A crane on Tuesday carefully lifted the track piece that Cedar Point hopes will strike terror among thrill seekers this ...

The world of roller coasters is an exciting one. The towering steel (or sometimes wooden) tracks stand like giant beacons within their respective theme parks. They beckon for adventurous riders to ...

Space Mountain, the roller coaster that launched Walt Disney World into a new era, turns 50 years old this month. The ride, a ...

Did you know that roller coasters don't have engines? That’s because they don’t need them! Gravity is the force that pulls things to the ground. Roller coasters rely on gravity to take them to ...

The Cyclone will ride again at Prague's Matějská pouť this February after a major renovation, thrilling visitors for the ...

July 1976: Python, a roller coaster that goes 50 mph, opened at Busch Gardens in Tampa. (It closed in 2006.) • May 1977: A smaller version of Space Mountain opened at Disneyland in Anaheim ...

The coaster design prompted another wave of interest ... “She enveloped us with this mystique about this being the best roller coaster in the world,” he said. “And she goes, ‘You know ...