From a group of manufacturers and designed by Lagoon Amusement Park itself, this 1960's surfing-themed coaster has on-ride audio and many twists and turns at a height of 45 ft. BomBora was installed in the area formerly occupied by the Lagoon-a-Beach locker building and a pavillion, which were demolished in October 2009.

Six Flags Over Georgia, like most amusement parks, prides itself on its roller coaster collection.

The exception would be if the object's rotation is physically constrained to align itself with the object's translation, as is the case with the cart of a roller coaster.

When approaching a turn from a straight section the intended impression is that one will simply continue straight, and thus plunge off of the device, this since there are no transition sections as are in a conventional high speed coaster track and the turn itself is obscured upon close approach.

The feeling of a Wild Mouse coaster is amplified by using cars that are wider than the track itself, giving the impression that the riders are hanging off the side or that they might fly out, thus giving it the name " wild ".

The familiar " click-clack " sound that occurs as roller coaster train ascends the lift hill is not caused by the chain itself.

* Wraiths, wandering hooded figures promoting the roller coaster Thirteen at Alton Towers amusement park ; also appearing as theme elements on the ride itself

A water coaster is a water slide that mimics a roller coaster by providing not only descents, but ascents as well.

Though built of steel, the structure as designed visually mimics the features of a wooden coaster.

Upon its opening, it was also the only wooden roller coaster to feature a vertical loop, thus disqualifying it from the narrower definition of " hypercoaster ".

* 1976 – The rollercoaster Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

* Nemesis ( roller coaster ), Europe's first inverted roller coaster opened in 1994 at Alton Towers, England-not to be confused with Nemesis Inferno, its sister roller coaster at Thorpe Park.

But actual testing with the coaster Germania showed this to be impractical due to the ballast needed to offset the weight of the tanks and the fact that the coasters had to be grounded in order to prevent them from capsizing as the tanks were transferred by crane onto the vessel ’ s wooden side ramps.

In 2004, King co-wrote a book titled Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season with Stewart O ' Nan, recounting the authors ' roller coaster reaction to the Red Sox's 2004 season, a season culminating in the Sox winning the 2004 American League Championship Series and World Series.

On January 13, 2006, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority released plans for a major renovation of the Pier, which would include a monorail, a spokeless Ferris wheel, a roller coaster, floating hotel, and an water park with a Great Lakes theme.

In 2009, SeaWorld Orlando debuted Manta, a flying roller coaster themed to resemble the manta ray, along with an exhibit featuring other ray species.

* MV Seabrook, an Empire F type coaster in service with Seaway Coasters Ltd, 1946-54

There was nothing written about Alvy's childhood home lying under a roller coaster, but when Allen was scouting locations in Brooklyn with Willis and art director Mel Bourne, he " saw this roller-coaster, and ... saw the house under it.

The mine chase was a combination of a roller coaster and scale models with dolls doubling for the actors.

In 1904, with the help of her uncle, she cobbled together a home-made ramp fashioned after a roller coaster she had seen on a trip to St. Louis and secured the ramp to the roof of the family toolshed.

It includes two 18-hole miniature golf courses with waterfalls, a figure-eight go-cart track, bumper boats, batting cages, a Max Flight roller coaster simulator, and a large arcade.

It also featured special events throughout the 70's and 80's with everything from Spider-Man climbing the roller coaster to Star Wars Jawas signing autographs.

Other firms with headquarters in Wichita include roller coaster manufacturer Chance Morgan, gourmet food retailer Dean & Deluca, renewable energy company Alternative Energy Solutions, and Coleman Company, a manufacturer of camping and outdoor recreation supplies.

Today, West View Park Shopping Center ( with a unique sign featuring a roller coaster resembling the Dips ), occupies the amusement park site.

Roller coaster Dragon Khan within PortAventura near Barcelona, Spain, one of the largest amusement parks in Europe with 3 million visitors per year.

In essence a specialized railroad system, a roller coaster consists of a track that rises in designed patterns, sometimes with one or more inversions ( such as vertical loops ) that turn the rider briefly upside down.

* Expedition Everest, roller coaster with switches

* The, an Empire F type coaster in service with R H Hunt & Sons, Hull, 1947-52.

Popular with roller coaster aficionados, the Cyclone includes an, sixty degree drop.

In the Penguins of Madagascar series, Coney Island played location of Dr. Blowhole's secret lair in Dr. Blowhole's Revenge as Kowalski had said, smelling a fake King Julien, " Salty Atlantic sea air, Roller coaster grease and all beef wieners, with mustard ," and Skipper translated it to Coney Island.

In northern Shipley off Prod Lane there was a small fairground with dodgem cars, booths and a historic Aerial Glide suspended roller coaster that for a short period had listed building status.

Then with the northward expansion of a 1920s-era Knott's Airfield themed area featuring the Studio-K Dance Hall, Sky Cabin / Parachute Sky Jump and Motorcycle Chase steeple chase roller coaster above the electric guided rail Gasoline Alley car ride.

The Boomerang roller coaster replaced the Corkscrew in 1990 with a lift shuttle train passing to and fro through a cobra roll and a vertical loop for six inversions each trip.

This coaster has some distinctive features.

Each player takes seven distinctive counters-for example, coins of the same denomination-and places them on their coaster.

* Kumba, meaning roar in Swahili, is a steel sit-down roller coaster with seven inversions.

A variant of the tracking shot is the onride video, where the camera films during a ride on a train, an amusement ride ( especially a roller coaster ) or another vehicle.

* 1989: Thunder Express, a steel mine train coaster, is built adjacent to Blazing Fury.

It will feature Snow White's cottage and The Seven Dwarfs mine train roller coaster ride, the first rollercoaster to move in a wobbling motion on track.

The amusement park included two railroads: one 36 " gauge with a steam locomotive ( Crown 4-4-0, built 1973, with two coaches ) and the other a 24-inch gauge amusement train ride-type, and also a Ferris wheel, Carousel, Zipper, Octopus, Pirate Ship, Wave Swinger, Super Slide, dragon wagon kiddie roller coaster and bumper cars, and an amusement arcade.

* Scenic Railway at Luna Park, Melbourne Australia Built in 1912, the Scenic Railway is the oldest continually-operating roller coaster in the world, and one of only 8 in existence requiring a brakeman to operate brakes whilst the train.

* Roller Coaster at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach, built there in 1932 is another roller coaster requiring a brakeman to ride the train ; and the only operational scenic railway in he UK.

* Mine Train-A mine train roller coaster.

The SLC coaster model has earned a reputation among critics for being uncomfortable while most recent installations have begun to address the issue with updated wheel assemblies and train designs.

An inverted roller coaster is a roller coaster in which the train runs under the track with the seats directly attached to the wheel carriage.

For example, on their flying roller coaster, the floor descends and the seats flip into flying position before the train begins to move.

Coaster train on Firehawk ( roller coaster ) | Firehawk at Kings Island in reclined position prior to leaving station.

A real Top Fuel dragster weighs approximately one ton, while each train on the coaster weighs 15 tons.

The ride lasts just under two minutes and the coaster train reaches speeds up to 45 mph ( 72 km / h ).

: It was on a new coaster, called The Rough Rider, where each train was run by its own motorman.

The coaster was on a test run, and due to the loudness of the weed trimmer, the man never heard the train coming, was partially decapitated, and died.

This modification would increase the capacity of each train from 18 to 20, and the hourly capacity of the coaster from 1400 to 1600 riders per hour.

From the first tubular steel tracked coaster, Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland, to the first mine train roller coaster Run-A-Way Mine Train at Six Flags Over Texas, to the first modern inverting coaster, Corkscrew at Knott's Berry Farm, to the world's first hypercoaster, Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point, to the world's first multi-dimensional roller coaster, X² at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Arrow Dynamics had a monumental and lasting impact on the roller coaster industry.

* 1966: The world's first mine train roller coaster, featuring the world's first underwater tunnel, the Runaway Mine Train at Six Flags Over Texas.

The three attractions are a Half pipe coaster named RC Racer, a parachute jump style ride named Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop and a Music Express train named Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin, all themed intricately around the first 2 Toy Story films.