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1. Hades

7.8
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Attraction · 7 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: At 136 feet high, this bad boy is one of the biggest wooden coasters in the world. At one time, this was the steepest drop in the world for a wooden coaster. --Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

2. SheiKra

9.3
9600 N 30th St (at Stanleyville in Busch Gardens), Tampa, FL
Attraction · 108 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: This coaster plunges 200 feet at a completely vertical 90 degrees. You're dropped out of a building. You feel like you're taking off feet-first into the world. --Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

3. Montu

9.2
10165 N McKinley Dr (Busch Gardens), Tampa, FL
Attraction · 54 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Unlike a standard coaster, the cars hang below the track, and your feet dangle free. It's a sensation so close to flying you'll think you've grown wings. --Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

4. Skyhawk

8.1
Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH
Attraction · 19 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: This is essentially the world’s largest backyard swing. At the top, it'll give you that zero-G feeling. --Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

5. Cedar Point

9.2
1 Cedar Point Dr (at Cleveland Rd), Sandusky, OH
Amusement Park · Cedar Point · 368 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: I conquered the Fearsome Foursome Challenge -- ride the 4 tallest coasters in an hour -- can you? --Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

6. Canobie Yankee Cannon Ball

8.9
99 Bus Rd., Salem, NH
Attraction · 3 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Yankee Cannonball is the granddaddy of the coaster kingdom. The old wooden bones feel ancient, and that's something today's coasters can't replicate. --Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

7. Thunderhead

9.2
2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd (in Dollywood), Pigeon Forge, TN
Amusement Park · 27 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: No matter where you sit, it's like a different ride for every person. That's the beauty of a wooden rollercoaster. --Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

8. Smoky Mountain Speed Park

3275 Parkway, Pigeon Forge, TN
Race Track · 1 tip

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: This heart-pounding ride hurls passengers a dizzying 60 miles per hour for 5 whole minutes. That's about twice the length of your average thrill ride. --Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

9. Park City Mountain Resort

9.2
1345 Lowell Ave (at Silver King Dr.), Park City, UT
Ski Resort and Area · 98 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The Alpine Coaster is not your standard roller coaster. It's closer to a pumped-up sled on steroids racing through more than a mile of breathtaking forest terrain. --Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

10. Schlitterbahn

8.9
400 N Liberty Ave, New Braunfels, TX
Water Park · 60 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Master Blaster is the number one waterslide ride in America. Jets shoot riders 30 miles per hour over the hill, pumping 2,400 gallons of recycled water per minute. --Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

11. Sky Coaster

375 Lagoon Dr (at Lagoon Amusement Park), Farmington, UT
Attraction · 4 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: This is a 150-foot nosedive at 120 miles per hour. It's as close as it gets to skydiving short of jumping out of a plane. -- Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

12. Wicked

7.4
375 Lagoon Dr (at Lagoon Amusement Park), Farmington, UT
Attraction · 7 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: This bad boy is more rocket than roller coaster. It'll blast you straight up 110 feet and hit you with 4.8 G-forces, the same pull as a top-fuel drag racer. -- Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

13. Intimidator

8.0
Avenue of the Carolinas, Charlotte, SC
Attraction · 41 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: It's over 23 stories high, a mile of track, and you get going 77 miles per hour. You literally feel yourself coming out of the seat. -- Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

14. Bizarro

Six Flags New England, Agawam, MA
Attraction · 32 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The best part of the ride--the air time. That's when you get lifted out of your seat. And this ride is filled with air time. -- Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.

15. Flightlinez Bootleg Canyon

8.7
1644 Nevada Hwy, Boulder City, NV
Amusement Park · 13 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: Speeds at 50 mph along 1,000 feet of zip-line equals an amazing aerial tour of the Red Mountain in Bootleg Canyon. Just hang on tight. – Bert the Conqueror Read more.

16. The STRAT Hotel, Casino and Skypod

7.6
2000 Las Vegas Blvd S (at E Sahara Ave), Las Vegas, NV
Casino · Gateway District · 426 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: If you are running low on cash and you want to leave Vegas a winner, do the Sky Jump. Ask for the “Bert Special” (it’s a Sky Jump with a hug up top and a shot at the bottom). – Bert the Conqueror Read more.

17. Noah's Ark

7.8
1410 Wisconsin Dells Pkwy (at Lake Ave), Wisconsin Dells, WI
Water Park · 59 tips and reviews

Travel ChannelTravel Channel: The Scorpion's Tail is totally disorienting. One second you're in an unattached free fall and then all of a sudden you're like, I think I made it through the loop. --Bert Kreischer, Bert the Conqueror Read more.