PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) — Roller coasters are present throughout the country and the world. With ever-changing technology, the amount of roller coasters continues to grow. Most coasters built presently ...

AUSTELL, Ga. -- The red cars rumble by on wooden tracks covered in peeling white paint. With a steady clink, clink it climbs 95 feet in the air, then plummets into a curve, jerking the riders sideways ...

Consider it the summer of the coaster. Theme parks from east to west are unveiling new roller coasters made of wood, steel and a combination thereof that soar through the air, plunge through water and ...

There’s nothing like a ride on a wooden roller coaster. The loops, corkscrews and other stomach-torturing features on steel coasters are thrilling. But I prefer the ride of a wooden track any day. The ...

A roller coaster puts all of these forces – gravity, acceleration and inertia – into play and alternates them in unexpected ways to make your ride seem recklessly fast and dangerous. Which it isn’t, ...

Memorial Day, long considered the unofficial start of summer is both an important day to celebrate all who served. Families throughout the U.S. also use the extended holiday as an opportunity to spend ...

There's a reason this big steel coaster is near the top of every fan's list. "It's non-stop action from beginning to end," Ruben says. "You're off the seat so often that the seats seem superfluous." ...

Busch Gardens Tampa says it will close its retro double wooden roller coaster.The first dueling wooden coaster in Florida, and the largest of its kind in the Southeast, Gwazi was built in 1999, ...