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Strange Roller Coasters

RyanY

TS Member
So I thought I'd bring this topic back. ;)

I'll start off with this strange thing.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7n53-VkIYQ[/youtube]

The joys of embedded video. ;)
 
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X :-\ No Way out
 
The snails!

They are kind of strange, really......

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Q6CI4XCSU&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2dYiRX2gHw&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube]

....but totally awesome! Genuinely making it onto my top 10 coasters, I kid you not. Mostly for nostalgia reasons but also for their general amazingness and fun.
 
Doesn't get much weirder than...

EURO MIR

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The Ride:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpxgVVeWu4M[/youtube]

The Music (And Video):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grBkNGG_CnU[/youtube]

Lift Hill Sosche:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBaURUxLVOc&feature=related[/youtube]

Festive Appearance
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Queue Line Raves!
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Queue Line Video:
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pluk said:
The snails! They are kind of strange, really......

....but totally awesome! Genuinely making it onto my top 10 coasters, I kid you not. Mostly for nostalgia reasons but also for their general amazingness and fun.

For the exact same reason (also at the same park), the Tyrolean Tubs are awkwardly in my top five. Do have a POV lurking around somewhere I recorded - with permission of course - but can't seem to find it.
 
You guys want strange? Ever heard of a company called 'Safeco'? Nope? But they've made one coaster:

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The 'Vickingo' ride operated at the now defunct 'Parc de Montjuic' in Barcelona but got moved to 'Parque de Atracciones de Zaragoza' (still in Spain) as 'Ramses':

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Annoying, poor quality onride footage:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30qRJGNZKwI[/youtube]


Ancient, poor quality offride footage:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtCRd4xdth4[/youtube]


It looks insanely boring towards the end. Why didn't they just apply the brakes on it sooner rather than let it keep on crawling up and down the track?


It reminds me of this:

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I can't believe RCDB classes these as coasters! I won't post any details on this because they get put into these topics far too often.


:)
 
pluk said:
The snails!

They are kind of strange, really......

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Q6CI4XCSU&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2dYiRX2gHw&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube]

....but totally awesome! Genuinely making it onto my top 10 coasters, I kid you not. Mostly for nostalgia reasons but also for their general amazingness and fun.
THE JOYLAND SNAILS <3

A staple of my childhood right there :D
 
I've never really counted those Butterfly rides as coasters. They're just two slides welded together with a glorified tea-tray attached.
 
Adam said:
pluk said:
The snails! They are kind of strange, really......

....but totally awesome! Genuinely making it onto my top 10 coasters, I kid you not. Mostly for nostalgia reasons but also for their general amazingness and fun.

For the exact same reason (also at the same park), the Tyrolean Tubs are awkwardly in my top five. Do have a POV lurking around somewhere I recorded - with permission of course - but can't seem to find it.

Yes, they are nearly as good! Apparently the worlds only surviving wooden Virginia Wheel or something equally amazing. That place should have some listed protection, if it ever closed (which I think has come close a couple of times) I'd be gutted.
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYGkgQ8-B4I[/youtube]

I know it looks like a Eurofighter but even Gerst wouldn't create something that horrendous. I think it's some kind of transportable fairground ride.
 
I always wonder how Tub Twist and Snails count as wood. They are concrete! :p
 
The Camelot Caterpillar coaster was the first I ever rode - boy was it a thrill

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb0G-6GfHIY[/youtube]!
 
DiogoJ42 said:
I always wonder how Tub Twist and Snails count as wood. They are concrete! :p

Not sure I've ever seen snails described as such, as they are not. But Tirolean Mountain Tubs are very much wooden, they just happen to be on the ground, not in the air, so it is hard to see.
 
Evolution @ Bobbejaanland.

Utterly crazy - but very much FUN indoor coaster at Bobbejaanland in Belgium

Model: Vekoma Illusion
1 train, seats SIXTY per train, with 30 cars...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STFjnbCb2ow&feature=related[/youtube]
 
'Grand 8 TGV':

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Where is it? 'Florida Parc', of course. Seems legit to me! ::)


And...


'Montaña Suiza':

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And I thought Asian coasters looked dodgy! They built a scenic railway by sticking some metal bars into concrete! I'd actually love to see a ride like this built at a seaside park in this country! ;D

On-Ride:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M6clxC-LNk[/youtube]


I would! :p
 
That looks incredibly unsafe - literally everything about it, no underwheels, no sidewheels, the lift mechanism looks rusted through. And the station looks like the side of someone's house!
 
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