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Top Thrill 2, the tallest roller coaster currently operating

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Steel

The tallest operational roller coaster at 456 feet tall was Kingda Ka from 2005 until its closure in 2024. The tallest operational coaster is Top Thrill 2 at Cedar Point. Falcon's Flight is currently under construction and is the tallest coaster ever built.

Rank Height Name Amusement park Location Manufacturer Record Held
** 162 metres Falcon's Flight Six Flags Qiddiya Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia Intamin N/A
1st 128 metres Top Thrill 2 Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio, USA Intamin May 2003 - May 2005November 2024 - present
* 126.5 metres Superman: Escape From Krypton Six Flags Magic Mountain Valencia, California, USA Intamin March 1997 - May 2003
2nd 112 metres Red Force Ferrari Land Salou, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain Intamin N/A
3rd 99 metres Fury 325 Carowinds Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Bolliger & Mabillard N/A
4th 97 metres Steel Dragon 2000 Nagashima Spaland Nagashima, Mie Prefecture, Japan Morgan N/A
5th 94.5 metres Millennium Force Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio, USA Intamin N/A
** 94.2 metres Tormenta Rampaging Run Six Flags Over Texas Arlington, Texas, USA Bolliger & Mabillard N/A
6th 93.3 metres Leviathan Canada's Wonderland Vaughan, Ontario, Canada Bolliger & Mabillard N/A
7th 93 metres Pantherian Kings Dominion Doswell, Virginia, USA Intamin N/A
8th 87.5 metres Orion Kings Island Mason, Ohio, USA Bolliger & Mabillard N/A
9th 80 metres Thunder Dolphin Tokyo Dome City Bunkyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan Intamin N/A
10th 79 metres Fujiyama Fuji-Q-Highland Shinnishihara, Fujiyoshida Prefecture, Japan TOGO July 1996 - January 1997

Wood

The tallest operating wooden roller coasters are T Express at Everland and Wildfire at Kolmården both standing at 56 metres, however the defunct Son of Beast at Kings Island stood taller when it existed at 66.5 metres.

Lightning Rod at Dollywood has a 62.8 metres tall lift hill, but the actual highest point relative to the ground is only 24.4 metres.

Rank Height Name Amusement Park Location Manufacturer Record Held
1st 56 metres T Express Everland Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Intamin June 2009 - present
Wildfire Kolmården Wildlife Park Nörrkoping, Östergötland, Sweden Rocky Mountain Construction June 2016 - present
3rd 55.2 metres El Toro Six Flags Great Adventure Jackson, New Jersey, USA Intamin N/A
4th 50.3 metres Goliath Six Flags Great America Gurnee, Illinois, USA Rocky Mountain Construction N/A
5th 50 metres Colossos - Kampf der Giganten Heide Park Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany Intamin N/A
6th 48.5 metres The Voyage Holiday World Santa Claus, Indiana, USA The Gravity Group N/A
7th 42 metres Jupiter Kijima Kogen Beppu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan Intamin N/A
8th 41.5 metres Hades 360 Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA The Gravity Group N/A
9th 40 metres WODAN - Timburcoaster Europa-Park Rust, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany Great Coasters International N/A
10th 39.9 metres Le Monstre La Ronde Montréal, Québec, Canada MV Rides July 1985 - March 1990

History

Steel

Kingda Ka, the tallest ever roller coaster

Wood

Son of Beast, the tallest ever wooden roller coaster