Obwohl ich mittlerweile nur noch atheistisch bin (früher mal römisch-atheistisch): Lieber Gott, lass den Trip nach Japan nächstes Jahr stattfinden und bezahlbar sein!
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"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
Zu Deinem "Gebet" >Lieber Gott, lass den Trip nach Japan >nächstes Jahr stattfinden und bezahlbar sein!
....bete ich:
"Lieber Gott, lass jemanden in Europa so verrückt sein, und so ein "Hochhaus-Coaster" auch hier bauen."
Wie wärs mit einem stahlblauen Teil quer über die Bank-Gebäude des Londoner East-End (die Briten sind doch manchmal "so komisch" ;-)), oder eine giftgrüne Schlange, die sich um das Commerzbank-Hochhaus in Frankfurt/Main schlängelt. Meinetwegen auch ein In-&Outdoor-Coaster in und um das Centro in Oberhausen ;-). (Verrückte) Ideen gibts genug.
4. Thunder Dolphin - You just can't believe how they fit this coaster in amongst this park. The structure is absolutely one of the most impressive I've seen. Bought our 1,000 yen tickets (about $9.75 per person) and made our way to the line. They were only running one train but since it was a Friday there were no lines. We got in the next to last car, my wife and son in front and me in the back. They take your picture as you head up the elevator lifthill so everyone is doing their posing thing. Lifhill is angled at 45.5 degrees and is reminiscent of Millenium Forces. Once at the top (265 feet), you drop at an angle of 80.5 degrees. As you come out of the bottom you head back up on top of a building, once at the top there is an overbanked turn which takes you across the roof to the other side. There you drop through an overbanked turn through a wall that has a hole cut out in it...this is quite a fantastic section of the ride because you feel like you are diving off the roof of the building. After dropping down you head into yet another overbanked turn through a ferris wheel. Then you drop down and back up on top of the roof of the same building again. This time as you are crossing it there is a trick-track section which makes the cars sway side to side feeling like it is going to throw you off the roof. One more overbanked turn off the roof and down into the brakes. I turned right around and bought another ride on this coaster...its incredible. I now have a new number one coaster on my list of the 168 I've ridden. You have to ride this thing to believe it. Intamin and the architects for this ride did an incredible job. I can't wait to go back next March.
Und das dürfte vielleicht dem ein oder anderen FKF Mitglied bekannt vorkommen:
Our next park was Dreamland in Seoul. When we first got there we didn't see any rides running and the park looked a bit rundown. I started thinking we made a mistake. There are 3 coasters in the park, we rode 2 and skipped the dragon coaster.
1. Atomic Coaster - A shuttle loop the pulls you forward out of the station and then sends you backward down the hill, through the station, down another little dip then into the loop. You go up the back spick and then come forward through the loop back into the station. It was different but a nice ride. 2. 88 Coaster- Anyone who's been to Korea since the 88 olympics knows that there are "88 taxis", "88 cigarettes", a highway 88, and low and behold an 88 coaster. Coaster is large and spans a good portion of the backside of the park. Not real fast and has no major drops or elements. Just a nice sightseeing coaster.
Park does look rundown and the ride ops for the 2 coasters had to be woken up to give us our rides. The Atomic Coaster was worth the trip.
