Roller coaster rundown

1996, it was the tallest ride in the park, at 150 feet. You must be 54 inches to ride.

SheiKra: The nation’s first dive coaster is perhaps the park’s No. 1 scream inducer: At 200 feet, passengers are dropped at 70 mph at a 90-degree angle. It has one inversion loop and a shorter track, at 3,188 feet. The ride is a great for spectators, too, with a giant wave of water thrown onto the crowd as the 24-passenger car speeds alongside. You must be 48 inches to ride SheiKra, which opened in 2005.

Cheetah Hunt: Opened in 2011, this coaster feels like the park’s fastest, even though its 60 mph top speed falls shy of SheiKra’s. The park’s longest ride with 4,429 feet of track, Cheetah Hunt is the only coaster at Busch Gardens that launches passengers at the start as opposed to the cars climbing a steep incline. It features two launching mechanisms mid-ride that re-up the speed factor just when thrill seekers feel as if they have slowed. Cheetah Hunt has only one inversion loop, but it includes a series of banking turns through a rocky river chasm that come jarringly close to the edges and definitely ups the thrill factor. You must be 48 inches to ride.

Cobra’s Curse: The park’s most recent roller coaster opened in 2016. It isn’t the tallest or fastest, but Cobra’s Curse offers something unique: spinning cars. The ride is family friendly with a 42-inch height requirement, a top speed of 40 mph along a track that’s only 2,100 feet long and a maximum height of 70 feet. But it’s one of the park’s most memorable as riders never know which direction they will be facing in a disorienting, twisting trip.

Walt Disney World Animal Kingdom: Expedition Everest, Primeval Whirl Epcot: None Hollywood Studios: Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith Magic Kingdom: Barnstormer Starring The Great Goofini (C), Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Space Mountain, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (C)

Universal Orlando Islands of Adventure: Dragon Challenge (closing Sept. 4), Flight of the Hippogriff (C), Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts*, The Incredible Hulk Coaster, Pteranodon Flyers (C) Universal Studios: Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, Revenge of the Mummy*, Woody Woodpecker’s Nuthouse Coaster (C)

SeaWorld Orlando: Journey to Atlantis*, Kraken Unleashed, Mako, Manta, Shamu Express (C)

Legoland Florida: Coastersaurus, The Dragon, Flying School, Project X

Fun Spot Orlando: Freedom Flyer, White Lightning

Fun Spot Kissimmee: Mine Blower, Rockstar Key: (C) Child roller coaster with 35-38 inch height requirement; * Rides with roller-coaster elements, but not traditional roller coasters

JAMES BORCHUCK/ASSOCIATED PRESS Cobra’s Curse, launched in 2016, isn’t the tallest or fastest at the park but adds the unpredictability of spinning cars.