Ride Smarter.
Progress Faster.
Love Coasters More.
CoasterSchool helps families, new coaster riders, and growing enthusiasts figure out what they’re ready to ride next. Explore parks, compare coaster intensity, watch POVs, and plan better theme park days.
Start Here
Not sure where to begin? Choose the guide that matches what you’re trying to figure out.
Plan Your Park Day
Find park guides, coaster lineups, family tips, and ride progression plans.
Help a Child Level Up
See which rides are good next steps as kids move from kiddie coasters to bigger thrills.
Nervous About Coasters?
Compare fear factors like drops, launches, inversions, darkness, roughness, and height.
Watch Before You Ride
Check out POVs, park videos, and ride guides before getting in line.
Explore Parks
Start with a park guide to see coaster lineups, ride progression, family tips, POVs, and planning help.
Cedar Point
Sandusky, Ohio
A legendary coaster park with classic family rides, record-breaking thrills, and elite coasters like Millennium Force, Steel Vengeance, Maverick, and Top Thrill 2.
Kings Island
Mason, Ohio
One of the best parks for family coaster progression, from kids’ rides and classic wood coasters to Diamondback, Banshee, Orion, and The Beast.
Busch Gardens
Williamsburg, Virginia
Busch Gardens Williamsburg is a beautiful, highly themed park with family rides, launches, inversions, big drops, and scenic coasters.
Universal Orlando
Orlando, Florida
A major destination for themed thrills, dark rides, family attractions, and elite coasters like VelociCoaster and Hagrid’s.
Find the Right Coaster Level
Not every coaster is intense in the same way. The CoasterSchool scale helps families and newer riders understand drops, speed, launches, inversions, darkness, roughness, and visual intimidation.
Level 0 — Kiddie Coaster Zone
Tiny coasters for young kids and first-time little riders.
Level 1 — First Coaster Steps
Gentle family coasters and true first rides for kids or nervous beginners.
Level 2 — Classic Beginner Coasters
Mine trains, classic wood coasters, and mild family thrill rides.
Level 3 — Confident Family & Step-Up Coasters
Faster rides with bigger drops, launches, darkness, or stronger pacing.
Level 4 — Bigger Thrill Coasters
Tall, fast, or more intimidating coasters for confident riders.
Level 5 — Advanced & Expert-Level Coasters
The most intense, intimidating, aggressive, or advanced coaster experiences.
Watch Before You Ride
Check out our latest coaster POVs, park videos, and ride footage before you get in line.
Siren’s Curse POV
Cedar Point’s new tilt coaster with the suspenseful tilt section, drop, and inversions.
GateKeeper Side-by-Side POV
Compare both sides of Cedar Point’s wing coaster at the same time.
Millennium Force POV
Ride Cedar Point’s legendary giga coaster with speed, height, and lake views.
Planning a Coaster-Focused Trip?
If CoasterSchool helps you figure out what to ride, I can also help you think through where to stay, when to go, and how to plan a theme park trip that fits your family.
Trip planning help is available through Travels with Jon-Boy for Disney, Universal, cruises, hotels, and coaster-focused park trips.
Helpful for trips like:
- Disney World vacations
- Universal Orlando trips
- Theme park hotels
- Cruises and family vacations
- Cedar Point and coaster-focused trips
- Multi-park travel plans
No pressure — just a way to connect if you want help planning your trip.