A dozen riders on an Arkansas roller coaster spent half an hour hanging upside down 150 feet above the ground after a power outage shut down the attraction.
It took about 30 minutes for the city Fire Department to rescue the riders using a ladder truck Saturday evening, said Aundrea Crary, spokeswoman for the Springs [...]
It wont go quite as fast as the speed demons driven by racing car legend, Dale Earnhardt, but the new coaster coming to Carowinds that bears his nickname, the Intimidator, will race at speeds up to 80 mph. The hypercoaster will also soar 232 feet in the air and offer loads of airtime.
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Kennywoods wonderful collection of roller coasters includes its classic Jazz-age woodies, Racer, Thunderbolt, and Jack Rabbit, the latter of which dates back to 1921. For its seventh thrill machine, however, the park will be going decidedly New Age. While Kennywood has yet to name the new coaster, which is set to debut in May 2010, [...]
#10. Superman – Ride of Steel
Park: Six Flags Darien Lake
Location: Corfu, New York
Designer: Intamin AG
Class: Steel; Mega
Year of 1st ride: 1999
Despite its relatively low height and short ride, it’s no wonder why Raven is a fan favorite. The coaster’s relentless speed and delirious airtime combine with tunnels and a race through dense woods to create a near-nirvana coaster experience.
Raven Up-Front Info
Type of coaster: Wood Out and Back Terrain Coaster
Thrill scale (0=Wimpy!, 10=Yikes!): 6.5
Height: 80 feet
First [...]
A dueling roller coaster features two (or more) roller coasters, usually with a similar layout, built close to each other. The rides are designed to do just as the name indicates: to duel. The coaster’s layout often consists of strategic maneuvering to produce near-misses between the two coaster trains, adding to the excitement. As of [...]
The corkscrew (B&M: flat spin/ wing over) is a roller coaster inversion which most often resembles a loop that has been ‘widened’ in terms of the element’s entrance and exit points being a distance away from each other. The main difference is that riders are inverted at a point angled 90 horizontally from the incoming [...]
Boomerang is a model of roller coaster built by Vekoma, and named after the sporting implement based on the traditions of the Indigenous Australians. The first Boomerang began operation in 1984, and it has since become one of the most repeated roller coaster designs in the world, with 43 operating roller coasters as of 2006, [...]
A Bobsled roller coaster is the generic name given to any roller coaster that uses a track design that is essentially a “pipe” with the top half removed and has cars that are sent down this pipe in a freewheeling mode. The name derives from the great similarity to the track design used for the [...]
