If you have ever visited any amusement park, you must remember the rides and the thrilling experience over there. Those breath-taking rides just leave every rider screaming out of their lungs. And this is why everyone doesn’t like them. But the people who do, they would look for more with more thrill, more fun, more scare, and laughter. In this article, we bring you some of those rides which have made the name of the most dangerous rides of the world.
Son of Beast roller coaster
This ride, the crown jewel of the Kings Island amusement park in Ohio, is exactly what you might imagine when you hear the words “terrifying roller coaster.” When it opened in 2000, it was the only wooden roller coaster to be ranked among the top ten rides in the country, thanks to its record-breaking height, length, drop height, and speed. At its highest point, the ride climbed to 218 feet tall, dropped 214 feet, and soared to 78 miles per hour. Furthermore, Son of Beast was the only wooden roller coaster of its time to attempt a vertical loop.
Verrückt waterslide
In 2014, Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City was racing to produce the world’s largest water slide to be featured on the show Xtreme Waterparks. Only four months after its inception, the waterpark unveiled the attraction: a spine-shivering 170-foot-tall slide that was almost as scary to ascend with its 264 steps as it was to slip down the 17-story drop.
The Catapult
Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park, the most frequented amusement park in Wisconsin Dells, was the site of one of the most dangerous rides ever opened: the Catapult. This two-passenger ride consisted of a small metal cage, long cables, and supporting metal poles. After the riders buckled in, the cables on both sides of the cage would tighten, and riders would be rocketed high into the air, only to tumble quickly down again.
Cyclone
Unlike the other rides on this list of dangerous roller coasters, Luna Park’s Cyclone has not been shut down. The Cyclone climbs to 85 feet high, includes 12 daunting drops, and speeds across the track at 60 miles per hour. Throughout the past 92 years, the Cyclone has remained a main tourist attraction of Coney Island. So, what makes it dangerous? You never know how you’ll have to get down this ride.
Thunder River Rapids
Located in the centre of Gold Rush Town, a section of Australia’s popular Dream world amusement park, Thunder River Rapids was once a favourable tourist attraction. Visitors of the park would load into circular rafts, strap into their seats, and spin down a rapid-filled river. At the end of the journey, assuming everything ran smoothly, the rafts would slide onto a conveyor belt, climbing a short slope to the exit. Compared to most thrilling roller coasters, this ride was not very steep, not very fast, and not very frightening.
