The Best Thrill Rides
by James
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment
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Islands of Adventure
The Incredible Hulk Coaster – Based on our favourite Marvel Superhero, The Incredible Hulk (cos he’s green) this coaster accelerates from zero to 40 mph in two seconds flat, with the force equal to that of a jet taking off an aircraft carrier. The world turns upside down as you experience a weightless "zero g" roll. Then you feel a surge in power as you pick up speed and a menacing roar fills your ears. All you can do is hang on as you experience the rage, power and fury of the Hulk, smashing through the sky and plummeting down to earth on a high-speed roller coaster rampage of destruction.
Dragon Challenge – Based on the popular Harry Potter books, Marvel at the blazing Goblet of Fire™ and the shining Triwizard Cup as you take on the Dragon Challenge™. Choose your dragon: an aggressive Chinese Fireball or a ferocious Hungarian Horntail. Then climb aboard and hold on tight as the two dragons twist and loop in a intertwining roller coaster chase across the sky. Dragon Challenge is actually two high-speed roller coasters – each "dragon" is a completely different ride. Each dragon's 2-minute and 25-second flight includes several inversions, including a zero-g roll, a Cobra roll, two corkscrews, and two vertical loops.
Universal Studios Florida
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit – Pick you tune, then hang on. This groundbreaking combination of audio and special effects engineering, sophisticated on- and off-board video and one-of-a-kind personalisation takes you on a coaster experience unlike any other. Orlando's tallest roller coaster also features several exciting, "never been done" elements, including the world's first non-inverting loop. Reaches top speeds of 65 mph and towers 17 stories over Universal Studios Florida. It features six near-miss moments and first-ever thrills including a record-breaking loop.
Revenge of the Mummy – Based on the film, your only hope is to escape the Revenge of the Mummy, a roller coaster unlike anything that's come before it. You'll plunge in total darkness, plagued on all sides by huge fireballs, swarms of scarab beetles and an army of warrior mummies. Universal Studios® has taken all the terrifying thrills and spine-tingling excitement of The Mummy motion pictures and placed you right in the middle of the action. Come face to face with the Mummy as he attempts to capture your soul for all eternity. Can you survive the awesome power of Imhotep's curse…or will you be entombed inside forever?
Walt Disney World 14 Day Ultimate Ticket
Disney Hollywood Studios
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster featuring Aerosmith – is a high-speed roller coaster for big kids, teens and adults, is amplified by the driving beat of a soundtrack recorded by the rock group Aerosmith specifically for this attraction. Each "car" is furnished with a 125 speaker, 24 sub-woofer, 32,000 watt, onboard audio system—built to blast. Careen through the neon-filled streets of Tinseltown, the rock 'n' roll adrenaline pumping through your veins, your body feeling the force from launch to loop at zero to 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds. This is one limo ride you'll always remember!
Magic Kingdom
Space Mountain - Blast off on an intergalactic adventure at Space Mountain, a classic attraction in Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom park. From the glow-in-the-dark Space Port, board one of 2 rocket-shaped, 3-seater vehicles—and hold on tight for a rip-roarin' ride through the farthest reaches of space and time.
Your journey begins with a steady climb up a 180-foot mountain, passing the Mission Control booth and an array of pulsating lights along the way. Once at the top, feel the wind race across your face as you're propelled through the remote blackness of the universe—illuminated only by shooting stars, celestial satellites, spinning black holes and shimmering constellations.
Since most of this experience is in the dark, your ride will feel extremely fast—and exciting, since you never know which way you'll turn or drop!
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Expedition Everest - is a high-altitude, high-speed, roller coaster train ride. Climb aboard a railway car for a full-steam-ahead adventure bound for Mount Everest. Your trek across the treacherous terrain of the towering Forbidden Mountain begins with a few scenic twists and turns, then sets out on an ascent towards the summit.
2 Park SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Ticket
SeaWorld
Kraken - Named after a massive mythological underwater beast, this is Orlando’s tallest and only floorless rollercoaster – a real monster! With open sides and no floor you’re left dangling… 140ft above the earth… travelling at nearly 70mph… taking you upside down 7 times! Grab a photo on the way out. And just look at your face!
Manta - Walk through an amazing underwater ray habitat on your way to a head-first, face-down, mega-thrill ride – newly opened in May 2009. Spin, glide, swoop and fly from sky to sea like a giant manta ray – the only coaster of its kind in the world! Skim a lagoon surface at over 50mph. Soar to 140ft. And plummet 113ft.
Busch Gardens
Montu - Loop, drop, and speed along at over 60mph with your feet dangling free beneath you. This is one of the longest, tallest inverted coasters in the world.
Gwazi - A mammoth double wooden coaster named after a mythical lion with a tiger’s head. Get the best of both as the two coasters intertwine. Gwazi Tiger slaloms and Gwazi Lion spirals.
Kumba - Plunge and spiral through gravity-defying manoeuvres for over 3 minutes at 60mph. It’s big, it’s fast and it’s hair-raising.
SheiKra - The very first dive coaster in North America – and it’s a good one! 200 feet up, and then straight back down again at up to 70mph… with a 90 degree drop. Sky above, earth below and nothing but a massive thrill in between.