If you’re looking for thrills outside of the action of the casino tables and slots, Las Vegas has some of the most unique heart pounding experiences to produce rushes for even the most extreme adrenaline junkies.  With choices available from flying like superman on Ziplines, to high-speed roller coasters and Sky Jumps from the top of The Strat plummeting toward the Las Vegas Strip, thrill seekers are sure to be pleased.  Soar up to 11 stories (114 feet) above the entire length of the Fremont Street Experience (5 blocks – 1700 feet) at speeds of 35 mph while immersed in the bright lights and giant screen of Viva Vision on the SlotZilla Zipline.  If flying like Superman on the Strip sounds enticing, the Fly Linq Zipline rockets you at 35 mph and 12 stories high the entire 1,121 feet from Las Vegas Boulevard (The Strip) to the world’s highest Observation Wheel, The High Roller.  The Voodoo Zipline at Rio holds bragging rights as the tallest and fastest zipline Sin City with its descent from the top of the 500-foot resort tower.  Take a unique aerial ride with ups and downs while enjoying the surreal experience of AREA15 on Haley’s Comet, the world’s first duel-track rollerglider.

Visible from the entire Las Vegas Valley, sits the tallest Observation Tower in the United States. The Strat (formerly known as the Stratosphere) is an iconic landmark standing 1,149 feet above the Las Vegas Strip and is home to 4 of Vegas’ most thrilling rides.  Test your threshold for fear on one of the world’s tallest amusement rides while being catapulted from the 921-foot-high platform up to the tower’s pinnacle at 1,081 feet in the matter of seconds at 45 mph on the Big Shot.  As the name implies, Insanity may just push you to the edge while dangling 64 feet over the side of the observation deck, spinning riders at 70 degrees, and producing accelerations of up to 3 G at a whopping 921 above the ground below.  X-Scream is a one-of-a-kind roller coaster that literally pushes you to the edge when riders are rocked back and forth 27 feet over the edge of the tower and held weightlessly until retracted and it happens all over again.  Cap off a quartet of Strat thrills with the “Everest” of all rides in SkyJump.  SkyJump is a terrifying, yet thrilling leap from the SkyPod Observation Deck on the Guinness World Record highest commercial decelerator descent facility hurtling 829 feet (252 m) toward the ground at 40 to 50 mph while onlookers watch in amazement.  If you’re a traditional roller coaster afficionado, no trip to Las Vegas is compete without taking a ride on the The Big Apple at New York New York Hotel and Casino and the Canyon Blaster and El Loco coasters at The Adventuredome at Circus Circus Hotel & Casino.  Adventuredome has a myriad of other thrill rides of various types sure to please even the most demanding amusement park connoisseurs.