( Budget Travel ) -- Face off with a giant croc ! Ride the world 's fastest coaster ! And seven more of the season 's greatest adventures . Get up close with a crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin , Australia . Zip line , Maui , Hawaii . At Piiholo Ranch , a working horse and cattle ranch on Maui , Hawaii 's longest zip line takes you screaming over guava trees and gulches filled with native ferns . Part of a five-line tour , Line 5 , which measures more than a half mile , even takes in a glimpse of the island 's north shore . 808/572-1717 , piiholozipline.com , $ 190 . -- Carolina A. Miranda . Rain forest sledding , Ocho Rios , Jamaica . To train for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , the famed Jamaican bobsled team resorted to careering down the island 's Blue Mountains in a modified pushcart . To relive the team 's experience , head to Mystic Mountain , an eco-themed park on the country 's north coast . Here , thrill seekers hop into a bobsled on rails that tears through tropical forest and down a 3,200-foot track that , at one point , drops 400 feet at almost 30 mph . 876/974-3990 , rainforestbobsledjamaica.com , $ 62 . -- Sara Morrow . Budget Travel : See photos of these summer thrills . Crocodile close-ups , Darwin , Australia . Meet Choppa , an 18-foot croc who can shred a bull shark with his jaws . At Crocosaurus Cove aquarium , visitors spend 15 heart-pounding minutes in his tank , the Cage of Death . A sturdy acrylic panel separates you from the 1,700-pound reptile -- but that does n't make the experience any less terrifying . 011-61/8-8981-7522 , crocosauruscove.com , admission $ 18.50 , Cage of Death $ 79 , reservations required . -- JD Rinne . Rock and Roll Dreams , London , England . Crackling amps , glaring lights , the roar of the crowd : Most of us will never know the euphoria of strutting around stage like a superstar . But at London 's British Music Experience , you can come close . The 20,000-square-foot interactive exhibit , open since March , has a room full of instruments where you can record your own hits and a studio where footage of you gets spliced into a music video . The grand finale : a room decked out in wall-size video screens , showing excerpts of concerts by the likes of Bowie and the Rolling Stones . 011-44/844-847-2477 , britishmusicexperience.com , adults $ 21 , kids under 16 $ 17 . -- Alison Rohrs . Tiger tug-of-war , Tampa , Florida . Twice a day , up to six visitors to Jungala , a four-acre animal attraction at Busch Gardens in Tampa , get to play tug-of-war with one of the park 's 11 Bengal tigers ( with the 300-pound beast safely behind a double-mesh fence ) . Not surprisingly , the tigers have maintained a flawless record -- the feistiest feline , a male named Bhutan , usually wins in about a minute . 888/800-5447 , buschgardens.com , adults $ 70 , kids 3 to 9 $ 60 . -- Amy Chen . Budget Travel : More summer thrills . Defy gravity , Nashville , Tennessee . Channel your inner Neil Armstrong at the Sudekum Planetarium in Nashville , where the new Space Chase wing has two activities that simulate the weightless feeling of space . Guests buckle into a harness and , in minutes , are hurtling above the surface of the moon or alongside a spacecraft . 615/862-5160 , sudekumplanetarium.com , adults $ 11 , kids under 12 $ 9 . -- Beth Collins . COASTER WATCH . On the rails of the newest adrenaline-pumping rides . The Diamondback , Mason , Ohio . Named for a deadly viper , this beast opened in April at Kings Island , near Cincinnati . It has 10 vertical drops spread out over 10 acres , but the real thrill is the open-air vehicle itself , with individual stadium-style seats and no sides . 800/288-0808 , visitkingsisland.com , adults $ 32 . -- Danielle Lipp . Ring Racer , Nürburg , Germany . One of pro racing 's toughest tracks , the Nürburgring will also , come July , feature the world 's fastest coaster -- a monster that can hit 135 mph in under three seconds ( and that kicks off near the real track 's finish line ) . 011-49/2691-3020 , nuerburgring.de , adults $ 26 . -- Mike Iveson . Terminator Salvation , Valencia , California . Debuting along with the latest Terminator movie in May , the new ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain weds the creaky terror of an old wooden coaster with high-tech effects . Expect five gut-scrambling plunges and speeds of up to 55 mph . 661/255-4100 , sixflags.com , adults $ 60 . -- DL . Get the best travel deals and tips emailed to you FREE - CLICK HERE ! Copyright © 2009 Newsweek Budget Travel , Inc. , all rights reserved . Note : This story was accurate when it was published . Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip .
In Hawaii , thrill seekers tear through tropical forest in a bobsled on rails . Visitors to Blue Mountains in Jamaica can play tug-of-war with Bengal tigers . At the Sudekum Planetarium on Bengal take a ride on Hawaii 's longest zip line .