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AskMen.com
Harry Marks |
Top 10: Fastest U.S. Roller Coasters There's something about a roller coaster that makes you feel like a kid again. Maybe it's the amusement park atmosphere or the fact that you scream like a prepubescent boy when the coaster careens around corners at record-breaking speeds.   |
Popular Mechanics
July 3, 2009
Seth Porges |
5 Theme Park Rides That Pushed the Limits of Common Sense One of these rides, the Cannonball Loop's radical design seems to betray a lack of an understanding of basic physics. To wit: The ride runs through a perfect circle. Early-roller coaster engineers toyed with this design, with disastrous results. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Christopher Palmeri |
They're Wet And Really Wild Daring water rides are borrowing thrills from amusement park rides. |
Fast Company
May 2010
David Lidsky |
Wheeeeee: The Business of Roller Coasters As theme parks open for the season, so do their marquee-attraction thrill rides. This year, 63 new roller coasters are expected to open around the world, including two vying to be the world's fastest. Buckle in as we roll through the numbers. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2008
Erin McCarthy |
Building America's Most Extreme New Roller Coaster Fahrenheit will provide 2 solid minutes of corkscrews, barrel rolls and inversions. "That way every time you get on this ride," Kent Bachmann says, "you can have a different experience." |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
When Machines Fail The world's boldest coaster is stalled, but the company behind the scream machine is not. Thankfully for investors, Six Flags is riding a wave of favorable momentum these days. |
Salon.com
July 31, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
Roller sprawl The renaissance of coasters is a bonanza for the amusement park business. |
Wired
March 2001
Emily Jenkins |
One Fast Blast The next-gen roller coaster: Get up, get down, and get off... |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
How to Build a Theme Park Investors, the future of the amusement park chains is brighter than you think. |
Wired
July 2000
Scott Kirsner |
Are You Experienced? From Anheuser-Busch's exclusive tropical paradise to VW's 3-D marketing brandland, the personalized theme park is here. |
The Motley Fool
March 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
In the Nick of Time The media giant gets into the theme-park business. Again. Viacom blew it by letting so many lucrative opportunities slip through its clumsy fingers in the past. Now is the time to right its wrongs -- in the Nick of time. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Are Roller Coasters Safe? The latest coaster accident in Disneyland has some wondering whether park attractions are no longer safe. |
Popular Mechanics
February 1, 2010
Seth Porges |
Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Look at Disney's Expedition Everest Roller Coaster We live for the nitty gritty and the techy, and despite the company line that "magic" plays a greater role in propelling Disney rides than physics, seeing the coaster's guts made the trip on it that much more enjoyable. |
The Motley Fool
June 3, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
When Size Matters Building bigger rides doesn't always translate to better parks, but it does attract bigger spotlights. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
This Is Why Theme Parks Matter An evolutionary coaster in Florida will raise the stakes of what is possible. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2008
Erin McCarthy |
5 Roller Coasters Mega-Engineered to Make You Scream Coasters are described in travel destinations in Ohio, Connecticut, Virginia, California, and New Jersey |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Spidey Swing to Islands' Rescue? The web-slinger's got his work cut out saving Universal's sinking Islands of Adventure. |
Popular Mechanics
February 19, 2010
Seth Porges |
The Story Behind Universal's Rock-It Roller Coaster What the design process is like for a roller coaster, from conception to the introduction to the public. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Thank Queue, Disney The theme park giant reinvents the waiting lines for its rides. |
The Motley Fool
July 5, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Disney Kill You? Billing itself as "the happiest place on Earth" does not exempt a company from the grim realities of human mortality. Should Disney stop building thrill rides? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Good Wood Keeping the turnstiles clicking is important for any park, naturally, but even more so for Cedar Fair, whose investors have grown used to a steady stream of fat distributions. |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Six Flags Grows Up The amusement park operator unveils the world's tallest, fastest roller coaster. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Cedar Fair's Maverick Run The amusement park operator hopes a new coaster can spur it out of its sluggish slumber. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
What I've Done This Summer While on vacation in Orange County, California, this investor does a little field research into Disney and Cedar Fair. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney's Golden Opportunity The entertainment giant has got its groove back, and the world is about to notice. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Six Red Flags The theme park operator reports strong revenue growth, but warning flags are waving. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company
July 2004
Paul Lukas |
Fast Talk: Summer Amusements It's family vacation time, and we asked the operators of five lower-key attractions how they've adapted to compete in the Spielbergian, conglomerate-driven entertainment universe. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Maverick Defies the Pack Cedar Fair's new coaster is both early and late. What will it mean to investors? |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Tomorrow's Theme Park It's never too early to click through a turnstile to the future. Investors, regional operators can't match the capital investments that the Disneys and the Universals are doling out. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2010
Deena Katz |
Enjoy the Ride After two years of a financial roller-coaster ride, I'm sure you're searching for something new to say to clients to keep them seated in the cart, no matter what direction the market seems to be flying toward (or sinking into) at the moment. |
The Motley Fool
July 11, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Riding the Market Roller Coaster Just as trying to get off a real roller coaster in the middle of the ride is obviously dangerous, trying to change your investments dramatically in the middle of a volatile period in the financial markets creates substantial risk. |
