Roller Coasters
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Ride a Roller Coaster all Day Long
The Roller Coaster may be one of the old wooden ones or a ride made out of the new space age carbon fibers, it doesn't matter they all will thrill you each and every time you hurtle down the steep track.
Think of the first time you saw your first Roller Coaster, I'll bet your pulse quickened and you could not wait to jump on and have your stomach almost pop out of your mouth. To the many lovers of Roller Coasters their first ride created love at first ride.
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The American Roller Coaster (Motorbooks Classics)
Amazon Price: $186.90 (as of 06/04/2012)![]()
Step right up to the magic of the great coasters as you travel through roller coaster history from their beginnings up through today! Experience the early roots of coastering in the mid-1800s and the emergence of grand amusement parks in the 1880s. Flash back to the golden age of coasters between 1900 and 1930, and witness the thrill rides' historic decline in the 1960s. Ride these radical rails in chapters chronicling coaster designers, manufacturing companies, technology, and special coasters.
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Heart-Stopping Roller Coasters (World's Biggest)
Amazon Price: $17.79 (as of 06/04/2012)![]()
This brief (24 pages) but informative book is filled with fascinating facts about the biggest roller coasters around the world, including their history. Did you know, for example, that the idea for roller coasters came from ice slides that were popular in Russia in the 1400s? Or that the first roller coaster in America had only one car that moved only 6 miles an hour
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poddys
Jan 27, 2011 @ 1:07 pm | delete
- The best park I have been to is Cedar Point in Ohio, which has (or used to) more coasters than any other park in the USA.
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titanium_knights Jun 10, 2007 @ 11:56 am | delete
- Fun stuff - love the pictures!
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