The roller coaster has its origins in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a simple slide that took thrillseekers down an icy ramp past ...

Six Flags Great Adventure is aiming to rewrite the roller coaster record books with a towering new attraction designed to send riders rocketing skyward, spinning and launching upside down in a ride ...

Amusement parks around the world are locked in a race to build the fastest, tallest and most terrifying roller coasters imaginable. Engineers are pushing the limits of speed, height and G-forces, ...

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Arizona's main roller coasters are located at the Castles N' Coasters theme park in Phoenix. The park's most popular ride is the Desert Storm roller coaster, which was built in 1992. Desert Storm is ...

ATLANTA — A growing number of amusement parks have shut down roller coasters as police and state regulators investigate what caused a man to fall out of his seat and plummet to his death at a Georgia ...

Edit: Roughly a month later, Six Flags just announced that they’re permanently shutting down the X2 coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, naturally without admitting to any culpability in these brain ...

The closure of X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain following a series of lawsuits and the death of a rider on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia over the past few weeks raises the question: Are roller ...