Roller Coasters

Roller coasters are the most thrilling rides in any amusement parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson made the first coasters on January 20, 1885. Soon it evolved and revolutionize all the amusement or theme parks. It became one of the most popular attraction that drew people into amusement parks. For me, I absolutely love to ride on these whenever I go to an amusement parks. Its fun, scary, and it gets you energetic because of the adrenaline rush when you sit on one. At the beginning of mostly any roller coasters, there is a point where you slowly descend up to the highest part of the ride and then drop down rapidly.

I remembered when I first rode on one of these rides, I was very scared because of the height and speed of it going; even though it wasn't a real roller coaster just a kiddy one with sharp turns going around and around all the time probably around 20mph or 10mph. But hey, I was just a kid back then and it looked pretty scary, since I saw all kinds of incidents involving with roller coasters... I blame the movie "Final Destination," especially the third movie. As time past by when I'm getting older and less scared, I finally rode a REAL one with my cousins. It was scary at first since you were slowly going up and dropping down, but afterward it was a blast. I had a fun time riding roller coasters with my cousins, and someone or something that I can hold on to really tight.

There are two main types of roller coasters which are steel and wooden roller coasters. Steel coasters are more smoother rides and mostly turn the rider upside down. Wooden coasters are much rougher rides and more "air time" produced by the negative G-forces where the ride reaches the top of the hill. The people even make a hybrid coasters combining both steel and wooden together. Out of all roller coasters are the number one thing you should do whenever you go to an amusement park.