For healthy visitors, most theme parks post rider safety guidelines for roller coasters and other rides.
The first roller coasters may have been Russian ice slides built in the late 16th Century.
While most of us enjoy roller coasters in amusement parks, we find them unsettling in the financial markets.
It will not sweep homes off their foundations, uproot trees, smash cars, carry roller coasters out to sea.
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With spectacular thrill rides debuting around the world, summer 2013 is set to be a noisy season for roller coasters.
Swiss, Dutch or German companies hold sway when it comes to large and expensive roller coasters, but Italians dominate other rides.
Over the centuries, roller coasters have become both more exciting and safer.
Philip Mitchell, a chartered mechanical engineer from Leicestershire, who inspects roller coasters and other equipment, said such a tragedy had never occurred before.
In most places if you want to ride world-class roller coasters you have to head to some suburban theme park for the day.
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He recounts a dream, a typical Reich piece of socialist agitprop, in which corporate bigwigs riding on roller coasters are throwing their workers screaming overboard.
"I've climbed rocks and gone swimming with sharks, but I won't go bungee jumping, and I've never liked roller coasters because those things aren't in my control, " says John F.
Pregnant women are also advised against riding roller coasters.
Although amusement rides are relatively safe overall, individuals with heart conditions should not go on roller coasters, since they can speed up the heart rate and potentially lead to a cardiovascular event.
After years of bumping up the adrenaline for tweens and teens with roller coasters and high-tech rides, Disney is now focusing on the littlest tykes by doubling the size of Fantasyland, the section of the park reserved for the youngest Disney fans.
Jenn Suhr wanted to spend their short vacation time in Florida riding roller-coasters at Disney World, while her husband preferred to visit some water parks.
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