The coolest roller coasters on earth

Located at Six Flags Over Texas, this amusement ride is considered one of the top steel roller coasters in the world. You can reach a maximum speed of 137 km/h and it also has a 255 feet drop! Riders often complain of dizziness and headaches caused by sections of the course.

This is an inverted roller coaster located at the Alton Towers amusement park in England. This ride became very popular, ranking high in worldwide polls. Over 50 million have ridden this 43 feet tall roller coaster.

This is one the popular rides of PortAventura amusement park located in Catalonia, Spain. The ride lasts 1 minute 45 seconds and it can accelerate up to 114km/h. This roller coaster is inspired by a Chinese temple where the evil spirit of Prince Hu of Beijing reincarnated in the body of the Dragon Khan and every time someone tried to tame this dragon, he would unleash his fury.

This roller coaster is located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, it opened to the public in June 2014. The ride broke three world records: the longest drop (55 meters), the steepest drop (85 degrees) and fastest speed (116km/h).

Colossos is the tallest wooden roller coaster in Europe; its sections were designed to snap together like Lego pieces. The ride is 2.25 minutes long and it reaches a speed of 110km/h. It is located at the Heide Park Resort in Soltau, Germany.

This is another popular wooden roller coaster, located at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden. The ride opened in 2003 and became very popular; it is known as the “Best Wooden Tracked Roller Coaster”. This roller coaster can reach a speed of 110 km/h.

This roller coaster reaches its maximum takeoff speed 170,59 km/h in just 1.8 seconds. It is located in the Fuji-Q-Highland Park in Japan. It is ranked as the fourth fastest roller coaster in the world.

Located at the Worl Ferrari theme park in Abu Dhabi, this roller coaster is ranked as the fastest roller coaster in the world. It reaches a speed of 240km/h in just 4.5 seconds, it has a length of 2km and riders must wear glasses. It simulates a ride in a Formula 1 Ferrari.

This incredible roller coaster stands at 50 meters, with a length of 1,200 meters and a maximum speed of 105km/h. It is located at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida. An interesting fact about this attraction is that passengers can choose the music they want to hear on the ride.

Located at the PortAventura amusement park, this is the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Europe, standing at 78 meters and reaching a 134 km/h speed. It is named after an area located in the Himalayas; this ride also has the longest drop in Europe (78 meters).

This steel roller coaster is located in the Baja Ridge area of Six Flags Mountain in California. The ride has a height of 57 meters, a length of 1,167 meters, and it can reach a speed of 116km /h. Viper was the tallest looping coaster until 1997.

This roller coaster is located at the Warner Park in Madrid, Spain. It was designed by “Bolliger and Mallibard”, and it can reach a 100 km/h speed. It looks pretty awesome!

Oblivion was the first dive coaster in the world; it opened on March 14th, 1998 at Alton Towers amusement park in England. "Do not Look Down" is written  just above the tunnel , so it can be seen from above, seconds before the drop.

This ride was the first wooden roller coaster to have a loop; it opened on May 26, 2000, at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. It has a 65m drop and it can reach speeds of up to 126km/h. In 2006, after the ride’s major incident, the loop had to be removed.

This ride is located at the Terra Mitica theme park in Benidorm, Spain. The roller coaster reaches a speed of 70km/h, and it has become the most popular ride in this park. This ride cost 3 million euros!

This is a steel floorless roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Bizarro is supposed to be Superman’s dark evil twin; the ride is 3.15 minutes long and it will make you feel like you have superhero strength!

This roller coaster is located at Six Flags Great Western Adventure in New Jersey. It is the fastest roller coaster on the East Coast and has a drop of 65 meters! It was designed by Bolliger and Mabillard and it was ranked number three in the Golden Ticket Awards as Best Steel Roller Coaster from 2007 to 2012.

Located in Cedar Point in Ohio, this steel roller coaster broke six world records and was the world's first Giga Coaster.  It has a height of 94 meters and reaches speeds of up to 150km/h. Millennium Force was voted as the number one steel roller coaster ten times at the Golden Ticket Awards.