They are high-tech marvels rising more than one hundred feet in the air with tubular steel tracks, loops, corkscrews and boomerangs.
Riders are hurl through while sitting, standing or suspended.
Wooden labyrinths with steep rises and swooping plunges and superstructures look like delicately-balanced match sticks. Steel and wooden roller coasters exist to exhilarate and terrify. Here you will find information on the history of roller coasters, definitions of types of scream machines, a list of designers and manufacturers, fun facts from around the United States, a discussion about the safety of roller coasters and the who, what, where, why and weird of roller coaster riders. Check out the Premier Website on Roller Coasters .