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Many extreme roller coaster these days have vertical loops. Have you noticed that these loops are never circular? Why is this? They all, also, seem to have the same similar ‘inverted teardrop’ ...

The skeletal structures of roller coasters have dotted the American landscape for decades, but the number of wooden trestles has diminished over the years. However, wooden coasters may be making a ...

The early days of theme parks were rife with ambitious mechanical amusements…and minimal safety concerns. In fact, the one of the first inverted roller coasters, The Flip-Flap Railway, attracted ...

(WWLP) – Tuesday is National Roller Coaster Day, commemorating the day Edwin Prescott was awarded a patent for the first-ever loop-de-loop roller coaster in 1898. Prescott did not design the ...

Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, 3830 Dorney Park Rd., Allentown, Pa.; 610-395-3724 Adrenaline junkies: Drive two hours south to Dorney Park’s Talon, the most intense drug-free 2.5 minutes this ...

Nothing says summer better than a roller coaster ride. Your hair whipping in the wind, you go plunging, soaring, twisting and turning hundreds of feet above the ground with your screams silenced by ...

As a big roller coaster fan, I am enthusiastic about this exciting news: Six Flags Over Texas has officially completed construction of the world’s tallest vertical roller coaster loop on its new ...

The Lego Fairground Collection already includes a roller coaster. Now, Lego is adding a Loop Coaster that is one of its tallest at just over 3 feet and it includes “an innovative elevator tower for ...

LEGO has had some truly impressive builds in its day, but this one is a minor miracle. Although LEGO has made roller coaster sets before, this new one puts the previous ones to shame. Via Gizmodo, ...