Wood or steel roller coaster? For Tim Baldwin Communication Director with American Coaster Enthusiasts, the answer is clear. Wood or steel? For Tim Baldwin Communication Director with American Coaster ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For a city built on steel, some of the most sought- after attractions in Pittsburgh are actually made of wood. Just ask the more than 400 members of the American Coaster Enthusiasts, who have come to ...

Nothing says old-fashioned summertime fun like the rickety thrill of a ride on a wooden roller coaster. When Six Flags New England retires the Cyclone on July 20, only seven timber-made coasters will ...

A new Kings Island ride debuting Saturday that rambles through wooded terrain at 50 mph will also carry the Ohio amusement park into the record books with the self-proclaimed title of “wooden roller ...

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There is a wide array of technologically advanced roller coasters to test your mettle these days. At Busch Gardens Williamsburg for example, you could soar down 200 feet and hit 73 mph on an ...

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 ...