National Roller Coaster Day 2025 — created to mark the day in 1898 when Edwin Prescott patented the first vertical loop roller coaster, according to nationaldaycalendar.com — is Saturday, Aug. 16.

The race is on to open the first tilt roller coaster in the United States with amusement parks in Ohio and Texas vying for the chance to be the first to tip American riders vertically on a see-sawing ...

What would become Geauga Lake Park started in 1887 as a train stop with a picnic grove. The park added its first roller coaster, The Big Dipper, in 1925 and later had Ohio's first looping roller ...

DOSWELL, Va. — A "long-time favorite" roller coaster at Kings Dominion will be removed before the theme park celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025. Park officials confirmed the news to CBS 6 on ...

DOSWELL, Va. (WWBT) - Kings Dominion is removing the Anaconda, a rollercoaster that has been at the park since 1991. Online records from Virginia 811 show that a ticket was filed Dec. 20 to demolish ...

Terrifying video from an amusement park in Arizona shows a man climbing out of a roller coaster moments before it drops. The video was captured at Castles N' Coasters amusement park in Phoenix. "It ...

A lesser-known UK theme park is home to the world's tallest suspended looping coaster. Fantasy Island, located in Ingoldmells on Lincolnshire's coast, is one of the country's more unique theme parks.