All the new roller coasters coming in 2025
2024 may be coming to a close, but there’s no time to look back because there’s an exciting collection of new roller coasters to look forward to in 2025, from high-speed thrill rides to family-friendly themed attractions.
New roller coasters coming to Universal Epic Universe in 2025
Universal Orlando’s highly-anticipated Universal Epic Universe theme park will open on May 22, 2025, with four themed roller coasters.
Stardust Racers in Celestial Park – The dual-launch coaster will reach speeds up to 62 miles per hour as it races along 5,000 feet of track and soars to heights up to 133 feet. Riders will travel along an inverted crisscross, known as the “Celestial Spin,” accompanied by music and a display of colors.
Mine-Cart Madness in Super Nintendo World – Riders will help Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong protect the Golden Banana as they embark on a high-energy mine-cart ride, which uses a new ride system that recreates the maneuvers of the mine carts from the Donkey Kong Country video game series.
Hiccup’s Wing Gliders in How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk – A winged flying machine will launch aspiring Dragon Riders swooping and soaring into the air while they encounter Hiccup and Toothless along the way.
Curse of the Werewolf in Dark Universe – A spinning family coaster inspired by “The Wolf Man.”
New roller coasters coming to Six Flags parks in 2025
Following the 2024 merger of Six Flags and Cedar Fair, the company has an impressive list of 11 roller coasters set to debut in 2025.
MonteZOOMa: The Forbidden Fortress at Knott’s Berry Farm (near Los Angeles, Calif.) (Delayed from 2023) – A reimagination of the historic flywheel-launched shuttle coaster, Montezooma’s Revenge, that catapults riders out of the station from 0 to 55 miles per hour in 4.5 seconds, up through a 76 foot, 360° loop, and then to the top of a 148-foot tower. After a moment of weightlessness, the train zooms backward down the tower, through the loop, and passes through the station up a second 112-foot tower, then down the tower into the station.
The Flash: Vertical Velocity at Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson Township, N.J.) (Delayed from 2024) – The boomerang coaster will take riders forward and backward at nearly 60 miles per hour.
Georgia Surfer at Six Flags Over Georgia (near Atlanta, Ga.) (Delayed from 2024) – A first-of-its-kind Ultra Surf coaster will feature unique ride vehicles with free-spinning seats in two outward-facing circles atop a massive board. Riders will experience three airtime moments and four airtime spins as they coast back and forth along nearly 590 feet of U-shaped track, reaching speeds of up to 60 miles per hour to the ride’s 144-foot peak before splashing down in a scenic splashing pad. Riders will also experience water interaction effects, including a vertical wave wall, low-cutting splash combination, and water vortex tunnel.
Top Thrill 2 at Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio) (Delayed from 2024) – The former Top Thrill Dragster will be the world’s tallest and fastest triple-launch strata roller coaster when it reopens in 2025 as Top Thrill 2, plus the world’s first and only dual-tower vertical speedway featuring two 420-foot-tall track towers.
Quantum Accelerator at Six Flags New England (near Springfield, Mass.) – New England’s first dual-launch straddle coaster is a family-friendly thrill ride with two launches, 11 airtime moments, and speeds up to 45 miles per hour. Instead of sitting in a traditional seat, riders will straddle coaster cars designed as steampunk-themed hoverbikes.
Wrath of Rakshasa at Six Flags Great America (Gurnee, Ill.) – With an initial 96-degree drop and speeds up to 67 miles per hour, the thrilling coaster will shatter multiple world records, including a beyond-vertical, 171-foot drop (the steepest of any dive coaster in the world) and five total inversions (the most of any dive coaster in the world).
Siren’s Curse at Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio) – The tallest, longest, fastest tilt roller coaster in North America will feature an ascent up a 160-foot-tall shipping crane tower to encounter the roller coaster’s signature moment: a dead stop on a “broken off” section of track, slowly tilting the entire train into a 90-degree vertical position before speeding through 2,966 feet of track at a top speed of 58 miles per hour. The ride will feature 13 airtime moments, two 360-degree, zero-gravity barrel rolls, and a high-speed “triple-down” element with twisted and overbanked track.
Rapterra at Kings Dominion (Doswell, Va.) – Debuting as part of the park’s 50th anniversary season in 2025, the world’s tallest and longest launched wing roller coaster will stand 145 feet tall and stretch 3,086 feet long.
AlpenFury at Canada’s Wonderland (Ontario, Canada) – A first-of-its-kind coaster experience will be Canada’s tallest, fastest, and longest launch coaster, blasting riders 164 feet vertically into the sky. Riders will also experience nine inversions – the most for any launch coaster in North America – at 71 miles per hour, spanning 3,281 feet across the park.
RiverRacers at Kings Island’s Soak City Water Park (Mason, Ohio) – The first and only dual-racing water coaster in Ohio will send thrill-seekers down a three-story first drop, then propel them uphill through a mirrored race course of enclosed and open tubes and 180-degree high-bank turns before hitting a final straightaway drop to the finish line pool below.
Snoopy’s Racing Railway at Carowinds (Charlotte, N.C.) – The new family-friendly coaster will launch out of the station from zero to 31 miles per hour and take riders through thrilling dips and wild turns.
New roller coasters coming to SeaWorld parks in 2025
The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf’s Revenge at Busch Gardens Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) – The all-new family-friendly inverted roller coaster will takeriders through over 2,500 feet of track, traveling up to 40 miles per hour while bolting through the streets of an abandoned Bavarian village.
Beach Rescue Racer at SeaWorld San Antonio (San Antonio, Texas) – Riders will race down 1,300 ft. of track to help stranded beach creatures in this family-friendly rescue jeep coaster opening as part of the all-new Rescue Jr. kids play area.
At the new Mattel Adventure Park
Hot Wheels Bone Shaker: The Ultimate Ride at Mattel Adventure Park (near Phoenix, Ariz.) (Delayed from 2024) – The family coaster featuring Hot Wheels’ famous hot rod’s skull design will climb 84 feet in the air and dive into a double helix.
Hot Wheels Twin Mill Racer at Mattel Adventure Park (near Phoenix, Ariz.) (Delayed from 2024) – The double-looping Hot Wheels Twin Mill Racer will feature a double loop and two corkscrews.
Looking ahead
The highly-anticipated Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift is set to open at Universal Studios Hollywood (in California) in 2026 as the park’s first-ever, high-speed outdoor roller coaster. The new thrill ride will use “innovative and technological achievements never previously employed in a roller coaster,” including a state-of-the-art ride system featuring 360-degree rotation of the individual ride vehicles.
Six Flags parks in California, New Jersey, Texas, and Mexico will also be getting new roller coasters in 2026: a “record-breaking launch coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure, a “record-breaking dive coaster” at Six Flags Over Texas, a “family thrill boomerang coaster” at Six Flags Mexico, and a “first-of-its-kind coaster in North America” at Six Flags Magic Mountain, which will be Magic Mountain’s 21st coaster, further cementing it’s title as the park with the most operating roller coasters in the world.
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