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Five must-try thrill rides

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The Adventuredome’s El Loco has supplanted the Canyon Blaster as its most notable coaster.

1. El Loco at Adventuredome Canyon Blaster is classic, but it’s been eclipsed by this beast. You’ll dive 90 feet at 90 degrees, tip on outside-banking turns and hang like a bat on two protracted loops.

2. X-Scream at Stratosphere A terrifying teeter-totter. Slide back and forth over the edge of the 866-foot-tall observation deck as the titling track threatens to spill you onto Las Vegas Boulevard.

3. Wild Surf at Cowabunga Bay The initial dark, 60-foot-tall tunnel is a cakewalk compared to the eventual drop into a giant fiberglass wave, a drenching parabola loaded with airtime.

4. Desperado at Buffalo Bill’s Age has made Primm’s mile-plus-long steel monster a rougher ride, threatening to buck you off—and that’s its appeal (along with that faith-checking, 225-foot drop).

5. Zoomline at Fremont Street Experience Scale the 11-story tower and live out your Superman fantasy as you blur past the Fremont Street Experience riffraff.

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