This is a video of Tom Scott attempting to overcome what he describes as a legitimate phobia of roller coasters (veloxrotaphobia, aka coasterphobia) by riding increasingly intense attractions, from a children’s Runaway Mine Train to…THE NEMESIS. The old ‘taking the steps into the pool’ approach. Me? I just cannonball straight

This is a video of somebody’s afraid of heights but cooly dressed father riding a virtual reality roller coaster for the first (and presumably last) time. He doesn’t handle it that well, although I partially blame his technique. That is absolutely terrible foot placement. You know what would be a

This is a nighttime fly-through of Duisburg, Germany’s ‘roller coaster staircase’ as captured by drone pilot Tony Catapano (aka Tonnoz). The staircase is actually an interactive art installation created by artists Ulrich Genth and Heike Mutter and consists of a 220-meter (~722-feet) circuit with 249 steps. Oh, and it’s actually

This is a clip released by the Walibi Holland amusement park in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands of its Untamed hybrid steel-wood roller coaster filled with giant teddy bear riders. A couple times a few of the bears occasionally lift an arm, but none of them rode it the whole time with both

Because the internet never stops turning, this a video of a roller coaster in Lithuania that got stuck, and the passengers managed to get it moving again by bobbing their heads in unison, with Night At The Roxbury’s ‘What Is Love’ by Haddaway added for extra effect. So…is this video

This is a clip from WIRED’s ‘A World of Difference’ of Korey Kiepert, engineer and owner of wooden roller coaster design firm The Gravity Group comparing and contrasting the eight main types of roller coasters, how they operate, and what decisions lead to building one style of coaster instead of

The Falcon’s Flight roller coaster being built at the currently-under-construction Six Flags Qiddiya in Saudi Arabia will be the world’s tallest, longest, and fastest roller coaster to date, featuring a three-minute, 2.5-mile long ride at heights up to 525-feet and speeds up to 155MPH. For reference, the current longest coaster

Unable to visit Disney during the quarantine, the LaRochelle family of Napa Valley, California constructed this miniature version of the Matterhorn Bobsleds in their backyard, complete with caves, fountains and waterfalls. That…wow, that’s some real dedication. For reference, I would have just ridden down the stairs in a laundry basket