Top 10 Highest Roller Coasters in The UK and in the world
The Pepsi Big One in Blackpool won praise around the world when it was built as it became the highest rollercoaster in the world.
It has since being overtaken by far higher rollercoasters but it still sits pretty at the top of the list as the highest rollercoaster in the UK just pipping stealth at Thorpe Park.
| Rank | Height | Roller Coaster | Theme Park |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 213′ | Pepsi Max Big One |
Pleasure Beach, Blackpool |
| 2nd | 205′ 1″ | Stealth | Thorpe Park |
| 3rd | 167′ | Jubilee Odyssey | Fantasy Island |
| 4th | 150′ | Millennium Roller Coaster | Fantasy Island |
| 5th | 120′ | Shockwave | Drayton Manor Park |
| 6th | 117′ 9″ | Kumali | Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo |
| 7th | 116′ 6″ | WipeoutBoomerang | Pleasurewood Hills Pleasure Island Family Theme Park |
| 8th | 115′ | Speed: No Limits |
Oakwood Theme Park |
| 9th | 109′ 3″ | Infusion | Pleasure Beach, Blackpool |
| 10th | 107′ | Ultimate | Lightwater Valley |
The highest rollercoaster in the world is the Kingda at Six Flags theme park in the US
6/4/2005 Photo: Jonathan Braun
| Rank | Height | Roller Coaster | Amusement Park |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 456′ | Kingda Ka |
Six Flags Great Adventure |
| 2nd | 420′ | Top Thrill Dragster |
Cedar Point |
| 3rd | 415′ | Superman The Escape |
Six Flags Magic Mountain |
| 4th | 377′ 4″ | Tower of Terror |
Dreamworld |
| 5th | 318′ 3″ | Steel Dragon 2000 |
Nagashima Spa Land |
| 6th | 310′ | Millennium Force | Cedar Point |
| 7th | 262′ 6″ | Thunder Dolphin |
LaQua |
| 8th | 259′ 2″ | Fujiyama | Fuji-Q Highland |
| 9th | 249′ 4″ | Eejanaika | Fuji-Q Highland |
| 10th | 245′ | Titan | Six Flags Over Texas |
Also take a look at our fastest roller coasters list
The top 10 lists were compiled by http://www.rcdb.com ( rollercoaster database site)
Wow Kingda Ka looks scary just by looking at the picture, has anyone actually ridden this ride?
i have ridden it it was terrific and terrifying but i want to go on it again and again
Ive been on a few rides through my life , the best ride ive been on in my life is the one and only Logers Leep in thorpe park, surrey.
trust me you fools go on it
YES MATE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Boomerang at Pleasure island is Fantastic and so is Jubilee odyssey at fantasy island you can see it a mile away they the Best iv’e been on
it looks exactly like the top thrill dragster , minus the better color of the dragster . they definitely stole the design .
Bin on pepci max, infusion, Kindga ka, boomarand, big dipper , grand national , rita- Queen of speed , Air , Nemises, duel etc etc.. But nothing is as good as OBLIVION at Alton towers ENGLAND get your buts there or be scared all your life.
Just one thing if you go on oblivion Dont look down!!!
pepsi max iz da best ive been researching and every1 says blakpool is da most best theme park in uk
Top Thrill Dragster looks more terrifying in my opinion.. Because you don’t have the over-shoulder restraint… I think it’s just a lap bar and a seat belt.
Oh, and the best rollercoater I’ve experienced is probaly Inredible Hulk or The KraKen.
al;ton towers is the best theme park in the uk nemesis oblivion and air are the best =]
BLACKPOOL is the best theme park in the uk, pepsi max, infusion, irn bru and also bling, are the best rides there!!
BEST THEME PARK EVER!!(:
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I herd blackpool pleasure beach it the best rollor coaster in the uk, which is true beacause all the rides there are brilliant!!
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Pepsi Max is brill and that over ride looks terrifying…im from b’pool and i recen;y bin on the Big One!!! 1st time eva…minted!!
I Love blackpool pleasure beach, best theme park there in tha uk wooop.
Pepsi max & infusion & grand national,and all the others are all brilliant!!.
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Thorpe park looks good aswell, wanna go there.
But blackpool pleasure beach still the best and will allways be..
how come the dragon khan aint there its taller than the pepsi max !
Keisha, I agree about Blackpool still being the best. I could ride the Grand National all day and all night, it is my favorite roller coaster. That with The Big One, Infusion, The Big Dipper, even Revolution still gives me a kick.
I love Alton Towers as well.
I have only been to Thorpe Park once and out of principal I would never go back. The riders look great but on the day I went, nice sunny clear day with no wind. The main reason I went (to go on Stealth which looks amazing) the ride was closed the entire day. Colossus was also closed the entire day. We had a go on Detonator which was crap (Blackpool’s one is way better) and we went on Nemesis Inferno basically all day (which was an excellent ride).
But the point is both Stealth and Collosus were closed that day. I was told in the morning by a staff member that Stealth would open at some point during the day which it didnt and they did not offer any refund or discount to come back or anything. I would never go back to Thorpe Park ever out of principal.
Are you lot mad Blackpool is nothing on Alton towers ride wise the facilites at Alton t are amazing with the spa-hotel-water park slot off things Blackpool can’t offer and with almanac coming in 2010 Alton is the place to be you fools!!!!
i ve been on all the alton towers ones and flamingo land one and thorpe parks
yo gies have no taste COLOSIS is the funnest not to scary and not to lame!!!
Pepsi Max is the best ive been on it and im only 12 and everyone was surprized i went on it, because im really small!!!
The kind da ka is always broken!!!!!!!!!1
on the uk one. i have been on ultimate (nothing special) kumali, pretty good, infusion same, and pepsi max which was good at the front , wanna go abroad lol