thrill rides
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Prototype Roller Coaster That Makes Riders Do Barrel Rolls Is a Next-Generation Puke Factory
As with almost everything, the roller coaster wars, where theme parks across the country try to top each other with wilder attractions every Summer, were put on hold for 2020. But that hasn’t stopped coaster designers from continuing to toy with the laws of physics. If you love to spend your weekends vomiting, the Axis…
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Just Watching Video Of Six Flags’ Dizzying New Spinning Ride Is Making Me Want To Puke
GIF: YouTube At around this time every year, amusement parks across the US compete to lure visitors with bigger, faster, and more terrifying thrill rides. This time, Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey is hoping that people will actually line up to ride its new Cyborg Cyber Spin that churns stomachs along three different axes.
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The First Video Of Disney World’s New Avatar Ride Looks Fantastic
Video: When the original Pirates of the Caribbean ride first opened at Disneyland in 1967, it represented the cutting-edge of amusement park technologies. Fifty years later, this video is our first glimpse at how far ride technologies have advanced, as Disney World’s new Avatar: Flight of Passage attraction is set to open next weekend, and…
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A Jet Engine-Powered Merry-Go-Round Is The Ultimate Amusement Ride
Video: You’re already accepting some level of risk when you climb aboard any amusement ride, from the Ferris Wheel to the bumper cars, and for little payoff. So if you’re going endanger yourself for some cheap thrills, why not go big aboard a merry-go-round powered by real jet engines rocketing you around in circles.