Empire (2015 TV series) Empire is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong which debuted on January 7, 2015. Although it is filmed in Chicago, the show is set in New York.
Here are our Top 10 picks for the 2016 summer season: Standing 223 feet tall, Valravn is the 18th roller coaster to open at Cedar Point, the roller coaster capital of the world, in Sandusky, Ohio. Open in early May, Valravn claims to be the world's tallest dive coaster (223 feet), fastest dive coaster (75 mph) and the longest dive coaster (3,415 feet), with most inversions on a dive coaster (3) and the longest drop on a dive coaster (214 feet).
This Day in History: 06/16/1884 - First U.S. roller coaster. This Day In History takes us back to June 16th, 1884. See how people flocked to the theme parks in order to hop on to the newest ride that had everyone talking.The attraction was called The Gravity Pleasure Ride.y the 1970s, parks were competing to create the most thrilling rides. In 2005, Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, introduced the Kingda Ka roller coaster, the worldâs tallest (at 456 feet) and fastest (at 128 mph).