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.

The next generation of looping wooden coasters promises to deliver a heart-pounding collection of near-vertical drops, over-banked turns and barrel roll inversions to theme parks around the world over ...

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 ...

As a member of the theatrical and popular Branson, Mo.-based country rock group, The Haygoods, Patrick Haygood is no stranger to feeling butterflies in the stomach. But after riding the new Outlaw Run ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cast-off pieces of wood are a cinch to unearth at salvage yards (look for pieces without nails or screws). Otherwise, purchase wood at a lumberyard and stain it to achieve the desired color.

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 ...