CoasterQuest.com -- Links to other Great Websites

See the bottom for Unrelated COOL websites!
LEARNING/ TEACHING SITES:

The following 3 sites explain how to build a coaster MODEL

http://www.modelcoasters.com/

http://www.rollercoastermodels.com/

http://www.modelrollercoasters.com/

www.HyperRails.com
Site that allows you to "build and ride your own coaster"

http://www.saferparks.org/
...Great site with loads of SAFETY information

This is a site about a roller coaster manufacturer from Germany, (Schwarzkopf) with lots of mechanical drawings of the different coasters!

http://141.104.22.210/Anthology/Pav/Science/Physics/book/home.html
Roller Coaster Physics

http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/ Funderstanding Roller Coasters - Create your own coaster online!

http://hale.pepperdine.edu/~bsouza/coasterURLs.htm Old page with links. Some work, some dont.

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/ Amusement Park Physics - Annenburg/CPB Project

http://landau1.phys.virginia.edu/Education/Teaching/HowThingsWork/ How things work. (select "coasters" from topic menu)

PARK OWNED SITES

www.SixFlags.com ALL Six Flags parks and properties

www.kennywood.com Kennywood, Pittsburgh

www.FuntownSplashtownUSA.com Funtown USA, Maine

http://www.primadonna.com/buffalobills.html Buffalo Bills, Nevada

http://www.astroland.com/ Coney Island/ Astroland, New York City

http://www.carowinds.com/ Carowinds, North Carolina

http://www.holidayworld.com/ Holiday World, Indiana

http://www.stratospherehotel.com Stratosphere, Las Vegas

http://www.canobie.com/ Canobie Lake Park, New Hampshire

http://www.belmontpark.com/ Belmont Park, San Diego (site empty)

http://www.buschgardens.com Busch Gardens, Tampa

Removed

www.mirabilandia.it One of Italy's two parks with a coaster, Mirabilandia

www.BushkillPark.com Bushkill Park, Easton, PA

www.Dollywood.com Dollywood, in Tennessee

http://www.herne.de/cranger-kirmes/ Cranger Kirmes- huge fair in Germany

http://www.universalstudios.com/unicity2/ush.html Universal Studios Hollywood

Removed

http://www.visionlandpark.com/index.asp Visionland, in Alabama

http://www.legolandca.com/ LegoLand in California

http://www.pgathrills.com/index2.html Paramounts Great America, California

http://www.beachboardwalk.com/ Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, California

http://www3.movieworld.de/warner/ Warner Bros Movie World, Germany

http://www.lakecompounce.com/ Lake Compounce, Connecticut

http://www.universalstudiosescape.com/islands/homepage/ Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, Florida

http://www.silverwood4fun.com/index.html Silverwood Theme Park, Idaho

http://www.nps.gov/glec/index.html Glen Echo Park, Maryland

http://www.beach-net.com/trimpers/index.html Trimpers, Maryland

http://www.beach-net.com/trimpers/index.html Michigan's Adventure, Michigan

Removed

http://altontowers.co.uk British Theme Park

In the Amusement Industry:

http://www.iaapa.org/ International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions

***http://schwarzkopf.coaster.net/ A site about Schwarzkopf, a great ride manufacturer from Germany

http://www.PLASCRETE.co.nz A new Plastic-Concrete invention which would be great for amusement parks!

http://www.aimsintl.com/phtobcoa.htm Philadelphia Toboggan Co, in Pennsylvania

www.hussrides.com Amusement ride manufacturer from Germany

http://www.setpointusa.com A new ride manufacturer.

http://www.zierer.com Amusement ride manufacturer in Germany

www.Zamperla.it Amusement ride manufacturer in Italy

http://aimsintl.org/majestic.htm Majestic, ride manufacturer

www.Naarso.com National Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials

http://www.hopkinsrides.com/ O.D. Hopkins, ride manufacturer of water rides

http://www.aimsintl.org/ccoaster.htm Wooden roller coaster manufacturer of Ohio

www.Dentzel.com Wood carved carousels. wow!

http://www.wisdomrides.com/ Wisdom, ride manufacturer

http://www.premier-rides.com/ Premier rides, in MD. (Linear Induction Coasters)

http://www.vekoma.demon.nl/ Vekoma roller coaster manufacturer (new site)

http://www.s-spower.com Drop ride manufacturer.

http://www.whirlin.com Sellner, ride manufacturer in Minnesota

http://www.aimsintl.com/eli.htm Eli Bridge, ride manufacturer in Illinois

http://www.usedrides.com/ Place to buy used amusement rides

http://www.sartorirides.com/ Sartori, Italian ride manufacturer

www.Rides.com Chance ride manufacturer in Kansas

www.arrowdynamics.com Steel roller coaster manufacturers in Utah

www.strates.com/ The only railroad carnival left, Strates Shows

Associate Coaster Sites/ Clubs

http://www.discovery.com/exp/rollercoasters/build.html Build your own Roller Coaster Online!

http://www.rollercoaster.co.uk/ Thrill ride internet community (tell me if this link no longer works)

http://members.aol.com/parklinks/links.htm#rides Tons of amusement / rides links

www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ak621/CEC/CEC.html The Coaster Enthusiasts of Canada

http://www.rollercoasterworld.com/ Roller Coaster World

http://homepages.go.com/~goccinfo/ The Great Ohio Coaster Club

http://www.cobweb.net/~moppy/ Mike's Historic Amusement Parks

www.ACEonline.org American Coaster Enthusiasts

www.RollerCoaster.com

www.CoasterPhotos.com

www.Joyrides.com/

http://www.joyrides.com/links.htm
...All of the other coaster links that I don't have listed here

http://www2.freizeitparks.de/freizeitparks/freundeskreis/achterb.htm Amusement park/coaster listing for Germany

http://www.homestead.com/hypercoaster Hyprecoaster website

http://www.angelfire.com/al2/coasterworld CoasterWorld website

http://www.geocities.com/ridesource/home.html

http://www.hypercoaster.xs3.com/ Hypercoaster site

http://www.ridesworld.com/ official amusement and entertaiment business internet guide

http://members.xoom.com/CaptainJoel/coasters.html Joel's Coaster Gallery

http://angelfire.com/mn/cwsr

http://www.go2orlando.com/diamondback/ Orlando, FL information

http://www.fratkin.com/coasters/

http://www.rcdb.com/

http://www.angelfire.com/co2/oblivion

http://www.welcome.to/rcparadise

http://www.coasterguide.com/ NEW

http://rollercoasterplanet.freeservers.com/

http://www.efteling.com/
A Park in Kaatsheuvel, in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant

http://www.achterbahnfan.de
German coaster website

http://www.cwoa.co.uk/index/index.htm
Unofficial site for Chessington World of Adventures, ENGLAND

http://gugusite.free.fr/rcp/eng/index.htm
Roller Coaster Paradise site in England

Unrelated Cool Websites of Interest

*** www.Whitehouse.gov
A tremendous amount of governmental resources.

***www.royal.gov.uk/
The Royal Monarchy of Great Britain official site

***www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/
Historic Scotland

***http://www.kreml.ru/
The Russian Kremlin's website...no kidding.

***www.un.org/
The United Nations

www.test.com
Test your IQ (for a fee)

*** www.Africa.com
A really awesome site with good photos and info about Africa

www.africam.com/
Another neat site about Africa

www.uspto.gov
Patent your invention here, at the U.S. Patent Office

UCE@FTC.GOV (Email Address)
Forward illegal SPAM Emails right to the Federal Trade Commission

www.FTC.gov
The Federal Trade Commission

http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm
File a federal complaint against a company doing bad business

***www.nara.gov
The NATIONAL ARCHIVES and Records Administration.

http://www.ctbto.org/
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty official website

***www.USmint.gov
Check out the new 50 States coins or the Sacajawea Dollar coin.

*** www.NASA.gov
The entire NASA space program

***www.PriceLine.com
A great way to get some dirt cheap last-minute airfares.

http://www.arnoldschwarzenegger.com/
Arnold Schwarzenegger's website

http://disney.go.com/home/homepage/today/html/index.html
All Disney stuff.

www.boeing.com
Cool aircraft photos & other information

http://www.gamespark.com/
Play games Online with others!

SHOCKWAVE
A FREE download of special motion video software!

***http://www.nps.gov/
The US National Park Service

http://www.dllr.state.md.us/
State of Maryland Dept of Labor Licensing & Regulation.

http://www.cpsc.gov/
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission

http://www.Musikfest.org/
An huge music festival (August 1-10-03) in my home town, Bethlehem, PA

http://travel.state.gov/
US State Department/ Travel Advisories, Consular affairs, etc.

http://www.xe.net/currency/
International currency converter.

www.Weather.com
The Weather Channel

www.MapQuest.com
Maps of everywhere

www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk
British prison system

www.Hostels.com
Youth hostels worldwide resources

www.hostelworld.com
3,000 hostels in 139 countries

http://www.newyorkcity.com/
New York City information

http://www.christianbrothers.com/
The real cure for Cancer ?

www.cia.gov
CIA

www.RedCross.org
The Red Cross

http://www.coasterquest.com/dc.htm
Washington DC links of all kind

http://www.thehungersite.com/index.html
The hunger site, where you can click daily to donate food

*** http://rs6.loc.gov/
"American Memory" from the Library of Congress (Great learning site)

www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv
The National Security Archive (DeClassified Information)

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/
NASA Space Shuttle current info site

www.tucows.com
Free software site.

http://www.nsf.gov/home/grants.htm
National Science Foundation Grants