Wgreiner·2d agoThe Sudden Speculation on Safety (with rollercoasters)On October 12th, a man riding a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia fatally fell to his death due to a malfunction with his restraint.
Altan "Atabarezz" Atabarut·Oct 26Efteling: Older Than Disneyland, Younger Than Our Imagination 🇳🇱A Family Adventure with Gül, Alp and the Aslan Family
InRide IntelligencebyLluis B.·Oct 22How You Actually Buy a Roller CoasterThere is no catalogue with prices. There is a two or three year industrial procurement process in which the manufacturer does far less than…
InThe Systems Engineering ScholarbyKailahill·Oct 5The Risk Behind the RideWhat roller coaster incidents teach us about managing safety in complex systems.
Wgreiner·Sep 28Roller Coaster EnthusiastsThe theme park industry is one most people can agree they enjoy, but in any mainstream interest, like going to Disneyland or Six Flags…
InRide IntelligencebyLluis B.·Sep 22Eurosat — CanCan Coaster: The Europa-Park Roller Coaster That Was Built Twice Inside the Same…The silver sphere at Europa-Park has stood in the same spot since 5 August 1989. You can see it from the motorway, it’s in every photo of…
InRide IntelligencebyLluis B.·Sep 18Two Parks Claim the Tallest Wooden Coaster. Both Are RightHeide Park, in Germany, advertises Colossos as “Europe’s tallest wooden roller coaster”. Energylandia, in Poland, launched Zadra as the…
InRide IntelligencebyLluis B.·Sep 16Intamin’s Freefall: The First Drop Tower, From 1982, and the Five Still RunningIn June 1982 a ride opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain that looked like nothing else in the park. A 40-metre lattice tower shaped like an…
Dylanharovilla·Sep 13The Physics of Thrills: How Python Models Rollercoaster Loops & G-ForcesWhen you reach the top of a roller coaster’s lift hill and pause for that split second before plunging downward, your brain registers pure…
