Staff Writer Roller-coaster enthusiasts will have an extra bounce in their steps these days. Valleyfair has announced it will build a $6.5 million wooden roller-coaster for the 2007 ...

Construction crews at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, have placed the final piece of track connecting the lift hill to the drop on the new record-breaking dive coaster, Wrath of Rakshasa.

The Wrath of Rakshasa is said to be the steepest and most inverted roller coaster in the world! Six Flags said it has a 98-degree, 171-foot beyond vertical drop. This week officials said the tower ...

A chilling short film has envisioned what it would be like to ride the hypothetical 'euthanasia rollercoaster' — a ride designed to kill its passengers in a 'euphoric way'. The concept of the ...

comprehensive answer” on the question of rollercoaster safety, because no one collects global statistics, “and it’s also not fair to compare a rickety coaster in a travelling fair to a state ...

Beyond the eight coaster, the new Six Flags park will feature 20 more rides and attractions in six themed lands. The lineup ...

[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 ...

1969: During the heyday at the Southeastern Fair at Lakewood Park ... A highlight from 1916 to 1974 was a wooden roller coaster called the Greyhound, but after attendance dwindled, the condemned ...