Russ
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Sam said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pPnoAYF7jA#at=129
Well, err... hmmm... well, quite...
THAT CIRCULAR LOOP!
I was just about to post this, I guess your a Redditor also.
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Strange Roller Coasters
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I was just about to post this, I guess your a Redditor also.
Russ
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- Helix
Not really a strange coaster, But it's not everyday you see a giant bowling pin riding one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj89E8WLbMU#ws
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj89E8WLbMU#ws
Bench.addict
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Unsure if this has been posted and admittedly no-one's invested in it so far, but I was looking through Technical Park's products, when I found...a flying beagle-themed coaster
More info can be found here: http://www.technicalpark.com/beagle-fly.htm
More info can be found here: http://www.technicalpark.com/beagle-fly.htm
Rose Of Dawn
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- Eejanaika (Fuji-Q Highland)
Wow. That's....amazing.
BigAl
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- Forbidden Journey
Another U-shaped ride:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=687bwb5o-ac#
Winged design though! Is that a good or bad thing, it being an Intamin and all?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=687bwb5o-ac#
Winged design though! Is that a good or bad thing, it being an Intamin and all?
Tim
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- Air / Blue Fire
This caught my eye:
http://rcdb.com/2961.htm
Very interesting layout there, plus it has a spiral lift hill.
http://rcdb.com/2961.htm
Very interesting layout there, plus it has a spiral lift hill.
Sammy
TS Team
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- Untamed - Walibi Holland
That's almost like a wild mouse/Ultimate cross breed, except without the terrain! Serious odd looking ride!
Also, I just found this;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNLogUzUTLI
I can't decide what's funnier, her, the ride, the restrains or the fact that it actually has on ride DVD!
Also, I just found this;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNLogUzUTLI
I can't decide what's funnier, her, the ride, the restrains or the fact that it actually has on ride DVD!
Ian
TS Team
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- Dizz, Bobby’s Yarn Land
Not sure if this one's been mentioned or not so apologies if it has, but River King Mine Train at Six Flags St. Louis.
So it's an Arrow Mine Train, with their weird hybrid support system, but that's nothing that special really. There's 14 others operating around the world at various Six Flags and Cedar Fairs attractions, and PortAventura to name a few. But it's history tells an interesting tale.
It first opened back in 1971 as River King Mine Train, where it operated for 12 years to 1983, with the only notable change being it gaining the word Runaway to its title a year after opening.
However, for 1984 the ride opened renamed as Rail Blazer, complete with, wait for it, standup trains! Yep, standup trains on a mine train coaster! It's age means it was amongst the first standup coasters, but it was only a short-lived stint. The trains lasted one season before they were removed due to someone dying on it, after which the ride reverted back to its original title and trains, which it has operated with ever since.
There are several theories about how the woman died on it, but the official stance was apparently that she fainted and managed to slide out of the train, which looking at the (lack of) restraint and train design seems incredibly plausible. There doesn't appear to be much to stop riders ducking their head out from under the OTSR, and there doesn't look to be any form of saddle to hold the body up with.
Looking at a POV it looks pretty dull as even a mine train, so god knows what it was like as a standup!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-4blDzPy1s#
So it's an Arrow Mine Train, with their weird hybrid support system, but that's nothing that special really. There's 14 others operating around the world at various Six Flags and Cedar Fairs attractions, and PortAventura to name a few. But it's history tells an interesting tale.
It first opened back in 1971 as River King Mine Train, where it operated for 12 years to 1983, with the only notable change being it gaining the word Runaway to its title a year after opening.
However, for 1984 the ride opened renamed as Rail Blazer, complete with, wait for it, standup trains! Yep, standup trains on a mine train coaster! It's age means it was amongst the first standup coasters, but it was only a short-lived stint. The trains lasted one season before they were removed due to someone dying on it, after which the ride reverted back to its original title and trains, which it has operated with ever since.
There are several theories about how the woman died on it, but the official stance was apparently that she fainted and managed to slide out of the train, which looking at the (lack of) restraint and train design seems incredibly plausible. There doesn't appear to be much to stop riders ducking their head out from under the OTSR, and there doesn't look to be any form of saddle to hold the body up with.
Looking at a POV it looks pretty dull as even a mine train, so god knows what it was like as a standup!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-4blDzPy1s#
Ian
TS Team
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- Dizz, Bobby’s Yarn Land
Alastair said:Ian said:
Love the nonchalent way in which you wrote that
Yeah... It was because it originally said 'due to problems with them". However, after some more research I found the real reason, and couldn't be bothered to re-write it all
Sam
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Sorry if this has already been posted. Homemade Italian shuttle coaster.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovZRBGeF0Ks#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovZRBGeF0Ks#
BigAl
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- Forbidden Journey
A while ago I posted about Arrow's ArrowBATic concept that didn't get any further than being just an idea...
Source.
The car was the only thing that did actually get built. You can see the resemblance between the restraints used on this and those that ended up being used on X at Six Flags Magic Mountain:
Anyway (getting to the point of my post ), there's an animation of the concept in-action on Youtube, courtesy of thrillnetworkcom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RHCYRCZd_8#ws
Source.
The car was the only thing that did actually get built. You can see the resemblance between the restraints used on this and those that ended up being used on X at Six Flags Magic Mountain:
Anyway (getting to the point of my post
), there's an animation of the concept in-action on Youtube, courtesy of thrillnetworkcom:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RHCYRCZd_8#ws