The extinction clock is accelerating on the Knott’s Xcelerator roller coaster that is quickly becoming an endangered species as the granddaddy of an aging class of thrill rides watches better-known ...

The old adage that “speed kills” is ringing true among the world’s fastest roller coasters that have been closing at an alarming rate — but fortunately for thrill seekers a new coaster king will soon ...

Today, National Roller Coaster Day celebrates the thrills the amusement rides offer. Here in Southwest Ohio, we’re lucky to have some of the best at Warren County’s Kings Island. The park’s website ...

It’s National Roller Coaster Day on Thursday, which typically inspires several parks across the country to announce their new coasters for the 2019 season. But I would like to look back instead at ...

A dream stoked for more than a decade by ride enthusiasts of a massive Giga roller coaster rising more than 300 feet in the air above Knott’s Berry Farm that would be the beast of the West Coast for ...

A new class of extremely compact and vertically oriented roller coasters popping up at theme parks around the world are packing lots of thrills into tight spaces. The vertical rides do away with the ...