Extreme Thrill Rides from the U.S. To Australia and Canada

Extreme terror ride and thrill seeker enthusiasts will be utterly ecstatic with the news that the reign of terror lives on in the form of metal objects with lightning speed and enhanced technology, and they are empowered by a hint of danger that diehard adrenaline rush seekers crave. These fast shiny machines will challenge man's inner most fear of complete defiance when he attempts to maintain bodily functions in a manner to which he has become accustomed to up until the day that he discovered that high velocity from instantaneous rushes and living on the edge are just too much fun to ignore.

This type of lunacy can only come from child's play on rather large and colorful toys that are designed to break all of the barriers, and they are known as extreme terror rides. The hunt for the ultimate terror ride deeply involves the larger scale where speed limits are not even a remote part of the equation and climbing 45-stories high or plummeting 85 feet in a matter of seconds is just part of the deal.

You may also discover along the way that your heart can really stop when your body manages a severe 7 degrees beyond vertical while helplessly suspended in air, and that true fear can come from clinging to brightly colored shiny objects that appear to defy gravity. You may have also never fathomed in a million years that solid steel could completely control your senses on every level if you let it embrace the kid that lives within.

This simple reality allows us to bask in the euphoric notion that extreme rides only get better, faster, and more terrifying as technology pushes for more modernized engineered master marvels that stretch the limits of our imaginations. Luckily diehard amusement park enthusiasts are able to sample a vast amount of high speed coasters and extreme terror rides in just about every state and country on the planet.

Extreme Terror Rides

Australia

Not only is Australia beautiful, it is filled with adventure, beautiful scenery, ultra cool architecture, exotic animals and terror in the sky. The Giant Drop, located at Dreamworld in Coomera, Australia is your direct link to that terror. Thrill seekers experience the feeling of plummeting to their death from what is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest free-falling ride in the World. Terror enthusiasts are hoisted 390-feet in the air in a gondola made for eight riders. The scenery at the top is like nothing else, so is the drop coming in your immediate future as you are plummeted at a speed of 85 MPH in a matter of 60 seconds. It is recommended that you bring spare underwear if you intend to ride the free-falling Giant Drop.

Canada

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada is home to the 14-story Mind Bender roller coaster that gives riders a crash course in physics. Galaxyland is the World's largest indoor amusement park set up inside of the West Edmonton mall. The extreme steel coaster offers riders 5 G's and a 127 foot drop with twists and turn's that terrorize even the best of thrill seekers. Mind Bender is the largest indoor triple loop coaster in the World.

New Jersey

Rated the fastest and tallest coaster in 2010 in the U.S. is the tiger themed Kingda Ka, and it is located at Six Flags in Jackson New Jersey. The 45-story metal monster hydraulically launches riders from 0 to 128 M.P.H. in a mere 3 1/2 seconds. The main arch is so high that you can comfortably fit the Statue of Liberty snuggly within the heart of this steel terror ride with room to spare. A 270 degree spiral and a 90 degree quarter turn are all just the beginning of things to come on this ride. Within 59 seconds you will have experienced weightlessness and total coaster induced euphoria with the final descending track and famous camel hump closing the gap between height and lightning speed.

Ohio

Coaster enthusiasts have rated The Beast as a favorite among diehard terror ride fans, and even though it is a wooden coaster, to date over 40 million riders have tested its infamous reputation of being a bit rougher then the more smooth steel coasters. The popular coaster is documented in the Guinness Book of World records as being the longest wooden coaster in the World. An underground tunnel, two severe vertical drops and eight banked turns keep this coaster on the top list of extreme terror rides. Located just 26 miles from Cincinnati, Ohio, The Beast can be found at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio.

If the sensation of flying doesn't appeal to your dare devil senses then maybe riding a coaster while suspended face down will. The Firehawk, also located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio firmly remains at the top of "must do's" when it comes to terrifying things in life to try. Riders claim that they lose all perspective of where they are and just when you have collected your thoughts a severe loop & corkscrew turn that defies normal body movements will put you right back into check with the frame of mind of dazed and confused.

Texas

Imagine total darkness as you are dropping 270 feet through water. The Dragon Blaster in Galveston, Texas is the World's first uphill coaster, and it is controlled by a 3,000 gallon blast of water that shoots the coaster upwards at 35 MPH. The Schlitterbahn Waterpark is home to four of the largest water rides and the Travel Channel lists them under the category of extreme terror rides. The Thunder Tub is 231 feet of twists and turns while the Cliffhanger has an 81 foot slide, but is considered the steepest of the water rides.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin has more going for it then just the cheese, especially if you are an extreme terror ride fan. The small community of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin receives over five million visitors a year to their many famous waterparks. Extreme World offers a variety of extreme terror rides that are over the top and for some, to much to handle when you consider that kissing the pavement at a high rate of speed comes within a mere 8-feet from the point of lift off to the final destination. The Ejection Seat responds to riders by fulfilling them with an instantaneous rush as they are lifted a 170 feet into the air and then ejected like a rock from a sling-shot.

Also found at the Wisconsin Dell Waterpark is the new and unique thrill ride Terminal Velocity . This ride is not for the faint of heart unless of course free falling 160 feet in a mere 2 ½ seconds into a net comes to you as easily as breathing. Most riders have to work up to a dizzying status of little to no thought about what they are preparing to get themselves into in order to complete the task at hand. The thought of it disturbs most spectators as they witness the blood curdling screams followed by a splat into the large webbed netting that is the only thing between the human and the cement. http://www.extremeworld.com
Sources:

http://www.dreamworld.com.au/Rides/Thrill-Rides/The-Giant-Drop.aspx

http://www.rideaccidents.com/

http://www.travelchannel.com/Places_Trips/Travel_Ideas/Outdoors_And_Adventure/Adventure_Travel/Extreme_Terror_Rides_2

http://www.wisdells.com/WisconsinDellsWaterParks/index.cfm