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One of the funkiest illusions I've ever seen! :lol:
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Is the loop even part of the ride? Doesn't look like it.

Been there, done that. Loop isn't a part of the ride, it's just decoration:
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^are there even safety restraints?


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Had to add these images of Pendolo which is one of my picks for Coaster Apocalypse lol! For riders this must be a pretty big fun but for visitors this seems like a WTF wagon scream machine!

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Wanna know more? :lol:

1: http://rcdb.com/11667.htm#p=52798 - Showing what this ride looks like.
2: http://rcdb.com/11667.htm#p=52800 - Maybe the world's worst seatbelt, no, seat... chain!

Had fun? :lol:
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Had to add these images of Pendolo which is one of my picks for Coaster Apocalypse lol! For riders this must be a pretty big fun but for visitors this seems like a WTF wagon scream machine!

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Another been there, done that. The ride itself looks a lot worse than it rides. It runs extremely smooth and that vertical spike is pretty awesome. And as if the chain as seatbelt wasn't enough. You also have a shared iron restraint locking onto the car. I had to slide down in my seat to get it frickin' closed. Too tall upper body. :lol:

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^ Well, which do you think is physically better, this one or "Tower of Terror" at Gold Reef City that gives the over 6g force impact?

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^ Well, which do you think is physically better, this one or "Tower of Terror" at Gold Reef City that gives the over 6g force impact?

:lol:

ToT isn't built by a crazy italian guy in a shed. :lol:
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Tunnel test faliure :lol:
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Tunnel test faliure :lol:

That would be this ride:
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Shitty ride with high cautions on kicking nearby supports during the ride and possibilities to grab track with your hands.
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At first I thought it was a B&M...

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they should definitely stick to making flat rides on steroids

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^ Wow in the distance, this really looks like a crazy flying pan! :lol:
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^ Wow in the distance, this really looks like a crazy flying pan! :lol:

Well, that is the nickname we do give that ride :lol:
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^^^it looks a bit like a giant frying pan!

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Fabbri is really interesting because their coasters are total ass but the flats they make aren't lol.
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Dirk_Ermen wrote:
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Tunnel test faliure :lol:

That would be this ride:

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This looks so RCT3 suspended swinging coaster lol! So is the layout! :lol:
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Dirk_Ermen wrote:
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Shitty ride with high cautions on kicking nearby supports during the ride and possibilities to grab track with your hands.

Wow...Just, wow.


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Okay next up is this bouncy one lol! :lol:

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Even though it's a perfectly safe ride, Excalibur's structure has always looked very cheap-ish to me.
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The older Arrow mine trains seem to use a structure that resembles an old railroad bridge to me. The wood is MUCH thicker than what is used on a modern wooden coaster. Remember that Gemini has a turn supporting two tracks cantilevered off the side of the structure on diagonal beams. The skid plates instead of upstop wheels are the ride are interesting as well. I wonder how Magnum was when it had skid plates.

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(wasn't sure where to post this) uh-oh!
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