A Jersey Shore amusement pier badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy is getting two new additions. Casino Pier on the Seaside Heights boardwalk expects a roller coaster and ferris wheel to be operational ...

SEASIDE HEIGHTS -- A new roller coaster and 131-foot Ferris Wheel are coming to the expanded Casino Pier for summer 2017. RELATED: Seaside tries redevelopment again.

The Ferris-style wheel has 28 glass-enclosed and air-conditioned gondolas that can each hold up to 40 people. A full revolution takes 30 minutes. Tickets are $24.95 in the daytime and $34.95 at night.

Further, it’s hard to class the Ferris wheel as anything close to a thrill ride. In fact, the amusement began as a variety of sightseeing. In 1893, Chicago’s World Columbian Exposition ...

Move over, Cyclone — there’s a new stomach-churning star ­attraction at Coney Island. The Phoenix roller coaster makes its official debut on July 4th weekend at Deno’s Wonder Wheel ...

In an effort to bring back a 1940s tourism attraction, Landry's announced today a plan to redesign and open Galveston's once-famous Pleasure Pier by May. This multi-million dollar project include ...

Though it had been fifty years, almost to the very day, that I last waited for a turn on a Ferris wheel, the experience called up a vivid memory that launched a thought about the nature of play ...