Record-breaking roller coasters for thrill-seekers
Rachel Everett
12 March 2024
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Fastest in North America and world's tallest: Kingda Ka, Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey, USA
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Most expensive: Expedition Everest, Walt Disney World Resort at Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA
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World's longest wooden coaster: The Beast, Kings Island Amusement Park, Ohio, USA
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Europe's fastest and tallest: Red Force, Ferrari Land, Catalonia, Spain
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First strata coaster: Top Thrill Dragster, Cedar Point Amusement Park, Ohio, USA
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Europe's longest: The Big One, Blackpool, England, UK
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World's largest loop: Flash, Lewa Adventure, China
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World's largest loop: Hyper Coaster, Land of Legends Theme Park, Turkey
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World's oldest: The Great Scenic Railway, Luna Park, Melbourne, Australia
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China's tallest and fastest: Coaster Through the Clouds, Nanchang Sunac Land, China
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World's longest steel coaster: Steel Dragon 2000, Nagashima Spa Land Amusement Park, Japan
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North America's longest steel coaster: Fury 325, Carowinds, North Carolina, USA
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World's fastest: The Formula Rossa, Ferrari World, UAE
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Most inversions in North America: Steel Curtain, Kennywood, Pennsylvania, USA
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World's only wooden shuttle coaster: Switchback, ZDT’S Amusement Park, Texas, USA
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America's tallest floorless coaster: Valravn, Cedar Point, Ohio, USA
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World's tallest, fastest and longest dive coaster: Yukon Striker, Canada's Wonderland, Ontario, Canada
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World's tallest and fastest looping coaster: Full Throttle, Six Flags Magic Mountain, California, USA
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World's steepest coaster: TMNT Shellraiser, Nickelodeon Universe, New Jersey, USA
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World's highest wooden coaster: T Express, Everland, South Korea and Wildfire, Kolmården Wildlife Park, Sweden
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World's tallest drop and fastest wooden coaster: Goliath, Six Flags Great America, Illinois, USA
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Most inversions on a wooden coaster: Outlaw Run, Silver Dollar City, Missouri, USA and Wildfire, Kolmården Wildlife Park, Sweden
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World's tallest and longest single-rail coaster: Wonder Woman Flight of Courage, Six Flags Magic Mountain, California, USA
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Theme park with the most roller coasters: Six Flags Magic Mountain, California, USA
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