Coasters

Roller coasters have always peaked my interest from start to finish, from the building anticipation of waiting to board to the knots in your stomach as you are exiting, from the slow start to the fast ending, the excitement combined with things constantly changing. Waiting in line, this is the part that seems the longest out of the entire experience. Sometimes, but very rarely, you luck up and only have a 15 minute or less wait time. However, other times, the wait time can be anywhere from an hour

cousin waiting to get on the “Viper”. We were at Six Flags having already been in the long line an hour and a half. We all went on our favorite rides, then we decided to go on the roller-coaster. This was going to be my very first ever roller-coaster in my life. Then the rollercoaster conductor told us to get in the coaster. I jumped in, put my seatbelt on and listened to the safety precautions. Then the conductor pressed the button and we were off. My sister, Anna, said in a soft voice, so she would

There are a lot of people who have a fear of roller coasters and other rides at amusement or theme parks. I use to be one of those people, until recently. It can be very frightening to ride amusement parks rides. The anticipation waiting for the ride to start is just awful. The first couple of rides are very stressful, people tend to over think how bad they are, and after the ride people have had an amazing experiences. The long wait for the ride to begin and actually sitting there waiting for

For some, roller-coasters are an exciting and adrenaline filled attraction, however, for some it is the exact opposite. Roller-coasters can be absolutely terrifying, especially to young children. I was in the latter category as a child, and one roller-coaster was particularly petrifying. The roller-coaster was in Disney Land and it was an extremely busy day at the park. I found myself constantly worrying that I would be separated from my family and be lost, with no clue where to go. The sound of

“Click-Click-Click-Click.” Oh no. VROOOSHHH! Riding your first roller coaster is one of those moments in your life that you’ll remember forever. The feeling you get in your stomach, that tingling, tickling feeling as you soar downwards at blazing speeds is instantly framed inside your memories. That emotional cocktail of nervousness, excitement, anticipation, and even a little nausea is never experienced until that first drop. The rattling click of the chains as the coaster crawls up the steep and ominous ramp punctures

Roller coasters. An amusement park just isn’t an amusement park without one. They can give you the thrill that nothing else can ever do, and people love it. They’ll be going up one moment, down the next, and then upside down before you can blink. But how are these thrill machines able to do such amazing things? The physics that goes into the construction of a roller coaster is a fascinating, complex process that many don’t understand. When the ride begins, you can usually hear chains being pulled

Wondered how a roller coaster works and what makes a roller coaster so much Fun. Well in this case you will learn whats forces are applied in a roller coaster and what might be some differences in a wooden and steel roller coaster. Before reading this you probably don't know how much science is applied in a roller coaster. What makes you move Out of the station and what makes you come to a stop in a station. Well if you are interested in learning something new about roller coaster stay tuned.

also have a lot of science to them. You can easily find kinetic energy in a roller coaster, since it has so much weight it can easily move fast when it touches a maximum weight point. Also you will have potential energy in a rollercoaster as well, when the roller coaster stops at the tip of the tracks it has potential energy and then turns into kinetic energy when the brakes are taken off to release the roller coaster. You can feel the changes obviously when the brakes are set off, you immediately

should I go but the scariest, enthusiastic, exciting ride the roller coaster to start with it. As I enter I see the roller coaster again a long queue to wait to enter the roller coaster. The time has been over as I enter the roller coaster I run in a hurry to grab the first seat. As the times come to put the belt over my heart was throbbing out of my mouth slowly the ride begins. I could hear the screams and swooshing noise of the coaster cutting through the wind with butterflies in my stomach. As soon

Click-click-click, click-click,click! We start to climb up in the sky on the Renegade at Valleyfair. It is then that my heart starts to pound. I start to doubt that this wooden roller coaster is going to hold us. We are so high up we can see almost all the rides and attractions. I find the entrance of The High Roller, a coaster I was trying to find earlier. We reach the top of the almost hundred foot tall peak, my stomach is in my mouth, I can’t see the bottom of the drop.