Roller Coasters for Dummies

A roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. This blog will be focusing on some of the most amazing roller coasters around the world. For those of you who don’t know, there are two main types of roller coasters, wooden and steel. Almost like a specialized railroad system, it consists of a track that rises in designed patterns, some including inversions, or a loop, causing the rider to briefly go upside down. Most roller coasters have multiple cars in which passengers sit in and are restrained. Cars on a typical roller coaster are not self powered. Standard full circuit coasters are pulled up with a chain or cable on the lift hill. The lift hill is the incline in which the cars are raised to the height of the roller coaster. Not all roller coasters possess a lift hill, however. Some use a launch mechanism such as compressed air to propel the car faster and on a shorter track. Amusement parks featuring roller coasters are prominent all around the world, and no more than in America. Ever since some of the first in the late 1800’s, people have fallen in love with the thrill of being taken for a spin on the world’s finest roller coasters.