Following each incident, the park staff checked the rails, roller coaster and equipment. After the third accident, they also checked the roller coaster's accelerating speed, but found no problems.
The roller coaster has its origins in St. Petersburg ... which themselves were tilted to increase the illusion of an imminent crash. With the onset of the Depression, and World War II following ...
(WHTM) — You may have seen videos of riders on a roller coaster having fun and screaming with joy, and then suddenly they pass out for a few seconds before regaining consciousness. People can ...
Theme parks are gripped by a roller coaster 'arms race' as three rival parks debut terrifying new rides, including one that will launch riders 420 feet into the air at 120 mph - which will make it ...
Roller coaster fans are about to "drop" in on a new Dorney Park roller coaster for the Philadelphia Eagles Autism Foundation.
He told me, as we waited to ride the Space Mountain roller coaster at Disney World, that the cars went out full and came back empty because everyone who rides Space Mountain dies. Though I ...
One person was killed and several were injured in a roller coaster accident at the Grona Lund amusement park in the Swedish capital on Sunday, the TT news agency reported, citing a park spokesperson.
In fact, of the 193 countries examined by the World Bank, only two were less involved in international trade than the U.S. Those were Nigeria, at 26%, and Sudan at 3%. Most world economic powers ...
Chronic dieting does both physical and emotional harm to the body, says Linda Omichinski, RD, president and founder of HUGS International Inc., and author of Staying Off the Diet Roller Coaster.
While theme park rides come in all shapes and sizes these days, nothing beats the adrenaline rush of a well-designed roller ...
On Tuesday, the park shared on social media several photos of track being replaced on the Racer roller coaster as part of its annual maintenance program. According to Nick Paradise, Kennywood ...
[Jared Holladay] is a computer engineering student at the University of Cincinnati and a life-long roller coaster fanatic. A lot of people look at roller coasters as an exciting example of physics ...