All the new roller coasters opening in 2026
It’s time for our annual look ahead to all the roller coasters opening in 2026 — including an innovative new addition to Dollywood — as we race toward the end of 2025.
New roller coasters are on the way in 2026 from Universal, Disney, Legoland, Six Flags, SeaWorld, and more. But before we jump into what’s coming next year, one park is sneaking in just under the 2025 wire: Six Flags Qiddiya City, which is set to open on Dec. 31, 2025, with two record-breaking coasters.
Six Flags Quiddiya City (opening Dec. 31, 2025)
- Falcon’s Flight – The world’s tallest (639 feet tall) and fastest (155 mph) roller coaster
- Iron Rattler – The tallest tilt coaster in the world (208 feet tall)
Images courtesy of Six Flags Quiddiya City
The new Six Flags park in Saudi Arabia will also feature Sirocco Tower, the tallest free-standing shot ride in the world (475 feet tall), and Gyrospin, the tallest pendulum ride in the world (173 feet tall).
New roller coasters opening at Universal parks in 2026
Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift at Universal Studios Hollywood (opening date TBA 2026) – We’ve been following the progress of Universal Hollywood’s first outdoor high-speed roller coaster for several years, and the massive coaster is finally racing toward its opening day.
Photo courtesy of Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal is also employing several noise-reducing measures to reduce the coaster’s impact of on the park’s surrounding residential community, including directing riders away from nearby neighborhoods and enclosing sections of the track to contain the sound.
- Vehicles: 360-degree rotating four-person cars from the “Fast & Furious” movies, including Dom Toretto’s 1970 Dodge Charger
- Track: 4,100 feet of aerial track with multiple inversions
- Speed: 72 mph
Read more about Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift.
Universal Kids Resort (opening date TBA 2026) – Universal’s new kid-focused theme park near Dallas, Texas, will feature two family-friendly roller coasters:
- Jurassic World: Cretaceous Coaster in Jurassic World Adventure Camp (minimum height requirement: 39 inches) – Riders will board a Jurassic World ranger vehicle and join the search for a missing baby dinosaur
Image courtesy of Universal Kids Resort
- Rhonda’s TrollsFest Express in DreamWorks’ TrollsFest (minimum height requirement: 36 inches) – Twist, turn, and groove through the land on an Armadillo Bus ride.
Image courtesy of Universal Kids Resort
New roller coaster coming to Disney parks in 2026
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets (opening summer 2026) – While it’s not a new coaster, it’s a new theme for the popular indoor E-Ticket attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World in Florida (and a consolation prize for fans mourning the loss of Muppet*Vision 3D).
New roller coasters at Six Flags parks in 2026
Tormenta Rampaging Run at Six Flags Over Texas (opening spring 2026) – They say everything is bigger in Texas, and the new coaster at Six Flags Over Texas is certainly proof of that. In fact, Tormenta Rampaging Run, themed to the running of the bulls in Spain, will break six world records for roller coasters:
- The world’s tallest dive coaster (309 feet)
- The world’s fastest dive coaster (87 mph)
- The world’s longest dive coaster (4,199 feet of track)
- The world’s tallest vertical coaster loop (179 feet)
- The world’s highest 95-degree drop (285 feet)
- The world’s highest Immelmann inversion (riders will be upside-down at 218 feet)
Image courtesy of Six Flags
Tormenta Rampaging Run will also be classified as the world’s first dive coaster to be classified as a giga coaster, meaning it will stand between 300 and 399 feet tall.
Read more about Tormenta Rampaging Run.
Quantum Accelerator at Six Flags New England (opening date TBA 2026) – Delayed from 2025, the new straddle roller coaster will at Six the Massachusetts park will feature two launches.
- Speed: up to 45 mph
- Height requirement: 48 inches
Image courtesy of Six Flags New England
Speedway Stunt Coaster at Six Flags Mexico (opening date TBA 2026) – The new family boomerang roller coaster at the Mexico City park will take guests forward and backward along a track themed to a Hollywood movie studio.
Image courtesy of Six Flags Mexico
New roller coasters coming to SeaWorld parks in 2026
Barracuda Strike at SeaWorld San Antonio (opening spring 2026) – The family-friendly, suspended roller coaster will reach speeds of 44 mph, inspired by the barracuda’s speed and agility. Barracuda Strike will have a height requirement of 42 inches.
Verbolten: Forbidden Turn at Busch Gardens Williamsburg (opening date TBA 2026) – A reimagining of the park’s classic Verbolten roller coaster travels both indoors and outdoors through the park’s Germany section, including into the Black Forest.
Galacticoaster at Legoland Florida and California (opening early 2026)
Galacticoaster, the all-new indoor family space-themed roller coaster, will open on Feb. 27, 2026, in Florida (the park’s first new coaster in 15 years) and on March 6, 2026, in California (its first in 20 years).
With a combined cost of approximately $90 million, the two new attractions are the most technologically advanced attractions ever created by Merlin Entertainments for its Legoland parks. The indoor coasters, located in new space-themed Lego Galaxy lands, will blast off from Legoland Spaceport 885 in Florida and Legoland Spaceport 886 in California.
Read more about Galacticoaster.
Nightflight Expedition at Dollywood (opening spring 2026)
With a price tag of more than $50 million, Nightflight Expedition at Dollywood will be the first indoor family hybrid coaster and whitewater river raft ride. The ride marks the most significant attraction investment in the history of Dollywood Parks & Resorts, with custom-designed amphibious vehicles and four different ride systems which allow riders to soar over the Smoky Mountains, plunge into whitewater rapids, climb a mountain range, and explore a bioluminescent lake.
Artwork courtesy of Dollywood
The multi-ride system, which earned the 2025 Amusement Today Golden Ticket for Best New Innovation, will also interact with multimedia projections, onboard and offboard audio, and special lighting effects.
- Ride Time: 5.5 minutes
- Vehicles: 10-person amphibious vehicles
- Track: 1,255 feet of track inside a three-story, 4,000 square foot, temperature-controlled facility
- Speed: up to 29 miles per hour
- Minimum height requirement: 39 inches
Read more about Nightflight Expedition.
Tecuani Beast at BON Luxury Theme Park (opening date TBA 2026)
Described as the world’s first luxury theme park, BON at the VidantaWorld resort complex in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, will include 23 attractions, including the Tecuani Beast roller coaster.
Photo by Jon Self
More new roller coasters coming in 2026
Bluey roller coaster at Alton Towers (opening spring 2026) – The world’s first roller coaster themed to the popular kids’ animated series “Bluey” will debut next year at Alton Towers Resort in the U.K. The new family ride will be located in the in the park’s CBeebies Land.
Flying Fox at Kentucky Kingdom (opening date TBA 2026) – The new suspended Flying Fox family roller coaster will be the Louisville, Ken., park’s sixth roller coaster, and first new coaster since 2019.
Flying Fox will feature “a blend of approachable thrills, immersive theming and story-driven design inspired by Kentucky’s agricultural heritage.”
- Ride time: 63 seconds
- Vehicle: trains with 10 coaches (20 passengers per train)
- Track: 1,380 feet
- Speed: up to 37 mph
- Minimum height requirement: 38 inches
Patriot’s Run at Jenkinson’s Boardwalk (opening date TBA 2026) – The 35-foot-tall Patriot’s Run roller coaster at Jenkinson’s Boardwalk in New Jersey will feature a traditional lift hill followed by a cycle of twists and turns and red, white, and blue theming to coincide with America’s 250th birthday in 2026.
Looking ahead to 2027 and beyond
Even with all the exciting new roller coasters opening in 2026, there are a few more in the pipeline we’re keeping a keen eye on.
Construction is currently underway at Disney Hollywood Studios for Disney’s first-ever suspended roller coaster themed to the Door Vault in “Monsters, Inc.”
Following a speedy demolition of Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios Florida, construction has already begun on its yet-to-be-announced replacement, with guesses ranging from “Ghostbusters” to another “Fast & Furious” attraction.
MonteZOOMa: The Forbidden Fortress (previously Montezooma’s Revenge) at Knott’s Berry Farm closed for refurbishment in 2022 and was expected to reopen (after several delays) in 2025, but so far, there’s been no update on its return.
Meanwhile, a Spider-Man roller coaster in under construction at Shanghai Disneyland.
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