Oaks Park drop tower proposal. (Submitted to city of Portland) The City of Portland has given Oaks Park Amusement Park permission to install a new drop-tower ride on its midway despite an appeal by ...

The family were riding the Big Drop attraction at Beto Carrero World on Sunday, Nov. 9 Video footage shared by Viral Press via the Associated Press showed a three people sitting in a carriage that was ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The City of Portland has rejected an attempt to block a new “drop tower” at Oaks Amusement Park. Portland hearings officer David Doughman struck down the appeal from the Bird ...

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. -- Dollywood is temporarily closing its drop tower attraction after a boy fell to his death from a similar type of ride by the same manufacturer at a park in Orlando, a spokesman ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland hearings officer has denied an appeal to block Oaks Amusement Park from adding a 135.5-foot drop tower ride, despite concerns from nearby residents that it would mar scenic ...

Oaks Park wants to let its light shine with a new thrill ride offering a sweeping view at the top of the Willamette River on one side and the city center’s only wildlife refuge on the other. The ...

The Austrian company that built the Orlando Free Fall ride, where a 14-year-old boy fell to his death, has sold a similar drop tower to a Texas theme park.

The family was lowered back to the ground after around 20 minutes, according to a local media outlet Three siblings were left stranded at the top of a 328-foot drop tower ride at a theme park in ...