The history behind San Diego’s 100-year-old roller coaster, the Giant Dipper

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Since Belmont Park first opened to the public in 1925, the historic Mission Beach amusement park and ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Belmont Park is celebrating 100 years of thrills and fun

Minh Tra still recalls the vivid memories associated with Belmont Park’s reopening in 1990. Tra and his childhood friends got a parent to give them a ride to the park. Tra said he remembers seeing all ...
NOLA.com

New Orleans has a long history of thrilling roller coasters. The tradition has clattered to a near halt.

When folks lined up on May 20, 2000, to ride the Mega Zeph roller coaster at the newly opened Jazzland (later Six Flags) theme park in New Orleans East, it was the first time in 17 years that there ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Photos: Belmont Park at 100

Businessman John D. Spreckels funded and developed Belmont Park in 1925, during the so-called golden age of roller coasters, though it was originally called the Mission Beach Amusement Center. In the ...
Yahoo

First look: Galacticoaster at Legoland Florida, inside and outer space

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WINTER HAVEN – Final preparations are being made inside and outside Galacticoaster, Florida’s newest roller coaster, which is set ...