Amusement parks around the world are pulling out all of the stops when it comes to extreme roller coaster design and engineering. The vintage wooden roller coasters are nearly a thing of the past as sleek, new steel roller coasters can deliver an experience near to flying. Wooden coasters does not compare to the steel coasters’ speed, height, cork screw, loop-to-loop track engineering, but one thing that steel coasters cannot deliver as well as wood roller coaster are able to, and that is, it does not make riders feel as if the coaster could collapse at anytime.
There are hundreds of roller coasters located in amusement parks around the world, but only the top three roller coasters to ride before you die are listed on this list. If you have your own suggestions or simply disagree with the roller coasters on this list, then feel free to make your voice known in the comments down below.
Behemoth
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The Behemoth located at Canada’s Wonderland theme-park looks like something straight out of a video game. This awesome thrill ride takes its riders on a breathtaking three minutes and ten second heart-pounding adrenaline rush ride of a lifetime. This ride features a 230-foot ascent with 8 terrifying drops, 2 corkscrews loops and reaches 0 to 125km in 3.9 seconds.
Kingda Ka
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Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, NJ has something to boast about with its own strata-coaster that towers over its competition at a height of 456 feet tall. The 0-128 mph will cause the feeling of temporary weightlessness as the coaster speeds straight downward at a 270-degree spiral from its 456-foot tower. From this point, the ride takes aim at a 90-degree quarter-turn that shoots the coaster straight down another 270-degree spiral, and then blasts over a 129 foot camel hump that will leave the riders breathless until the end of the ride.
Top Thrill Dragster
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At Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio awaits the fastest, highest, and tallest roller coaster in the world (in 2003) called “Top Thrill Dragster”. This amazing steel monster is the first continuous-circuit roller coaster to top 400 feet and at truly break-neck speeds up to 120 mph. This roller coaster will send enough adrenaline coursing through you veins that you just might feel super strong or super sick depending if you have the stomach to handle all of the power that this coaster has packing.
Christine