up roller coaster in the world, lasts almost 3 minutes.
Goliath
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Towering 255 feet above earth, Goliath hits speeds of 85 miles per hour over 4,500 feet of steel track.
Scream
Six Flags Magic Mountain
This floorless coaster features seven 360-degree inversions on 4,000 feet of track. The elements include an initial 128-foot vertical loop, a heartline spin, and a dive loop. Its 78-foot cobra roll flips riders over and features a good dose of airtime.
Tatsu
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Soar on the tallest, fastest and longest flying coaster on Earth. Seating is designed to simulate flight. After the riders are harnessed, their seats rotate from upright to a face-down position and remain that way throughout the 3 1/2 minute ride. The 3,602-foot track passes over four areas of the park and reaches an elevation of 263 feet.
X
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Billed as the the first coaster to enter the fourth dimension, X spins riders 360-degrees forwards and backwards. It achieves speeds of 76 miles per hour while spinning riders head-over-heels and forward and backward through a 3,600-foot steel maze.
Superman the Escape
Magic Mountain
A launched reverse freefall coaster, Superman the Escape accelerates from 0 to 100 miles per hour in seven seconds before shooting straight up a 41-story tower. You’ll 6.5 seconds of zero gravity as the ride begins its backward descent.
Shivering Timbers
Michigan’s Adventure
One of the top ranked wooden coasters in the world, Shivering Timbers offers riders over a mile of hills, with drops of 125 feet, 105 feet, and 95 feet. Trains reach speeds in excess of 65 miles per hour, and feature lots of airtime.
Mr. Freeze
Six Flags
Featured at both Six Flags over Texas and Six Flags St. Louis, Mr. Freeze is powered by an electromagnetic field. The ride blasts out of a 190-foot icy tunnel to travel. through 1,382 feet of track at of 70 miles per hour. Then it repeats the process in reverse.
El Toro
Six Flags Great Adventure
Featuring a record-breaking, 76-degree drop, the steepest of any wooden roller coaster in the U.S. , El Toro is also the second-tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in the country. The ride offers nine separate “airtime” opportunities at speeds of 70 miles per hour.
Kingda Ka
Six Flags Great Adventure
The tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka goes from 0 to 128 miles per hour in 3.5 seconds. This rapid acceleration pulls about 1.67 G�, before tumbling 418 feet down through a 270-degree spiral. After this dip, the coaster climbs a 129-foot hill, creating a moment of weightlessness for its passengers, before coming to stop.
Medusa
Six Flags Great Adventure
Debuting in 1999, with no floor, Medusa East was the first roller coaster of its kind. The ride features vertical loops, diving loops, a Zero G roll, a Cobra Roll, and interlocking corkscrews.
Nitro
Six Flags Great Adventure
When this steel roller coaster opened in 2001, it was the tallest, fastest roller coaster in New Jersey. It’s still a great ride, featuring a 540-degree helix spin, a 215-foot heart-lurching drop at 6 degrees, and boasting speeds of 80 miles per hour.
Superman Ultimate Flight
Six Flags Great Adventure
Premiering at Great Adventure in 2003, Superman: Ultimate Flight begins as an inverted roller coaster, tilting forward to 90 degrees before leaving the station, thus putting its occupants in the flying position we all associate with Superman.
Batman the Ride
Six Flags Great Adventure
This thrilling roller coaster features a 109-foot first drop, speed of approximately 50 miles per hour, and a Batman theme.
Titan
Six Flags Over Texas
The Titan features one of the world�s mightiest drops at hyper-speeds of 85 miles an hour. It runs over a mile of twisted steel with huge sweeping spirals, spectacular plunges, a 120-foot-long tunnel in total darkness, a series of camel-back hills, huge spiral curves, and high-speed helixes.
The Rattler
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
This ride opens with world’s largest drop on a wooden roller coaster. Snake through nearly a mile of high-speed action and plunge into a state of thrill-induced shock.
The Voyage
Holiday World
Voted the number one wooden coaster on the planet in 2007, the Voyage features three drops of over 100 feet, with the first drop’s angle of descent a steep 66 degrees. The top speed of the three-train coaster is 67.4 miles per hour. The ride goes underground eight times through five tunnels.
Texas Giant
Six Flags Over Texas
Named the top wooden coaster on earth at 14 stories high, this beast howls at 62 mph.
The Boss
Six Flags St. Louis
Ranked among the country’s top five wooden coasters, the Boss features an unprecedented double-down, double-drop of 150 feet, two additional drops of 103 feet or more, several 52-degree turns, and a 570-degree helix.
Incredible Hulk
Universal Studios – Orlando
Riders enter Project Gamma tube and hear Bruce Banner talking. At the end of his sentence, the ride shoots out of the tbue at 40 miles per hour and goes into a zero-g roll, down a 105 foot drop and through a cobra roll. The Hulk launches riders upward 150 feet and reaches top speeds of 67 mph. It features seven inversions and two subterranean trenches.
Dueling Dragons
Universal Studios – Orlando
This jaw-dropping ride, which also happens to be the world�s first inverted, dueling ride, flings you through the the air at up to 55 miles per hour and at heights of 125 feet above ground. The Fire Dragon and Ice Dragon coasters pass within inches of each other, as the coasters �fight� across the sky.
Mamba
Worlds of Fun
Named for one of the fastest and most feared snakes in Africa, Mamba is one of the tallest, longest and fastest roller coasters in the world. Mamba’s first hill takes riders more than 200 feet high and flings them down at 75 miles per hour.
