The vertical rides do away with the traditional lift hill and stack the track perpendicularly rather than letting the course meander horizontally as roller coasters have done for more than a century.

HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) — In May of 2008, Hersheypark unveiled its 11th roller coaster at the time. This one was unique as it had a 97-degree beyond vertical drop and a vertical lift hill. This c… ...

Think of it as a seesaw, albeit one that’s 160 feet off the ground. The signature element of Siren’s Curse, Cedar Point’s ...

The tilting roller coaster Siren's Curse at the Six Flags-owned Ohio theme park became stuck on two separate occasions, ...

Passengers will ascend a 150-foot vertical lift, teeter over the top, and hang for a few seconds before diving at 57 mph into a 96-degree drop. Ride designers have been incorporating freaky beyond ...

DARIEN — Darien Lake’s newest roller coaster will send riders up a near-vertical lift before launching them through a twisting, diving and looping path, according to plans submitted to the ...

The manufacturer classifies a dive coaster as one with either a vertical or beyond vertical drop. ... Iron Menace will feature a 161-foot lift hill with a first drop angled at 95 degrees.

A German theme park will introduce a first-of-a-kind attraction featuring a 240-foot-tall high-speed hyper-coaster sandwiched between a pair of medieval-themed dark ride experiences.

Disney's new Monsters, Inc. roller coaster will be its first suspended ride and have the company's first-ever vertical lift start.

The Thunderbolt will take riders on a vertical lift, a 115-foot vertical drop, then a 100-foot vertical loop and five inversions. It will be the first coaster to include a loop since 1910, except ...

Riders on a Universal Studios Florida Theme Park roller coaster in Orlando were stuck for nearly an hour in a ... The Rip Ride Rockit goes up a 167-foot-tall vertical lift before making ...