GURNEE, Ill. – Six Flags Great America says a new wooden roller coaster it plans to build will be the fastest such ride in the world, sending thrill-seekers barreling over the tracks at up to 72 mph.

ELYSBURG, Pa. -- Hurtling down a wooden track, a stiff wind in the face, a scream welling up in the lungs, and weightless, momentarily, from the drop at the lift hill. The rush of adrenaline that ...

Ride enthusiasts beat a path each summer to ride the world’s best wooden coaster in one of the most unlikely of places: a small amusement park located halfway between New York City and Boston that ...

Over the last six years, an upstart Idaho company has transformed the theme park landscape with a string of exciting wood-steel hybrid roller coasters that have wowed ride enthusiasts around the globe ...

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 ...

There is a wide array of technologically advanced roller coasters to test your mettle these days. At Busch Gardens Williamsburg for example, you could soar down 200 feet and hit 73 mph on an ...

After a relatively quiet year in 2017, amusement parks will be blazing rails with a vengeance in 2018. There will be plenty of new (and a few improved) roller coasters opening that will be filled with ...

The massive Colossus roller coaster, with a 100-foot drop and speeds up to 60 mph, has evoked screams of terror and joy for 36 years. But 15-year-old Madi Giordano ...

A practical way to protect and care for marble to avoid damage from drink spills is to keep a stack of coasters on hand. In fact, these accessories work for most tabletop materials, from wood to ...