How To Write A Narrative Essay On A Ride A Roller Coaster

Roller coasters are driven almost entirely by inertial, gravitational and centripetal forces. Amusement parks keep building faster and more complex roller coasters, but the fundamental principles at work remain the same.

My sense of security is screamingly absent. Their main attraction in the park is called, “dragster,” shooting out to 500 feet in the sky, with a straight angle going down. My friends have been on my tail about not being scared and not worrying about anything. The thing is, is that the roller coasters go so high and fast, with no guard rails on the sides. That places deadly snap shots in my head. While looking around in my surroundings, seeing huge bulging rocks, a beautiful sky blue lake with swans swimming and floating mindlessly. We overheard the staff members that were running this killer ride talking about shutting the ride down. That brought shock into my eyes. I was nervous once again. It seemed hopeless, as if they were going to shut down the ride because we were the next ones in line. My friends wanted to go on this ride so bad that we had waited over an hour and a half in this line. During the last five minutes we had become very paranoid. “Wouldn’t it be funny if those brakes at the top weren’t working?” Joe said, laughing at something that wasn’t funny at all. “Just shut up,” was the only thing I thought of. All of a sudden we hear this arcade type noise and lights were flashing. The ride had opened up again. The crowd was yelling and chanting. Everyone was happy.

You wait in line for what seems like forever and finally you take your seat. You pull the paddle bars so they fit snug against your shoulders. You reach the top and then comes the big drop. You start screaming or if you're daring you put your hands up and enjoy the ride. I'm of course speaking of roller coasters. Today I'm going to go over the history, the different types of roller coasters, the mechanics, and the most important part, safety of roller coasters.

The first roller coasters were patented by LaMarcus Adna Thompson in 1885 (Wikipedia), but roller coasters existed long before their paten. Back in late sixteenth century Russia there was a sport known as ice sliding where one would start at the top of a 70-foot wooden structure and pummel down a 600 feet long track on one’s 2-foot-long sleigh (Throgmorton 10). Ice sliding was only available during the winter months, so in the warmer months the Russians would affix wheels to their sleighs so they could enjoy sliding year round. Then in the late eighteenth century a French traveler built a conveyer-like coaster by placing rollers on a wooden track so that riders could coast down the track, thus came the name Roller Coaster (Throgmorton 10).

The roller coaster has its beginnings in Russia where during the 1600's. People crafted sleds out of wood and built hills made of ice blocks. The hills had sand at the bottom to help slow down the sleds so they would not crash when they reached the bottom of the hill.1 Over time, the roller coaster has become more complex. They now are taller, faster

Have you ever looked closely at a roller coaster, though? Did you realize it doesn't have an engine? Have you ever stopped to WONDER how a roller coaster operates at such high speeds without one? Let's take a look at the scientific principles and forces behind the thrills of the roller coaster.

My life used to be great! I was the main attraction at Jerry’s Amusement Park. Everyone waited in line just to ride me. Everyone loved me because I was the tallest, fastest, and best looking roller coaster in the entire park. The other roller coasters were jealous that they didn’t get all the attention. I would remind them every day that I was the best roller coaster in the park. I had almost no friends because of that. Now, I’m ignored, forgotten, all alone, and left to rot. Just like the junk pile that is next to the park.

At some point in life everyone takes a ride on a roller coaster, most people don’t now where they come from and when they were invented, lets take a look to the origin and history of the roller coasters, the initiative for modern roller coasters is based in a very common kid’s attraction that you can find in any playground, the slide. During the 17th century Russian slides come to a whole new level across Russia, but they weren’t normal slides, they were ice slides. As the name says these slides were frozen over with ice and the riders were simply push down sitting on a matt adding some protection between the raider and the ice, and were tall wood structures. Catherine

The history of the roller coaster can be dated back as early as the 16th century. Reading about the origin of the roller coasters sparked my great interest in their construction. I came across interesting facts such as how roller coasters originated in Russia . They were once called the “Russian Mountains” and were composed of lumber with a sheet of thick ice covering the surface (“Roller Coaster History”). Their infrastructure captivated my attention and I found myself pondering on how they managed to construct their calculations and mathematically figure out the force needed for the roller coaster to continuously move. Therefore, I have constructed a roller coaster through the use of polynomial and trigonometric functions by taking into account

My sister Jenny had just recently moved to Williamsburg from overseas, her oldest daughter Maddie was already back in school at Walsingham Academy but, her son Alex had yet to start school again so they went to Busch gardens. I got done with college early that day and went to join them at Busch gardens. It had been a little over a year since I had last seen them so I was excited to see them and ride some roller coasters.

When engineers build the roller coasters, their main purpose is to make these roller coasters full for joy, fear, thrill and adrenaline where people can visit and gain enjoyable experience. Although these roller coasters are supposed to be a source of fun, there are some negative aspects of it that reflect negatively on both the environment and the society. The first negative effect on the environment is air pollution. Obviously, running this tall, powerful roller coaster takes a lot of energy. This massive amount of energy comes from burning fossil fuels in order to provide energy to power the roller coaster. In addition, building a very long roller coaster requires a huge space. As a result, roller coasters are build in rural areas. Because

I never rode a roller coaster until this year. I had a season pass to Six Flags when I was 10 but I never went because I watched final destination and was sure I was going to be that unlucky passenger who ends up decapitated from a roller coaster. I never got on a plane until this year. I watched my family leave the garage and drive to the airport to go on trips on many occasions and I was sure I would end up in a plane crash and die just like Season 8 episode 24 of Grey’s Anatomy. I missed out on so many events that could’ve been a blast because I lived in complete fear. I never wanted to put myself in a situation where I could be harmed because I hadn’t lived enough yet, before I die I want to make a huge contribution to society but only

There was a new roller coaster that released that day. My brother and dad wanted to go on it because it looked fun, but the estimated waiting time was three hours. My friend and I were smart enough not to stand in that line all day, so we left them, and went searching for another roller coaster. My friend and I walked through the park, anxious to get on another ride. We spotted a cool looking coaster, so we dashed over to it. The sign in front of the entrance read “Estimated wait time: 5 minutes.” When we saw that, we sprinted through the barricades, and when we got to the top, we saw that there was an empty spot for anyone willing to go on the thrilling ride. We rushed over to the empty spot, and plunged into the seats as quick as we possibly

I don’t know how I got dragged into this. I Jake Weston am on the scariest roller coaster at the Flag Gardens Theme Park, the Steel Giant. At this moment I just hit the big double-loop and I am screaming so loud. This is so fun! As we’re getting off I can’t stop talking about how fun that was. As were buying hotdogs security is restraining a guy in tattered clothes babbling on about how a missile attack. Chris said something brainy about missiles but Bobby and I were too distracted by our hot dogs. Bobby said he had to go to the bathroom so me and chris waited in front of The Superman roller coaster. We were just finishing our hot dogs when Bobby races up to us and says “Guys,look” while showing us a weird paper. It said “ go to the superman

So here we are getting ready to go on the most terrifying experience ever, we fastened our seats belt. Before the game started, I can hear someone from the back is screaming and crying to get off, and all I was thinking about is, “This is not the right time to cry, boy.” He shouldn’t have got on in the first place. Everyone was mad about it,” Get off, boy,” Everyone was yelling at him. However, the boy got off and everything went back to normal again. The game started, and everyone begun yelling, we were pushed on the rail track like a rocket, it went up and down on the track flipping, spinning over with the same speed. If I learned one thing or two from this experience, I would say, don’t think of the technical problems of the roller coasters while you are on it, because you will freak out, and you might pass out. So I have been wondering, what if the ride got loose and we all die, what if the ride stops in while we are spinning and we be hanged upside down, I might fall down and