Rollercoasters: Top 10 facts about the world's favourite amusement ride

1. This is the anniversary of the day in 1898 when a patent was granted to Edwin Prescott for the first rollercoaster with a vertical loop. 2. Actually a French invention called a “Centrifugal Railway” with a vertical loop had been installed in Paris 50 years earlier in 1848.  3. Prescott’s “Loop the Loop” rollercoaster […]

Think you love Alton Towers? British theme park fan rides over 193 rollercoasters

Theme park fans have met their match with 29-year-old Briton Ben Rathe. He has been unveiled as the UK’s biggest rollercoaster enthusiast, having ridden over 193 rollercoasters around the world. His status not only shows his love of the thrill-seeking attractions, but he has even won a lifetime free entry to Alton Towers who awarded […]