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Roller Coaster List

Posted By Joe Posted on May 20, 2023
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Ever since I conquered my fear of roller coasters as a kid, I’ve always loved riding them. Thus, I started my “coaster list.” This isn’t unlike a travel project, but I wouldn’t call it one as new roller coasters are always built. (Travel projects have more finite goals, and in this case, my goal is to ride as many coasters (past, present, and future) as possible.

Rules

“Smokey–this is not ‘nam. There are rules.“

There are so many things in the world that can be called a roller coaster, so early on in keeping this list I decided that I should establish a few ground rules defining what counts and what doesn’t. The rules haven’t changed much over the years–only to accommodate some new types of roller coasters (i.e. – water coasters, 4D Coasters, the Sky Rocket II, etc.) The rules are:

  • A Roller Coaster is defined by me as a track structure with advanced design elements (lift hills, drops, loops, etc.) which is propelled in part by some sort of transfer of kinetic energy. That means, no:
    • Slides
    • Tracks with few to no advanced design elements (i.e. – basic kiddie coasters and generic tracked carnival rides). Anything simpler than a standard Vekoma Boomerang isn’t counted.
  • Roller coasters that are in two different places that share the same name count, provided the tracks are notably different. (For example: Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Over Texas are named the same, but the tracks are very different.)
  • Slow moving rides with sustained kinetic don’t count, as they’re basically trains / monorails. High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride at Universal Orlando doesn’t count.
  • “Thrill” dark rides that aren’t roller coasters aren’t counted. Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye & Dinosaur don’t count, but Verbolten, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, and Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure do count.
  • The same (or very similar) tracks in different locations are only counted once. So, the Boomerang Vekoma is only counted once for each variant ridden. In other words, if the ride can fairly fit the description, “if you’ve ridden it once, you’ve ridden it everywhere,” it’s only counted once.
  • The same ride backwards doesn’t count. So, the Racer in King’s Island only counts once–either forward or backward. However, Racer Red and Racer Blue in King’s Island are parallel tracks that are distinctly different from one another–so that’s counted twice.
  • Log Flumes Don’t Count.

The list below in in a very specific order. The parks are listed from East to West. (The coasters within each park aren’t in any specific order.) Without further ado…

Space Mountain – Mission 2, Discoveryland, Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Paris & Walt Disney Studios Paris (4)

  • Space Mountain – Mission 2
  • Indiana Jones et the first le Temple du Peril
  • Big Thunder Mountain
  • Crush’s Coaster
  • Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Avec Aerosmith (Identical to the Hollywood Studios Version with different décor.  Not counted.)

Busch Gardens Williamsburg (7)

  • Apollo’s Chariot
  • Tempesto (Sky Rocket II, counted here.)
  • Loch Ness Monster
  • Verbolten
  • Alpengeist
  • Griffon
  • Invadr

Six Flags America (5)

  • Mind Eraser
  • The Wild One
  • Roar
  • Superman – Ride of Steel
  • Batwing
Storm Runner, Hersheypark

Hersheypark (11)

  • Comet
  • Fahrenheit
  • Great Bear
  • Lightning Racer (Thunder)
  • Lightning Racer (Lightning)
  • Sidewinder (A Vekoma boomerang coaster.  Counted here, and nowhere else.)
  • SooperDooperLooper
  • Storm Runner
  • Trailblazer
  • Wild Mouse
  • Wildcat
Manta, SeaWorld Orlando

SeaWorld Orlando (5)

  • Kraken
  • Mako
  • Manta
  • Shamu Express
  • Pipeline: The Surf Coaster
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, Universal Studios Orlando

Universal Studios Florida (4)

  • Revenge of the Mummy
  • Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
  • Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringott’s
  • Woody Woodpecker’s Nuthouse Coaster
     
VelociCoaster at Universal’s Islands of Adventure

Universal Studios – Islands of Adventure (7)

  • Incredible Hulk
  • Dragon Challenge – Chinese Fireball
  • Dragon Challenge – Hungarian Horntail
  • Flight of the Hipogriff
  • Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
  • Pteranodon Flyers
  • Velocicoaster – Joe’s second favorite coaster of all time.

Universal’s Volcano Bay (1)

  • Krakatau (Water coaster)

Epcot, Orlando, Florida (1)

  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Slinky Dog Dash at Night, Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Orlando, Florida (2)

  • Rock and Roller Coaster
  • Slinky Dog Dash
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom (5)

  • The Barnstormer at Goofy’s Wiseacres Farm
  • Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
  • Space Mountain (left & right–they’re different tracks, but mirror images of one another.  Only counted once.)
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run
Expedition Everest, Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Disney’s Animal Kingdom (2)

  • Primeval Whirl 
  • Expedition Everest
SheiKra, Busch Gardens Tampa

Busch Gardens Tampa (11)

  • Kumba
  • SheiKra
  • Air Grover
  • Gwazi
  • Cheetah Hunt
  • Montu
  • Sand Serpent
  • Scorpion
  • Tigris
  • Cobra’s Curse
  • Iron Gwazi
Steel Vengeance’s Lift Hill, with Maverick in the Foreground at Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH.

Cedar Point (19)

  • Top Thrill Dragster
  • Millennium Force – Joe’s favorite roller coaster of all time.
  • Woodstock Express
  • Mantis (AKA Rogaru, rode both ways—only counted once)
  • Raptor
  • Mean Streak
  • Magnum XL-200
  • Iron Dragon
  • Disaster Transport
  • Jr. Gemini (AKA “Wilderness Run”)
  • Gemini
  • Corkscrew
  • Wildcat
  • Cedar Creek Mine Ride
  • Blue Streak
  • Maverick
  • Steel Vengeance (previously “Mean Streak, though after RMC conversion)
  • Gatekeeper
  • Valravn
Banshee, Kings Island

Kings Island (16)

  • Banshee
  • Beastie (Also known as Scooby doo, Beastie, Fairly Odd Coaster, and now known as “Woodstock Express.”)
  • The Beast
  • Diamondback
  • Racer Blue (Forwards and Backwards)
  • Racer Red
  • Adventure Express
  • Top Gun (Now known as “The Bat”–rode with both themes)
  • Vortex
  • Firehawk
  • Flight of Fear
  • Flying ACE Aerial Chase (PKA:  Rugrat’s Runaway Reptar)
  • Face-Off (Now known as “Invertigo.”  Vekoma Invertigo Boomerang – Counted)
  • Italian Job Stunt Coaster (now known as “Backlot Stunt Coaster.” – rode it with both themes)
  • Mystic Timbers
  • King Cobra 

Six Flags Over Georgia (9)

  • Dahlonega Mine Train
  • Great American Scream Machine
  • Georgia Cyclone
  • Ninja
  • Georgia Scorcher
  • Superman: Ultimate Flight
  • Wile E. Coyote Canyon Blaster
  • Goliath
  • Dare Devil Dive

Note:  I didn’t ride the Mind Bender because it “broke” while we were preparing to board the ride, and we ran out of time.

Kentucky Kingdom (5)

  • Chang (Now at Six Flags Great Adventure)
  • Twisted Sisters (Lola)
  • Twisted Sisters (Stella)
  • Thunder Run
  • T2 (Terror to the Second Power)
The Legend (in the pouring rain), Holiday World

Holiday World (5)

  • The Howler
  • The Legend
  • The Raven
  • Thunderbird (Left & Right)
  • The Voyage

Mt. Olympus – Wisconsin Dells (3)

  • Zeus
  • Pegasus
  • Cyclops

Mall of America (3)

  • Timberland Twister / Fairly Odd Coaster (I think I only rode it as “Fairly Odd Coaster.”)
  • Ripsaw / Pepsi Orange Streak
  • SpongeBob Squarepants Rock Bottom Plunge
Cars from Iron Shark on the Galveston Historic Pleasure Pier

Galveston Historic Pleasure Pier (1)

  • Iron Shark
Boardwalk Bullet, Kemah Boardwalk

Kemah Boardwalk (1)

  • Boardwalk Bullet 


The State Fair of Texas (3)

  • Crazy Mouse
  • Zillerator
  • Windstorm
New Texas Giant (foreground) and Titan (Background), Six Flags Over Texas

Six Flags Over Texas (13)

  • Tony Hawk’s Big Spin
  • Titan
  • Batman The Ride (also backwards)
  • Mr. Freeze (also “reverse blast”)
  • Runaway Mountain
  • Texas Giant
  • New Texas giant
  • Flashback (A Vekoma Boomerang – Not counted.)
  • La Vibora
  • Judge Roy Scream
  • Shockwave
  • Mini Mine Train
  • Runaway Mine Train
  • Wile E. Coyote’s Grand Canyon Blaster (Kiddie Coaster – But a pretty good one!)

I cannot count the Joker, as it’s the exact same as Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, counted below.

Schlitterbahn New Braunfels (1)

  • Dragon’s Revenge (Water Coaster)

Six Flags Fiesta Texas (7)

  • Goliath
  • Poltergeist
  • Road Runner Express
  • The Rattler
  • Superman: Krypton Coaster
  • Iron Rattler
  • Batman:  The Ride

SeaWorld San Antonio (4)

  • Steel Eel
  • The Great White
  • Wave Breaker
  • Texas Stingray


Joyland (1)

  • Crazy Mouse
  • Galaxi – Not counted because identical track layout to Mouse Trap at World of Wonderland

World of Wonderland (5)

  • Hornet
  • Texas Tornado
  • Big Coaster (Zyclone)
  • Cyclone (Wild Mouse)
  • Mouse Trap
The Manhattan Express in front of New York, New York on the Las Vegas Strip

Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip: (2)

  • Canyon Blaster (at Circus Circus’ Adventuredome)
  • Manhattan Express (i.e. – “The Roller Coaster” at New York, New York)

SeaWorld San Diego (2)

  • Journey to Atlantis
  • Manta
The Matterhorn, Disneyland

Disneyland (5)

  • Matterhorn Bobsleds – Fantasyland
  • Matterhorn Bobsleds – Tomorrowland
  • Gadget’s Go Coaster
  • Big Thunder Mountain – While this is close to being a mirror image of the Big Thunder Mountain in WDW, it isn’t a perfect one.  So, it’s counted.
  • Space Mountain
California Screamin’ and Mickey’s Fun Wheel on Paradise Pier, Disney’s California Adventure

California Adventure (2)

  • California Screamin’
  • Goofy’s Sky School
Knott’s Berry Farm from the Sky Cabin – Silver Bullet in front / left (red & yellow), GhostRider in back / right (Brown)

Knott’s Berry Farm (7)

  • Xcelerator
  • Jaguar!
  • Pony Express
  • Timberline Twister
  • Silver Bullet
  • Montezuma’s Revenge
  • Sierra Sidewinder

Universal Studios, Hollywood (1)

  • Revenge of the Mummy

Six Flags Magic Mountain (13)

  • X2
  • The Revolution
  • Viper
  • Apocalypse
  • Ninja
  • Tatsu
  • The Riddler’s Revenge
  • Gold Rusher
  • Colossus – Red Side
  • Scream!
  • Green Lantern: First Flight
  • Road Runner Express
  • Canyon Blaster

Note:  We elected not to ride “Goliath” because it is essentially the same as “Titan” in Six Flags Over Texas, but has a shorter drop.

Giant Dipper, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (2)

  • Giant Dipper
  • Undertow

TOTAL: 194 COASTERS (As of 5/20/2023)

Tags: Amusement Parks Roller Coasters
Joe

Joe is an Engineer for Southwest Airlines whose main hobby is traveling on the weekends with his family. Joe loves photography, watches, food, and pretty much anything related to technology. (Please note that opinions expressed on this blog are those of Joe, and not of Southwest Airlines.)

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  1. Bill Atkins
    August 8, 2022 at 12:45 PM

    Really incredible!
    You should attempt to get this published in a new book.
    As always;
    Bests
    Bill Atkins

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