World's best roller coasters

CoasterFanatics.com ranks coasters from around the world based on votes by riders who visit the site.

Shivering Timbers at Michigan's Adventure park in Muskegon, Mich. is No. 49 on the site's Top 50 overall ranking.

The Titan roller coaster at Six Flags theme park in Arlington, Texas takes 45th on the site's overall best roller coasters list.

Titan features over a mile of twisted steel with huge sweeping spirals, plunges, a 120-foot-long tunnel shrouded in total darkness, a series of camel-back hills, huge spiral curves, and high-speed helixes.

Keep clicking to find out which other coasters made the list.

The Incredible Hulk Coaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Fla. is ranked 44th on CoasterFanatics.com's best 50 roller coasters list.

Hulk, according to the park's website, accelerates from zero to 40 miles per hour in two seconds - with a force equal to that of a jet taking off an aircraft carrier.

No. 43 spot on the CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking is Volcano, The Blast Coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Va.

Volcano, The Blast Coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Va., takes the No. 43 spot on the CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking.

Montu, at Busch Gardens Africa in Tampa, Fla., is ranked 41 in CoasterFanatics.com's overall riders' rankings.

Storm Runner is 39th in CoasterFanatics.com's overall ranking.

Here, riders scream while going over a peak the ride at Hershey Park in Hershey, Pa.

Park-goers are seen on No. 38 in CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking: Superman Escape at Warner Bros Movie World on the Gold Coast of Australia.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg/SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment

Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg takes passengers a total of 825 feet over nine camelback humps.

This coaster takes the 37 spot on CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking.

No. 33 on CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking is X2 - once known as X, a ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif.

Unlike traditional coasters, in which trains only parallel the track, X2 sends riders around its 3,600-foot steel track aboard massive wing-shaped trains in whose seats extend off of the track to the sides of the vehicle.

No. 25 in CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking is Blue Fire Megacoaster in Germany.

Anubis: The Ride at Plopsaland de Panne in Belgium is the No. 23 ranking on the CoasterFanatics.com list.

Katun at Mirabilandia theme park in Italy is No. 21 on CoasterFanatics.com list.

Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Va., has a lift hill that stands 305 feet tall and will drop riders at over 92 miles an hour. The coaster is ranked 19th on CoasterFanatics.com's overall ranking.

No. 18 in the CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking is Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.

According to the park's website, the ride races 420 feet into the sky, at 120 miles per hour.

Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Conn., takes the No. 17 spot on the CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking.

Prowler at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Mo., takes the No. 13 spot on the CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking.

Maverick at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, takes the No. 12 spot on the CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking.

Ravine Flyer 2 takes the No. 10 spot on the CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking.

A computer rendering of Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia. The giant coaster is ninth in the site's ranking. Standing over 200 feet tall and approaching speeds of 70 miles per hour, the coaster travels over 4,400 feet on a journey that takes more than three minutes.

Inspired by the racing legend Dale Earnhardt, Intimidator dominates the skyline at Carowinds in Charlotte, N.C. At 232-feet tall, the ride sends riders plummeting down a 211-foot first drop and then race through more than a mile of high speed twists and turns in excess of 75 miles per hour.

The ride is No. 7 on CoasterFanatics.com list.

Balder is No. 6 on CoasterFanatics.com list.

A computer rendering of the No. 5-rated coaster in CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking: The Voyage roller coaster in Holiday World, Santa Claus, Ind.

The Expedition GeForce attraction at the Holiday Park in western Germany is ranked fourth on the CoasterFanatics.com site.

Designed by roller coaster guru Werner Stengel and built by Swiss coaster manufacturer Intamin, Expedition GeForce towers 203 feet over Holiday Park's forest. The coaster's first drop is a dramatically unique twisted turn. At a speed of 75 miles per hour, the coaster flies through the forest on 4,265 feet of steel track.

Millenium Force at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, takes the No. 3 spot on the CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking.

The ride stands 310 feet and broke 10 world records when it opened in 2000, according to the park's website.

Park-goers enjoy Bizarro, once called Superman-Ride of Steel, at Six Flags Amusement Park in Agawam, Mass.

Bizarro comes in second in Coaster Fanatics.com's riders' ranking.

No. 1 in CoasterFanatics.com's riders' ranking is El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J.

A computer rendering of El Toro in Jackson, N.J.

According to CoasterFanatics.com, the ride has a "unique design, inspired by the agility and strength of the brave Matadors." The site describes the attraction as a hybrid design that includes a classic "out-and-back" track with four fast-charging drops, multiple highly-banked turns and a beastly "twister" finale. The site adds, "El Toro will also deliver nine 'airtime' opportunities, giving riders the highly-sought thrill ride sensation of weightlessness."