Author: Arthur Levine, Special to USA TODAY

New roller coasters at SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Six Flags and Kings Island will get your heart racing this spring.

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance debuts at Disneyland in California on Jan. 17 but there’s much more coming to Disney parks on both coasts.

SeaWorld Parks is really stepping up its roller coaster game with the 206-foot Iron Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa and SeaWorld Orlando’s Ice Breaker.

Kennywood just opened a roller coaster with nine inversions but the Pittsburgh park also maintains several classic rides dating back nearly a century.

With its newest ride, Yukon Striker, Canada’s Wonderland has quietly taken its rightful place on roller-coasterdom’s world stage.

While most log flume rides skip storytelling in favor of splashes, rides like Disney’s Splash Mountain amuse riders the whole way through.

Yukon Striker, the new dive coaster at Canada’s Wonderland, takes the element of anticipation to an absurd extreme.

You may not have heard of Santa’s Village, Story Land, Knoebels or Gilroy Gardens, but these amusement parks are filled with fun and surprises.

The success of Disney’s Soarin’ has inspired The Flyer — San Francisco, which takes visitors on a tour of the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and more.