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Large Crack in Carowinds Roller Coaster Prompts Its Shutdown in North Carolina
A roller coaster at an amusement park in Charlotte, N.C., was shut down on Friday after a visitor spotted a large crack in one of the ride’s pillars. The Carowinds amusement park said that it closed the coaster, called Fury 325, “after park personnel became aware of a crack at the top of a steel …
Falcon’s Flight: Record-breaking roller coaster will travel more than 155 miles per hour
(CNN) — A roller coaster now under development in the Middle East is set to smash existing records for speed, height and track length. Called “Falcon’s Flight,” the ride will be the main attraction of Six Flags Qiddiya, due to open in Saudi Arabia outside of capital Riyadh in 2023. According to a press release …
5 scariest roller coaster drops in the world: The hills that thrill
(CNN) — Roller coaster fans savor every second of the ride, but there’s something really special about that big drop. Advances in technology, design and engineering over the decades have allowed amusement parks to offer ever taller, faster and steeper coasters (with loops and other kinds of inversions as well). These big hills are getting …
Holiday World adding water coaster | Local News
Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari announced this week that it is adding Cheetah Chase, a third water coaster. Matt Eckert, Holiday World’s president, said the $7 million investment will make the Spencer County, Indiana, theme park “the undisputed Water Coaster Capital of the world.” And that’s good news for Owensboro. “We are extremely fortunate to …
See new Hagrid roller coaster
CLOSE USA TODAY’s Sarah Sekula experiences Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure at Universal Orlando. Join her for the twists, turns and drops. Universal Orlando Resort ORLANDO — Magical creatures, flying motorbikes and the lovable half-giant himself: These are the things Muggle dreams are made of. However, this week those fantasies will exist in real life, …
