Roller Coasters

Our roller coaster section allows you to find and compare roller coasters around the world. Cinf the tallest roller coasters, the fastest roller coasters. Whether you prefer wooden roller coasters, steel roller coasters, or both, you can find the best roller coasters here.

What's new for 2014

Here are some exciting new roller coasters going leve in 2014 at theme parks across the North American continent. Thile there are no record breakers, there are some new innovations in seating, trains, turns, and features that make 2014 and exciting year for roller coaster enthusiests.

Goliath (New 2014) Six Flags Great Americ
GateKeeper at Cedar POint
It’s official. Coming in 2014, Six Flags Great America will introduce a brand new triple-record-breaking wooden coaster that will be the new staple of the park’s skyline. This giant new beast will feature impressive heights, astonishing speeds, and stomach-tightening inversions: Goliath will be the world’s fastest wooden coaster with the tallest and steepest drop, plunging riders down 180 feet and rocketing through twists and turns at 72 miles per hour. More...
Thunderbolt (New 2014) Coney Island
Thunderbolt Coney Island
Thunderbolt”, will be built at Coney Island and open for next year’s summer season. Thrilling riders with speeds of 65 miles per hour, the 125 foot tall roller coaster, featuring over 2,000 feet of track, will sit near the historic B&B Carousell and the new Steeplechase Plaza, and mark another important milestone in Coney Island’s rebirth. Thunderbolt will be built and operated by Central Amusement International (CAI), the operator of Luna Park, entirely through private investment.

 

Theme Park Place
Roller Coasters
Banshee Kings Island Ohio new 2014
Banshee Kings Island
The world’s longest inverted roller coaster, “Banshee,” makes its highly-anticipated debut this year at Kings Island. The first female-inspired thrill ride at a Cedar Fair Entertainment amusement park, Banshee will send riders screaming through 4124.1 feet of track and seven mind-bending inversions at speeds up to 68 miles per hour!

 

Transformers 3D (New 2014)
Transformers 3D
Prepare for the greatest battle you’ll ever ride! The new TRANSFORMERS: The Ride–3D is an ultra-immersive, next generation thrill ride that blurs the line between fiction and reality! 
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
(New 2014) Magic Kingdon
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

Embark for family-friendly thrills as you enjoy the twistiest, turniest, rollickingest ride in New Fantasyland.

Showcasing a first-of-its kind coaster system, the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train cruises along through a fabulous mine—glittering with diamonds, emeralds and other precious gems—swinging and swaying Guests up large lifts, across sharp banks and around exhilarating turns.