It's amazing how entertaining gravity can be when you plunge down a steep, steel track at 93 mph. Our family just returned from a Memorial Day weekend at Cedar Point amusement park on the Ohio shore ...

Worried about the U.â S. trade deficit with China? There is one U.â S. product the Chinese can’t get enough of: wooden roller coasters. At least that is the impression one gets from The Gravity Group ...

It’s safe to say most coaster enthusiasts had never heard of ZDT’s before the tiny Texas amusement park announced plans to add a one-of-a-kind ride this summer. Designed by Ohio-based Gravity Group, ...

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The Lego Fairground Collection already includes a roller coaster. Now, Lego is adding a Loop Coaster that is one of its tallest at just over 3 feet and it includes “an innovative elevator tower for ...

Any good amusement park simulator offers a variety of ways for players to push the limits of their imagination and effortlessly express their creativity through park design. Part of what makes these ...

On June 16, 1884, Sunday school teacher and part-time inventor LaMarcus Adna Thompson unveiled his greatest creation to the waiting crowds at Coney Island. Reportedly inspired by the switchback ...

The world's first roller coaster opened 200 years ago today The world’s first rollercoaster opened 200 years ago today — and since then, we’ve come a long way from the rickety wood rides of your great ...

One of the first “roller-coaster” rides in the U.S. was actually a short coal railway in Pennsylvania that hauled coal downhill between mines and used mules to bring the empty cars back up the hill.