{"id":230796,"date":"2026-06-29T10:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230796\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:46:09","slug":"4-pennsylvania-roller-coasters-among-top-10-per-usa-today-did-hersheypark-make-the-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230796\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Pennsylvania roller coasters among top 10, per USA Today; did Hersheypark make the cut?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is Pennsylvania the roller coaster capital of the United States? Well, that might be a little far-fetched, but the Keystone State was well represented in the <a href=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-roller-coaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 USA Today<\/a> top 10 roller coasters in the U.S. list.<\/p>\n<p>According to the list, four of the 10 best roller coasters reside in the Commonwealth, including one in Dauphin County&#8217;s backyard.<\/p>\n<p>Just sneaking into the top 10 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hersheypark.com\/things-to-do\/rides-and-attractions\/wildcats-revenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wildcat&#8217;s Revenge at Hersheypark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hersheypark added steel to an existing wooden track and gave birth to a thrilling hybrid ride worth your time. The coaster climbs like a jungle cat, topping out at 140 feet and moving at a sizzling 62 miles per hour, weaving through four inversions and an 82-degree drop. <\/p>\n<p>This aggressive thrill ride provides more than 3,500 feet of heart-racing adrenaline.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the top five roller coasters also hail from Pennsylvania. They are:<\/p>\n<p>No. 5 \u2014 Ravine Flyer II at Waldameer &amp; Water World in Erie No. 2 \u2014 Phantom&#8217;s Revenge at Kennywood in West MifflinNo. 1 \u2014 Phoenix at Knoebels in Elysburg<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While theme park rides come in all shapes and sizes these days, nothing beats the adrenaline rush of a well-designed roller coaster,&#8221; USA Today said in a release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is Pennsylvania the roller coaster capital of the United States? Well, that might be a little far-fetched, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-230796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}