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Vacation season with a ride in the sky. we are on our way up. and here we go. whoo! >> ahhhhh! >> whoo! >> ah! >> it was back in this week 1884, the first roller coaster in america, opened where else here in new york city on coney island. >> known as a switch back railway, riders got into the car, pushed down, rode the track into another tower. it went a whopping 6 miles an hour. wait, the roller coaster, the cost, a nickel to ride. it was an instant success. by turn of the century there were hu...