Best Rollercoasters
#14 Xcelerator
Located at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, Xcelerator takes up 205 feet high, after which it drops you. Also included are two thrilling sideway loops.
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Wicked Twister
This 72 mph beast at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, reverses things by making you hang from the track, instead of letting you sit comfortably in a seat. Added to that, this yo-yo-like sucker comes with dual 450-degree twists that might just make you throw up!
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Xcelerator
Located at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, Xcelerator takes up 205 feet high, after which it drops you. Also included are two thrilling sideway loops.
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Tremors
This wooden coaster at the Silverwood Theme Park in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho is based on the movie Tremors and features 4 ultra-cool underground tunnels. One of them literally passes right underneath the park's gift shop!
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Formula Rossa
Located at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, this super-fast, 150 mph beast literally hovers right above the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 track. Cool, aye?
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Kingda Ka
This Six Flags mammoth rises to a whopping 456-feet high courtesy of a 20800 horsepower launch engine. The entire ride spans over 3,118 feet and is bound to take your breath away! You can find it in Jackson, New Jersey.
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Mantis
Coasters are pretty scary, right? Now imagining having to stand up throughout the whole ride! Imagine no further, because the Mantis at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, offers this exact experience!
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Expedition GeForce
This coaster located at Holiday Park in Haßloch, Germany, moves at 75 mph through a .75 mile-long course and offers 7 amazing moments of total weightlessness. It's like being in space!
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Thunder Dolphin
This ridiculous coaster literally passes right through a moving, fully operational Ferris Wheel, not to mention a hole in a wall! Think you got the guts for this? Head over to Tokyo Dome City Attractions in Tokyo, Japan!
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Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
This coaster at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, is unlike anything you've ever encountered. Designed for the tech-savvy, this beast features individual sound systems that you can customize with a neat lap-bar-positioned touchpad.
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Dodonpa
Imagine suddenly being launched out of a tunnel at a whopping 107 mph -- a speed reached in under 2 seconds. What follows next? A 170-meter rise to the top of a devastatingly scary hill! You'll have to visit Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, for this one.
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Vanish
Poof, be gone! Imagine a roller coaster that dives into a dark, gloomy and cold underewater tunnel. Sound fun? Try out the Vanish coaster at Cosmo Land in Japan.
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Eejanaika
Situated in Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, the Eejanaika features ultra-cool seats that literally rotate 360 whopping degrees. So yeah... get ready to move at speeds up to 80mph while facing up, down, right, left or God knows where!
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Vertical Velocity
This inverted coaster at Six Flags in Gurnee, Illinois, runs 200 miles along a U-shaped track featuring dual 185-foot spikes, not to mention twists, turns and spirals galore. You want a headache? Choose this!
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El Toro
This sucker is no joke. Available to ride at Six Flags in Jackson, New Jersey, El Toro comes with numerous fast-charging drops, super-banked turns and a killer "twister" ending that may just leave you unconscious!
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Millennium Force
This $25 million bad boy at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, lifts you up like an elevator and then makes a sudden 80-degree drop straight to the bottom, after which you got two more camel-back-style hills to go before the nightmare ends!
