A roller coaster enthusiast who has ridden nearly 500 different coasters shared his top picks in a viral TikTok post, which has garnered 4.6 million views since July 25. Jacob Backall, a 22-year-old ...
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 ...
If you're a thrill seeker, then chances are you love the adrenaline-fueled world of roller coasters. Over the decades, these amusement park staples have evolved from gentle pleasure rides to ferocious ...
Even the long lines won’t keep us away. By Gilbert Cruz, Mekado Murphy, Brooks Barnes, Alex Barron, Tina Antolini, Kate LoPresti, Luke Vander Ploeg, Wendy Dorr, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell, Elisheba ...
Columnist in USA TODAY Network among the first to experience Rapterra, Kings Dominion's newest coaster. The Social Butterfly interviews roller coaster enthusiasts. Rapterra is the world's tallest and ...
Weeks of anticipation built up from cryptic messages posted by Six Flags Great America on social media came to a resolution Thursday, with the park announcing their first new roller coaster since 2019 ...
When the weekly hang is in the William Pennington Engineering Building and the conversation is about gravitational force and laws of motion, then the friend group is the Roller Coaster Club. “I wanted ...
If you’re going to celebrate roller coasters, you’re probably in the right state. National Roller Coaster Day has been observed Aug. 16 for about 40 years, commemorating the date of the 1898 patent on ...