PONY EXPRESS, Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, Calif. www.knotts.com. A launched coaster that travels through 60-degree turns and maneuvers.

In Canada, the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic:

BEHEMOTH, Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan, Ontario (near Toronto), www.canadaswonderland.com. Canada's tallest, fastest roller coaster, with a 230-foot first drop followed by seven more out-of-your seat drops.

NIAGARA'S FURY, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, www.niagarasfury.com/. High-tech attraction telling the story of the creation of the famous falls. Centerpiece of renovated Table Rock observation site.

MOTOCOASTER, Darien Lake, Darien Center, N.Y., www.godarienlake.com. New ride design intended to simulate a motorcycle, with 12 motorcycles on a figure-eight layout, 44 feet tall, at speeds up to 40 mph.

FAHRENHEIT, Hersheypark, Hershey, Pa., www.hersheypark.com. Vertical lift inverted loop coaster, up to 58 mph, 2,700 feet of steel track. Also new at Hershey, the Howler ride, with sphere-shaped cars that rotate at a 20-degree angle, creating a "tornadolike" experience.

VOODOO, Dorney Park, Allentown, Pa., www.dorneypark.com/. Inverted steel coaster that ascends 185 feet up, launches forward and backward, twists 360 degrees and rockets riders up to 70 mph.

DOMINATOR, Kings Dominion, Doswell, Va., www.kingsdominion.com. Floorless roller coaster with five inversions, said to have the world's largest vertical loop. The coaster comes to Virginia from Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, which is now a water park, Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom, www.wildwaterfun.com/.

At Six Flags parks:

DARK KNIGHT, Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, N.J., and Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Ill., near Chicago, www.sixflags.com/greatadventure/ and www.sixflags.com/greatAmerica/. Indoor roller coaster with hairpin turns, drops into darkness and video from the upcoming Batman movie, "The Dark Knight."