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https://www.sfgate.com/life/travel/arti ... D=ref_fark

“For the record, let me just say I think this is a terrible idea.” The man speaking is Owen Grady, velociraptor whisperer from the “Jurassic World” movies, who is adamant that whoever’s about to board the Velocicoaster is making a huge mistake.

“I don’t care how long you’ve been waiting. Turn around, go home, this isn’t going to end well,” Grady (played by Chris Pratt) says.

I’m not going to lie. I was tempted to listen.

I was standing in the ride queue for Universal Orlando’s newest ride, a major thrill coaster that officially opened on June 10, feeling some major dread about what I was about to do. This roller coaster is intense enough that, when the park released a simulation video back in September, just the CGI rendering made my insides squirm.

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Who, just admit you suck ass and I'll save this thread for you.
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CHEEZY17 wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 11:08 am Who, just admit you suck ass and I'll save this thread for you.
You’re the ass eater of the forum
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I live just up the road about four miles from that. That's as close as I'll ever come to riding that thing. :?
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Bring it on! :lol:

Anyhow, my Six Flags in NJ just started this thing!:

https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure ... il-coaster

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According to renderings, after going up the 130-foot (40 m) tall lift hill, the train will go down a 87° drop, which leads into a dive loop and then an airtime hill 180° stall. It will then go up into a turnaround, which drops down into a zero-G roll. After a mid-course brake run, the train will go over a few airtime hills, before fully braking at the end and turning around to go back into the station
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FSchmertz wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 12:40 pm
I don't mind the twisties and the loop-de-loops but I cannot stand that vertical drop stuff. That last moment when you're at the very tippy-top looking out over everything and then Wham
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BigRedRetard wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 2:45 pm True story. I have seen around 3 actual albinos in my life. All three times was at 6 Flags Great Adventure.
I've only seen one black albino IRL and if it weren't for Pluto Nash i would've thought he was just fuck ugly
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Stapes wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 2:47 pm
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 12:40 pm
I don't mind the twisties and the loop-de-loops but I cannot stand that vertical drop stuff. That last moment when you're at the very tippy-top looking out over everything and then Wham
my biggest problem is being on the engineering side of things and also in construction. I know how design engineers have to use factors of safety in designs because sometimes they really don't know what the results will be. So they try to build in a safety factor. And then I absolutely know how construction guys put shit together.

I can't even get on a gondola at a big ski resort without spending the entire ride examining the pulleys and connections and welds and cables and towers and .......
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thought this was about dm
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Stapes wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 2:47 pm
FSchmertz wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 12:40 pm
I don't mind the twisties and the loop-de-loops but I cannot stand that vertical drop stuff. That last moment when you're at the very tippy-top looking out over everything and then Wham
Then you definitely don't ever want to go on this!

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Geist wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 3:10 pm
BigRedRetard wrote: Tue Jun 15, 2021 2:45 pm True story. I have seen around 3 actual albinos in my life. All three times was at 6 Flags Great Adventure.
I've only seen one black albino IRL and if it weren't for Pluto Nash i would've thought he was just fuck ugly
Yeah, you definitely feel you're with the Walmart crowd at Six Flags.

If you want a real contrast, head over to Hershey Park in PA. They really run a top-flight operation there.
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