The fastest water slide in the world. The five tallest and scariest roller coasters in the world

Where are the scariest slides in the water park located and what are they? They are actually amazing and unusual. Some of them are included in the Guinness Book of Records.

For example "Insano", which is located in Brazil. This outlandish water entertainment is located near the city of Fortaleza in the water park "Fortaleza Beach Park", which is spread over 180 thousand square meters.

Its height is from a 14-storey building, and you will have to fly at almost an angle of 90 degrees. Or rather, to fall. Before those who nevertheless were not afraid of its height, and climbed to the top of the descent, a stunning view of the Atlantic Ocean opens up.

The descent will take very little time - up to six seconds. The "driving" speed is more than 100 km per hour. From a height of 41 meters, you crashed in five to six seconds.

There is an opportunity here to look behind your emotions when you come to your senses. Those who wish can purchase a video of their unprecedented flight.

Brazilians hold the lead. Most big slides In aquapark it is in this country. The highest slide in the world "Kilimanjaro" is also with them. She bypassed her predecessor by 9 meters. And its height is almost 50 m.

This wonder of the world is located next to Rio de Janeiro in the Aquas Quentes Country Club". The descent angle is almost 60 degrees. A man rushes along it at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. In 5 seconds he will come to the finish line.

"Mammoth" in the USA

If the Americans did not take in height, then in length they have a clear superiority. Waterpark "Holiday World and Splashin 'Safari" is famous for the longest slides. There are two of them here. "Gnu" stretches for 520 meters, and "Mammoth" for 537 meters.

The descents are on inflatable boats. You will drive out for two and a half minutes. Steep descents and ascents, unprecedented turns and several flights in an enclosed space await you.

When the Mammoth was opened, an inflatable boat was specially made for it, on which six people can comfortably sit. You can ride with your family, but your children must be taller than 120 cm.

"Mammoth" is included in the "Guinness Book of Records" as the longest water attraction.

"AquaLoop" with a dead loop

The "Wild Water World" (as "AquaLoop" is translated), which is located in the Australian water world "Wet`n` Wild Water World", is famous for its dead loop. Those who dare to descend, not once, but as many as four, will be wrapped in a noose.

The slide is transparent. At the very beginning of the flight, you stand in the capsule, and after two seconds you reach maximum speed. And after 7 seconds, you already understand that all the horror is over.

Shark slide

This is incredibly scary! You fly off the slide and find yourself in a pool that is teeming with sharks and rays. You see them perfectly, as they do you. And only the transparent wall protects you, and, of course, your speed.

"Aquaventure" - this water attraction is called and it is located in United Arab Emirates... And the very placement of such an unusual descent is worth a visit here. A slide with sharks is located on the first artificial "Palm Island".

"Leap of Faith" - so the name is translated, has an almost vertical descent and a length of 27 meters. The speed is developing quite well. So it is difficult for predators to reach a person flying past them. But still, fear will be with you until you "land" outside this aquarium.

Las Vegas has a similar slide. It was built at the Golden Nugget Hotel. It starts on the third floor and land on the first. You will also rush past the sharks, which calmly swim very close.

Vanish rollercoaster

In Japan in a fantastic park water world This slide was built by CosmoWorld. The length of this extreme is one km, and the descent takes only 2 minutes. "Train" with vacationers rushes along the steep turns of the water attraction, and then plunges sharply into the water.

In fact, it goes into the hole in the pool. When the "locomotive" approaches, a fountain is turned on, which creates the illusion that everything is going under water. It turns off after the last descendant dives into the hole.

At the same time, people do not even get wet. And from the outside, everyone is sure that they plunged headlong.

And other frightening, frightening

In Spain, the King of Hajun slide was built in honor of the Hawaiian legend. It is not that high - only 31 meters. Descent at an angle of 55 degrees will occur at a speed of almost 60 meters per second.

Scary from just one name of the descent in Spain. The Devil's Fall is 29 meters high, but it has the steepest slope of any roller coaster in Europe. A little over 60 degrees - so you have to fly down.

Get into the mouth of the formidable piranha at the Xpirado water park. Here the length of the descent is 32 meters, and the speed is about 90 km per hour. The attraction ends with a fall into a hot spring.

Spain has the highest free fall slide. A hatch opens under the feet of the vacationer, and then you just fly along the gutter with water. Only 33 meters at a speed of 96 km per hour. If you are afraid of such a fall, then you will be offered a little lower.

In Australia, Wedgie is an engineering marvel. This is a closed pipe through which the visitor rushes at a speed of 3 meters per second. This is all in a stormy stream of water. Lots of unexpected turns that end with a quiet landing.

Faster than a racing car is a man on a hill in Italy. The height of "Stukas" is 30 meters. Approximately 10th floor of the building. Not all visitors, after going upstairs, decide to descend.

The miniature slide is located in Switzerland. From the height of the seventh floor in a transparent tube, you fly at a speed of about 80 km per hour. Only fat men are not allowed here. "Booster Loop" - a circular slide that will raise your adrenaline, provided that your weight is not more than 50 kg. For those who weigh more, the entrance is closed.

Altitude and speed are what attracts us on the roller coaster. Every year amusement parks try to outperform each other in the category of "fastest" or "highest" slides. Here you will find ten of the best roller coasters on the planet.

10. Intimidator 305

Located in Virginia's Kings Dominion amusement park, the Intimidator 305 roller coaster was built to commemorate NASCAR race car driver Dale Earnhardt. Anyone here can reach speeds of up to 145 km / h. Initially, this figure was equal to 152 km / h, but it was decided to slow down the slides due to high overloads.

9. Leviathan


Designed by Swiss companies Bolliger and Mabillard, this roller coaster is located near Toronto. Here you can accelerate to 148 km / h. Despite the incredible speed, the booths are smooth-running, which attracts visitors from all angles. the globe.

8. Millennium Force


The world's first roller coaster to cross the 90-meter threshold was built in 2000 in Cedar Point, Ohio. Here everyone can reach speeds of up to 149 km / h, overcoming a 100-meter rise. Despite the fact that 14 years have passed since its construction, this attraction firmly holds its height record.

7. Steel Dragon 2000


Japanese amusement park Nagashima Spa Land became the owner of the fastest roller coaster in the world when Steel Dragon 2000 opened in 2000. Here you can accelerate to a speed of 152 km / h, for this you need two whole steel cables that can lift the cabins to the top of a steep mountain.

6. Ring Racer


Located in Germany's Nürburgring, Ring Racer first opened its doors to the public in 2009. A unique compressed air supply system is capable of accelerating the cabins to a speed of 217 km / h, but for the safety of visitors, the threshold was lowered to 159 km / h. The slides are designed in such a way that the route runs almost parallel to the race track, offering visitors the opportunity to feel like real racers.

5. Superman: Escape from Krypton and the Tower of Terror


In fact, two attractions are in 5th place: Superman at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California and the Tower of Terror at Dreamworld, Australia. Both rides are capable of speeds up to 160 km / h. Visitors develop this speed twice per trip, first at launch and then when descending the mountain.

4. Dodonpa


This attraction is located on the Fuji-Q hill in Japan and is capable of speeds up to 172 km / h. Although the process itself only takes about a minute, this roller coaster is a paradise for adrenaline lovers.

3. Top Thrill Dragster


Top Thrill Dragster opened in 2003 at Cedar Point, Ohio. The hydraulic mechanism can accelerate you to a speed of 193 km / h in just a couple of seconds. This ride has been considered the most popular ride in Ohio for ten years, although the ride itself takes only 17 seconds.

Ideal rest - everyone understands this concept in their own way. For some, an imposing pastime on the beach is optimal, while others get real pleasure from an active or even extreme vacation.

The heart beats faster, with every second a huge portion of adrenaline is thrown into the blood, and the brain, in the meantime, seems to turn off, but the brilliance of the sensations does not decrease from this! Believe me, you will have enough impressions for many years if you dare to conquer the largest water slide in the world!

Summit plummet

The water park Disney Blizzard Beach, located in Florida, has one of the most extreme water slopes - about 37 meters high. Despite the fact that the summer here is always sunny and quite hot, those wishing to descend from Summit Plummet will find snowdrifts at the top and along the entire route, which make this attraction look rather unusual and looks more like a ski jump. But since the snow is artificial, the likelihood of freezing something for yourself is reduced to zero.


To climb Summit Plummet you don't have to put in any special effort - here is cable car... And if the ascent is easy, then it is at the top of the water slide that you will have to be very hard. Why? Because you need to have nerves of steel to sit in a narrow chute, let go of your hands and ... experience an incredible feeling when you are rapidly falling down at a speed of 100 km / h. Ready? Then Summit Plummet is waiting for you!

For more than 15 years, this slide has held the proud title of the highest water slide in the world. Its height is 41 m and it is located in the water park, which bears the name of Fortaleza Beach Park. And if you have planned your vacation in the Brazilian resort of Fortaleza, then you simply have no right to pass by its luxurious attraction, which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.


Insano is a water slide that not everyone dares to slide down. Its descent is almost vertical, and it is equal in height to a 14-storey building. Anyone who dares to climb to the top of this Brazilian attraction will be able to learn what a bird's eye view is and fully enjoy the surrounding landscape.

But the view of the coast and the port city is not the main thing! You are at the top and now you should collect all your will into a fist and make a real flight down. Its duration does not exceed 7 seconds, but because of the tremendous speed, which is about 105 km / h, the sensations are incredible! In this short time, you will experience amazing, incomparable feelings!

Verrückt

But the biggest adrenaline rush awaits you in Kansas City, where the Verrückt water slide awaits all madmen in a park called Schlitterbahn. Only true daredevils are able to agree to this adventure, since this slide is not only the highest in the world, but also one of the most extreme. By agreeing to this flight, you get several pleasures at once:

  • fast travel along the water slide;
  • an incredible track that wags like rails on a roller coaster;
  • amazing turns, forcing you to fall down and immediately soar up.

And all this happens at an incredible speed that reaches 120 km / h. The highest section of the Verrückt water slide is 52 m. And if you compare it with famous buildings, then, for example, the Statue of Liberty will be half a meter lower than this attraction. The same can be said for some of the world's other landmarks such as the Tower and Niagara Falls- they are also inferior in height to this amazing water slide.


In order to reach the top of the Verrückt slide, you will need to climb 264 steps. At the top, risk lovers are already waiting for rubber rafts, each of which can accommodate 3 people. And then only a dizzying flight from the height of a 17-storey building and another 180 m of incredible extreme! At the same time, the first fall is not the only one - immediately after it you will be lifted to a height of about 5 floors and carried further along a narrow and, as it seems to many, endless gutter.

Do you want to tickle your nerves? Then you are on the highest water slide in the world!

The roller coaster is now business card for all modern amusement parks without exception.

Officially, roller coasters, as we see them now, appeared in the United States in 1886, however, the oldest roller coasters of this kind are considered to be the Roller Coaster, built in 1784 under Catherine II on the territory of the royal residence near St. Petersburg.

By the way, the roller coaster is Russian name this attraction, and in America and in some European countries, they are called the Roller Coaster. For example, in Spain - Montaña rusa, in France - Montagnes russes, in Italy - Montagne russe.

In 1976, the world's first roller coasters with a loop appeared in the United States, and since then the creators of these attractions never cease to amaze adrenaline lovers with new opportunities to tickle their nerves.

We are offering to you virtual travel on the five tallest and scariest roller coasters in the world! All of them are located in the USA, Australia and Japan, in Russia and in Europe there is nothing like this.

Last year, the highest roller coasters in Europe opened in the Spanish park PortAventura, but since they are only 76 meters high, they will not be included in the list of the most in this article, and I will tell you about them a little later ...

1st place - Kingda Ka (USA)


Kingda ka- today it is the highest (139 meters) and the second fastest roller coaster in the world (after the world's fastest Formula Rossa roller coaster in the UAE, accelerating to 240 km / h). They were opened in 2005 in Six Flags Park, New Jersey, USA. The trolley accelerates to 206 km / h in 3.5 seconds, rises to the top of the tower and rolls down under its own weight. The height of the fall is 127 meters.

2nd place - Top Thrill Dragster (USA)



Top hrill Dragster
- the second highest roller coaster in the world (130 meters). Located in Cedar Point Park, Ohio, USA. At the time of the opening, they set 4 records: they were the highest and fastest slides, and also had an angle of fall of 90 ° and a section of a steep fall with a length of 120 meters. The trolley accelerates to 190 km / h.

3rd place - Superman: Escape from Krypton (USA)



Superman: Escape from Krypton
is the third tallest roller coaster in the world, located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California, USA. The height of the structure is 126.5 meters. The drop height is 100 meters. The trolley accelerates to 160.9 km / h. Originally opened in 1997 under the name Superman: The Escape, in 2010 they closed for renovations, and in 2011 they opened under a new name.

4 place - Tower of Terror II (Australia)

Tower of terror ii- the fourth highest roller coaster in the world (115 meters). Found in Dreamworld Park, Queensland, Australia. The drop height is 99.9 meters. The trolley accelerates to 160.9 km / h. The attraction was opened in 1997 under the name Tower of Terror. In 2010, it was reconstructed and the number 2 was added to the name.

5th place - Steel Dragon 2000 (Japan)


Steel Dragon 2000- round out the five tallest roller coasters in the world (97 meters high). The attraction is located in Japan in the Nagashima Spa Land park. They are considered the longest such slides in the world. The length of the track is 2479 m. The height of the fall is 93 meters. Opened in 2003.

Each holidaymaker imagines in his own way water activities... For some, it is quite enough just to splash in the pool with clean water... Well, there are also those extreme people who need the highest water slide in the world for complete happiness. Every year there are more and more such entertainments in the world and the roller coaster is getting higher. The main part of such entertainment is located overseas, but in Europe there are several attractions that can be safely attributed to the highest water slides.

Spain, attraction VertiGo

In 2013, the highest capsule slide opened in Benidorm, Spain. The height of this slide is 33 meters, but there is also a lower one nearby - for those who are afraid to immediately climb to such a height. The first daredevils who dared to try such entertainment were simply breathtaking from the sensations. Some shouted, others crossed themselves, others simply closed their eyes so as not to see everything that was happening. This is not surprising, because the speed with which a person rushes down a special capsule is about 100 km / h.


On the day of the opening of the slide, a large number of people gathered in the pool who wanted to look at the faces, those who dared to embark on such an adventure. Inside the capsule, under the feet of the person, there is a special hatch that opens at the signal of the attraction worker. A moment - and the extreme is already flying down, and the speed of the fall is constantly increasing. Before allowing tourists to climb the slide, it was tested by rescuers working in this water park.

UAE, Dubai, Jumeirah Sceirah

The Middle East also did not want to lag behind, and a capsule water slide was built in the Emirates, which is in no way inferior to the Spanish attraction. After a vacationer climbs to a height of 33 meters, he will have to descend quickly along a plastic chute at great speed. After the initial acceleration, it seems to the tourist that everything will go on quietly, but somewhere in the middle of the way he unexpectedly falls down, almost in free fall. This section of the slide is the most attractive for thrill-seekers.


During the entire operation of this attraction, no accidents were recorded on this slide (except, of course, the loss of some bathing accessories on the way down).

Brazil, Fortaleza, Insano water slide

This attraction is not only the tallest water slide in the world, but also a Guinness World Record holder. It is located in the Beach Park water park, near the Brazilian city of Fortaleza. Its name, Insano, in translation means insane, and one cannot but agree with this. The height of this slide is equal to the height of a 14-storey building (41 meters). Not only is it very high, the descent along it is almost vertical, which adds even more extreme to tourists. During the 5 seconds that the descent lasts, a person develops a speed of up to 105 km / h, and this is the speed of a rushing car.


After a successful descent, the vacationer has the opportunity to watch a video showing his adventure, and even take a recording with him as a keepsake. Such footage can be reviewed over and over again. True, access to such entertainment is not available to everyone. It is strictly forbidden to enter the attraction for pregnant women, children whose height has not reached 140 cm and people with cardiovascular disorders.

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Kilimanjaro slide

This water slide fully lives up to its name (Kilimanjaro is the most high mountain Africa). Those who wish to ride from such a mountain are invited to overcome 50 meters in 5 seconds. The maximum speed that is reached during the descent is about 90 km / h. The employees of the attraction keep their statistics, and they say that one in twenty visitors hesitates to overcome this path and goes back down. Not everyone has the courage to take such a risky act.


United States, Kansas City, Verruckt

The world's tallest waterslide recently opened in the US at the Schlitterbahn Water Park. The height of this attraction is almost 52 meters. She surpassed both Niagara Falls and the Statue of Liberty in height, although there are not so many desperate daredevils who are ready to descend from such a height.


A spiral ascent consisting of 264 steps leads to the very top of the slide, where those who want to ride are seated in four-seater rubber rafts and tied to them tightly. In the first trials of this attraction, the engineers were unable to make sure that the sandbags (tested on them) did not come off the slide and did not rise into the air. For greater safety, the gutter itself, along which the descent takes place, is fenced with a net. This is really necessary, because the speed at which the daredevil descends is approximately 120 km / h.


On this moment the tallest water slide in the world is closed. Unfortunately, a child recently died on this ride. All the details of this incident are still not fully known, but there are rumors that he flew out of the front seat and broke his neck on the upper rail of the gutter. There is no official version yet, but the fact that a 10-year-old teenager was admitted to this attraction is already a court case. The fact is that the entrance to this hill is allowed only from the age of 14.


It is not yet known whether this water slide will open again or not, but some hotheads of individual extreme lovers will cool this incident a little. Indeed, for a good rest, it is not at all necessary to climb to such a height and risk your life.