Hang on tight — it's National Rollercoaster Day!
Roller coaster fans savor every second of the ride, but there's something really special about that big drop.
Advances in technology, design and engineering over the decades have allowed amusement parks to offer ever taller, faster and steeper coasters (with loops and other kinds of inversions as well). These big hills are getting ever more thrilling and frightening -- and that's really the point, isn't it?
Takabisha's most noteworthy attributes: The view of Mount Fuji and a 121-degree drop.
Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty ImagesLocation: Fuji-Q Highland park; Fujiyoshida, Japan
Year it opened: 2011
Millennium Force became an instant classic in 2000 and remains a favorite almost 20 years later.
from Cedar PointLocation: Cedar Point; Sandusky, Ohio
Year it opened: 2000
SheiKra's descent is one of the most memorable in the world.
Busch Gardens Tampa BayLocation: Busch Gardens Tampa Bay; Tampa, Florida
Year it opened: 2005
Your eyes don't deceive you. Wildfire is a wooden coaster with inversions.Â
Justin Garvanovic/Kolmården Wildlife ParkLocation: Kolmården Wildlife Park; Kolmården, Sweden
Year it opened: 2016
Yukon Striker, the "baby" on our Top 5 list, opened in 2019 to much fanfare.
Canada WonderlandLocation: Canada's Wonderland; Vaughan, Ontario
Year it opened: 2019
Any scariest/best of roller coaster list is going to leave out some truly fantastic rides. Lindich has some other favorites he suggests:
— Phantom's Revenge (Kennywood; West Mifflin, Pennsylvania). "The second drop on this amazing coaster dives right into a valley and directly underneath another coaster called Thunderbolt at the bottom. This drop is like no other in the world."
The couple initially denied they had sex on Cedar Point's Ferris wheel, with the woman claiming she was picking up a pack of cigarettes, police said.
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