Did you know that the tallest water slide is comparable to the height of a 15-story building? Have you ridden one?

No. 10. X-Treme FASER - Erding, Germany

One of the fastest coasters in the world - X-Treme FASER - is located at the GALAXY center in Erding (39 km from the center of Munich). The X-Treme FASER is 67 meters long, 19 meters high, and accelerates to speeds of over 72 km/h. After riding the X-Treme FASER, several women suffered injuries related to the female anatomy, after which the center's management banned women from riding this slide. Now only males can have a blast on the X-Treme FASER.

No. 9. The Scorpion's Tale - Wisconsin Dells, USA

In the Noah's Ark water park you will find the Scorpion's Tail slide. The length of the slide is 122 meters. This slide is suitable for real adrenaline junkies. From the platform you fly sharply into the abyss and accelerate to 54 km/h. A few seconds of madness and enormous speeds - and you are there!

No. 8. Jumeirah Sceirah - Dubai, UAE

Jumeirah Sceirah is the pride of the Wild Wadi Water Park. Recently this water slide has been reconstructed and now it has become even faster and more extreme. After the vacationer climbs to a height of 33 meters, he will have to rapidly descend along a plastic chute at great speed. After the initial acceleration, it seems to the tourist that everything will go smoothly, but somewhere in the middle of the journey he suddenly falls down, almost in free fall. This section of the slide is the most attractive for thrill-seekers. Slide length 120 m, maximum speed acceleration - 80 km/h.

No. 7. Summit plummet - Orlando, USA

The Summit plummet slide at Disney Blizzard Beach water park resembles a ski jump: cable car, artificial snow. An almost sheer drop awaits you, followed by a hundred-meter ride along a narrow chute at a speed of almost 100 km/h. The height of the slide is about 37 meters, the angle of inclination of the first section of the slide is close to 90 degrees.

No. 6. Aqualoop - Slovenia

The Terme 3000 water park boasts an Aqualoop slide with a 360-degree loop. Accelerates a person to 60 km per hour. The length of the slide is almost 90 meters. The attraction is located in the area thermal springs Slovenia and you can enjoy amazing views during your ride down the hill.

No. 5. Kilimanjaro - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Kilimanjaro in Rio de Janeiro was declared the tallest coaster in the world in 2005 and held this position until 2014. Almost 50 meters high, the angle of inclination is 60 degrees, on Kilimanjaro you will fly at a speed of 90 km/h. 5 seconds of fear and you're down.

No. 4. Captain Spacemaker - Lido di Jesolo, Italy

The height of the Captain Spacemaker slide is 42 meters. It is located in the Aqualandia water park in Italy. When descending in 3 or 4 inflatable rubber boats, a speed of 100 km/h is achieved thanks to a slope of 60 degrees.

No. 3. Insano - Fortaleza, Brazil

The Insano water slide is located in the Fortaleza water park Beach Park" Insano was the tallest slide in the world until 2005. The height of the slide is 41 meters, comparable to the height of a 14-story building. Climbing the hill, you will see the beautiful port city of Fortaleza and the extraordinary beautiful coast Atlantic Ocean in full view. The descent from the hill is almost vertical; in 5-6 seconds of flight a person accelerates to 100 km/h.

No. 2. Verruckt - Kansas City, USA

Today, the tallest and longest water slide in the world is Verruckt. Verruckt opened at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City. You can go down the Verruckt only on a special inflatable boat designed for three passengers. And for the safety of people who find themselves on this attraction, the water slide along its entire length is closed at the top with a net so that highly accelerated adrenaline junkies do not fly out of it. To get to the launch pad of this water slide, visitors to Verruckt must climb a staircase of 264 steps. The height of the structure is 51 meters, and the length of its pipe is about 100 m. At the same time, a boat with passengers can accelerate in a pipe filled with water to a speed of 105 kilometers per hour. And this really tickles the nerves of people who find themselves on this attraction.

No. 1. Sky caliber - New Jersey, USA

Action Park made attempt number two and opened Sky caliber - a water slide with a loop. This time, unlike 1985, when the Cannonball loop was opened, the slide is as safe as possible. Special protective equipment is provided for visitors. The slide has a height of 27 meters, the free fall section is 12 meters. The height of the loop is 9 meters, the speed on the slide is 80 km/h.
P.S. The most large water parks in Russia Gelendzhik: “Golden Bay” - 15.4 hectares; Novosibirsk: “Aquamir byKvarsis” - 40,000 sq.m; Anapa: “Tiki-Tak” - 35,000 sq.m; St. Petersburg: “Piterland” –25,000 sq.m; Rostov-on-Don: “H2O” - 20,000 sq.m.

The roller coaster is now business card for all modern amusement parks without exception.

Officially, roller coasters in the form we see them now appeared in the United States in 1886, however, the oldest such roller coaster is considered to be the Russian Coaster, built in 1784 under Catherine II on the territory of the royal residence near St. Petersburg.

By the way, a roller coaster is Russian name this attraction, and in America and in some European countries, they are called Russian roller coasters. For example, in Spain - Montaña rusa, in France - Montagnes russes, in Italy - Montagne russe.

In 1976, the world's first roller coaster with a loop, and since then the creators of these attractions have never ceased to amaze adrenaline lovers with new opportunities to tickle their nerves.

We are offering to you virtual trip on the five tallest and scariest roller coasters in the world! All of them are located in the USA, Australia and Japan; there is nothing similar in Russia or Europe.

Last year, the tallest roller coaster in Europe opened in the Spanish park of Port Aventura, but since its height is only 76 meters, it will not be included in the list of the very best in this article, and I will tell you about it a little later...

1st place - Kingda Ka (USA)


Kingda Ka- today it is the highest (139 meters) and the 2nd fastest roller coaster in the world (after the world's fastest roller coaster, Formula Rossa in the UAE, accelerating up to 240 km/h). They were opened in 2005 at Six Flags, New Jersey, USA. The trolley accelerates to 206 km/h in 3.5 seconds, rises to the top of the tower and rolls down under its own weight. The height of the fall is 127 meters.

2nd place - Top Thrill Dragster (USA)



Top hrill dragster- the second tallest roller coaster in the world (130 meters). Located in Cedar Point Park, Ohio, USA. At the time of opening, they set 4 records: they were the highest and fastest slides, and also had a drop angle of 90° and a steep drop section of 120 meters in length. The trolley accelerates to 190 km/h.

3rd place - Superman: Escape from Krypton (USA)



Superman: Escape from Krypton is the third tallest roller coaster in the world, located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California, USA. The height of the structure is 126.5 meters. The height of the fall is 100 meters. The trolley accelerates to 160.9 km/h. They originally opened in 1997 under the name Superman: The Escape, closed in 2010 for renovations, and reopened under a new name in 2011.

4 place - Tower of Terror II (Australia)

Tower of Terror II- the fourth highest roller coaster in the world (115 meters). Located at Dreamworld, Queensland, Australia. The height of the fall is 99.9 meters. The trolley accelerates to 160.9 km/h. The attraction opened in 1997 under the name Tower of Terror. In 2010, it was reconstructed and the number 2 was added to the name.

5th place - Steel Dragon 2000 (Japan)


Steel Dragon 2000- closes the top five tallest roller coasters in the world (height 97 meters). The attraction is located in Japan in the Nagashima Spa Land park. They are considered the longest such roller coaster in the world. The length of the track is 2479 m. The height of the fall is 93 meters. Opened in 2003.

An ideal vacation is a concept that everyone understands in their own way. For some, relaxing time on the beach is optimal, while others get real pleasure from an active or even extreme vacation.

The heart beats faster, with every second a huge portion of adrenaline is released into the blood, and meanwhile the brain seems to turn off, but the colorfulness of the sensations does not decrease from this! Believe me, you will have enough impressions for many years if you dare to conquer the largest water slide in the world!

Summit Plummet

In a water park called Disney Blizzard Beach, which is located in Florida, there is one of the most extreme water slides - about 37 m in height. Despite the fact that the summer here is always sunny and quite hot, those who want to go down from Summit Plummet will find snowdrifts at the top and along the entire route, which makes this attraction look rather unusual and more like a ski jump. But since the snow is artificial, the likelihood of frostbite is reduced to zero.


To climb Summit Plummet you don’t have to make any special efforts - there is a cable car for this. And if the climb is easy, then it is at the top of the water slide that you will have a very hard time. Why? Because you need to have nerves of steel to sit in a narrow chute, let go of your hands and... experience the incredible feeling of rapidly falling down at a speed of 100 km/h. Ready? Then Summit Plummet is waiting for you!

For more than 15 years, this slide bore the proud title of the highest water slide in the whole world. Its height is 41 m and it is located in the water park, which is named Fortaleza Beach Park. And if you have planned your holiday in the Brazilian resort of Fortaleza, then you simply have no right to pass by its luxurious attraction, which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.


Insano is a water slide that not everyone dares to slide down. Its descent is almost vertical, and its height is equivalent to a 14-story building. Anyone who dares to climb to the top of this Brazilian attraction will be able to learn what a bird's eye view is and fully enjoy the surrounding landscape.

But the view of the coast and the port city is not the main thing! You are at the top and now you should gather all your will into a fist and make a real flight down. Its duration does not exceed 7 seconds, but due to the enormous speed, which is about 105 km/h, the sensation is incredible! In this short time you will experience amazing, incomparable feelings!

Verrückt

But the biggest dose of adrenaline awaits you in Kansas City, where the Verrückt water slide awaits all crazy people in a park called Schlitterbahn. Only real daredevils are able to agree to this adventure, since this slide is not only the highest in the world, but also one of the most extreme. By agreeing to this flight, you get several pleasures at once:

  • a fast ride on a water slide;
  • an incredibly designed track that twists and turns like rails on a roller coaster;
  • amazing turns that make you fall down and immediately soar up.

And all this happens at incredible speeds that reach 120 km/h. The highest section of the Verrückt water slide is 52 m. And if compared with famous buildings, then, for example, the Statue of Liberty will be half a meter lower than this attraction. The same can be said about some other world landmarks such as the Tower and Niagara Falls– they are also inferior in height to this amazing water descent.


To reach the top of the Verrückt slide you will need to climb 264 steps. At the top, risk-seekers will find rubber rafts, each of which can accommodate 3 people. And then only a dizzying flight from the height of a 17-story building and another 180 m of incredible extreme sports! Moreover, the first fall is not the only one - immediately after it you will be lifted to a height of about 5 floors and carried further along a narrow and, as it seems to many, endless chute.

Do you want to tickle your nerves? Then you're on to the tallest water slide in the world!

The first roller coaster ride was launched in the United States in the late 19th century. John Taylor designed and developed the structure in Coney Island and called it the Incline Railway. Almost all innovations related to roller coasters were invented and patented by another American, LaMarcus Thompson. It is for this reason that Americans consider their roller coasters to be the fastest, scariest, most interesting and unusual. Is this really so, will help to find out the coolest roller coaster in the world.

The best attractions in the world

Most scary attraction, according to many connoisseurs of this type of entertainment, is located in the American state of New Jersey in the Six Flags Great Adventure park. The height of the highest slide is 139 meters, and the maximum speed of the carriages reaches almost 300 km/h. You won’t be able to go faster than on this slide on any similar attraction in the world. The storm of feelings experienced by those who have been on these slides is quite difficult to describe.

The Top Thrill Dragster in Ohio is just as thrilling with its incredible height and number of climbs and turns. The most high point The attraction reaches 128 meters, and the angle at which the trolleys go down is 90 degrees in some places. Therefore, the screams of the skaters can be heard far beyond the park territory.

On the Australian continent, visitors to the park are terrified and delighted by the slide, which the locals call the “Tower of Terror.” In the original it is called Tower of Terror. The track is located in the form of a G. The carriages accelerate at enormous speed to a height of 115 meters and suddenly slow down at the very top. Passengers at this moment have a feeling of absence of gravity. The emotions, of course, are indescribable. Perhaps everyone should experience the state of free flight at least once in their life, even with the help of an attraction.

The trolleys on the Dodonpa coaster, which is located in an amusement park in Japan, reach a speed of 172 km/h in a couple of seconds. For this purpose, the slide is equipped with a pneumatic system. There are also slides at right angles and sharp turns with unexpected descents. The ride itself takes less than a minute, but for those riding it, this time may seem like an eternity.

The longest slide is also located on Japanese islands at the Nagashima Spa Land amusement park. Its length is 2480 m. Travel time takes as much as 4 minutes. And although it is not the fastest, the impressions gained from riding cannot be compared with anything.

Height and speed are what attract us to roller coasters. Every year, amusement parks try to outdo each other in the category of "fastest" or "highest" coaster. Here you will find ten of the best roller coasters on the planet.

10. Intimidator 305

Located at Kings Dominion Amusement Park in Virginia, the Intimidator 305 roller coaster was built in memory of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt. Everyone here can reach speeds of up to 145 km/h. Initially, this figure was 152 km/h, but it was decided to slow down the slides due to high overloads.

9. Leviathan


Designed by Swiss companies Bolliger and Mabillard, this roller coaster is located near Toronto. Here you can accelerate to 148 km/h. Despite the incredible speed, the booths have a smooth ride, which attracts visitors from all points globe.

8. Millennium Force


The world's first coaster structure to exceed the 90-meter height threshold was built in 2000 in Cedar Point, Ohio. Here everyone can reach speeds of up to 149 km/h, overcoming a 100-meter rise. Despite the fact that 14 years have passed since its construction, this attraction firmly holds its height record.

7. Steel Dragon 2000


Japanese amusement park Nagashima Spa Land became the owner of the fastest roller coaster in the world when the Steel Dragon 2000 attraction opened in 2000. Here you can accelerate to a speed of 152 km/h, for this you will need as many as two steel cables that can lift the cabins to the top of a steep mountain.

6. Ring Racer


Located at the Nürburgring in Germany, the Ring Racer first opened its doors to the public in 2009. The unique compressed air supply system is capable of accelerating the cabins to a speed of 217 km/h, but for the safety of visitors, the threshold was lowered to 159 km/h. The slides are designed in such a way that the route runs almost parallel to the race track, offering visitors the opportunity to feel like real racers.

5. Superman: Escape from Krypton and the Tower of Terror


In fact, two attractions are in 5th place: Superman at Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park in California and Tower of Terror at Dreamworld, Australia. Both attractions can reach speeds of up to 160 km/h. Visitors reach this speed twice during the trip, first when starting and then when descending the mountain.

4. Dodonpa


This attraction is located at Fuji-Q Hill in Japan and is capable of reaching speeds of up to 172 km/h. Although the process only takes about a minute, this coaster is a paradise for adrenaline junkies.

3. Top Thrill Dragster


Top Thrill Dragster opened in 2003 in Cedar Point, Ohio. The hydraulic mechanism can accelerate you to a speed of 193 km/h in just a couple of seconds. For ten years now, this ride has been considered the most popular in Ohio, although the ride itself takes only 17 seconds.