Universal’s Stardust Racers Is the Front-Runner for Best New Coaster of 2025

While it’s still too early to say that Stardust Racers is the best roller coaster of 2025, it’s certainly one of the best.

Guests ride Stardust Racers, a new dueling roller coaster ride in Celestial Park during a preview day for Universal Epic Universe on April 5, 2025. Orlando’s first new theme park in a generation is set to open to the public on May 22. Patrick Connolly/Orlando Sentinel

By Brady MacDonald The Orange County Register

The new Stardust Racers at Epic Universe will almost certainly be named the best new roller coaster of 2025 once all the votes are counted—but taking the all-time crown as the world’s best coaster will be a more difficult feat.