Top 10 Scariest Roller Coasters

Even though roller coasters can seem big and scary, they are still very safe. Anyone can go for a ride on one of them. You might find some roller coasters with some weird and different features, especially on the list below. 

It is essential to know that this list can be subjective and different people can have different opinions. This is because multiple factors can make a roller coaster scary. Height and speeds are one of them, but some roller coasters are not the tallest nor the highest, and they do not drop as straight either, but they will still scare you. This is why some roller coasters just need to be experienced, and when you do so, you will understand why these roller coasters are so scary. Not every roller coaster has to do speeds of over 90 miles an hour and do 100 turns for you to have a good time.

Outlaw Run, Branson, MO

This roller coaster is in silver city, Branson, MO, and it has the only double barrel roll on a great wooden roller coaster. The roller is 720 degrees. This roller coaster took $10 million to make, and it takes you through the Ozark Mountains, and there is a drop of 162 feet. 

Gatekeeper, Sandusky, OH

This massive machine is a wing roller coaster, and it goes over 67 miles an hour. The distance is about 4164 feet. A wing roller coaster is a roller coaster that has the rider’s seats on the sides of the track and not below them, so there is nothing above or below the riders, and they are almost in the air. The Gatekeeper starts its journey at the park’s beginning at an entrance and goes through two towers. It would be best to not eat anything before you get on the roller coaster because this ride gets inverted six times, and there is a 164 feet drop. This ride lasts for about two minutes and 20 seconds. 

Millennium Force, Sandusky, OH

If you wish to go to this roller coaster, you will have to visit Cedar Point in Sandusky, the same as the gatekeeper. This ride is 310 feet high, and the roller coaster moves at about 93 miles an hour.  This ride is about a mile long. People consider it to be a giga coaster as it climbs high and then just dives down. The descend on this roller coaster is 80 degrees, so it is almost straight down, and the drop is 300 feet long, so be prepared to get your heart stopped with excitement. 

Manta, Orlando, FL

You will find this roller coaster in SeaWorld in Orlando. This roller coaster makes four inversions when it is about 98 feet in the air. Initially, the ride is easygoing, and then it takes a dive, where things get interesting. If you feel scared, you can look at the fish, stingrays, coral, and marine life as this is a floor-to-ceiling aquarium.