Wheeeeeeeeeee
What is this? It's the X-Coaster at Magic Springs, called the "world's tallest inversion ride." The description makes it sound like a ride you wouldn't want to try immediately after lunch. A spokesman said:
“This exciting new ride treats our guests to an upside down inversion at 150 feet, the highest in the world. What makes the ride unique is that a technological innovation leaves the riders inverted 150 feet above the ground without shoulder restraints.
... “When the riders leave the loading platform, they are taken for a vertical ascent of 150 feet, at which point the car performs a thrillingly slow quarter-loop backwards, which has the riders hanging upside-down. Then the riders are sent on a 360-degree corkscrew roll, followed by a plummeting vertical drop at more than 65 miles an hour.”
He continued, “At this point it appears that the riders will return to the starting station, but instead they rocket past the station, stop on the lift hill, drop backwards through the station at high speed, stop upside down and rocket forward through the station again.”
Urp
Comments
And...just imagine...since the ABC approved extending alcohol serving hours (beer and wine) to Noon - Closing...you better wear your raincoat...Wheeeeeee will become Yuckkkkkkkk when all the drunks get on board! I'd HATE to be the employee working at the bottom of this ride...
Posted by: ItsWorseThanYouThink | May 29, 2006 11:32 AM
Just reading the description made my stomach turn over. I don't think I will be riding on that anytime soon.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 29, 2006 12:07 PM
Not trying to rain on your parade but a relative called me a month or so ago asking me if I'd heard about the accidents on the new roller coaster in HS.
I hadn't. The relative was concerned about my child riding it. I said not to worry, we won't ever get on that thing.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 29, 2006 01:23 PM
Oh my...they have alcohol...the devils work for sure...don't ride it then...don't go if you're skeered...nobody would make you drink I don't think...there are adults who can drink responsibly. SHOCK...
Posted by: HDM | May 29, 2006 02:25 PM
A spokesman? Would that be a synonym for a press release? Is this an ad? I get confused sometimes.
ARK. BLOG Yes it was a news release. No it was not an ad. We were struck by the description and thought some readers might be as well. Welcome to the highly personal, ever changing, but always instantly criticizable, world of the Arkansas Blog. I do feel safe in saying Wild River has nothing remotely like this ride. Which might be a good thing.
Posted by: Wild River Fan | May 29, 2006 03:15 PM
Where's my Pepsi-Bizzi? I think a swig of it is needed after reading about that ride!
Posted by: Picasso's Aunt | May 29, 2006 03:46 PM
Cool! Me and the fam are going to ride it next weekend!
Posted by: Claude Hopper | May 29, 2006 04:18 PM
Whoo-Hoo!
Good Lord
I remember when I enjoyed rides like this, though nothing was ever quite like this.
Posted by: rrizzardi | May 30, 2006 06:53 AM
The comments seem to be comments of persons never experienced this ride. Rides of this type give a new experience and a great feeling. The best version of Skyloop is El Abismo in Madrid, Spain.
Posted by: Alfred | August 2, 2006 05:26 AM