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captain wrote: TOGO + Stand Up + banking the wrong way for no reason =  :no:

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Why and how do parks build these damn things???
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^It's TOGO. Nothing more needs to be said. :lol:
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Here's a coaster located in a Pizza Restraunt.

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notice in the above photo, there's also a frog hopper in the background

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view of the arcade

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another view of the arcade

the coaster's name is Adventure Express and is located in Riverside, California and there is another one located in Roseville, California.
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I need one of those for my living room! :P
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Anyone heard of a ride called Nemesis at Alton Towers?

I always thought that Nemesis was such a weird coaster! Especially for a B&M Invert, they're normally very tall with large drops! But suppose that what makes Nemesis so great :D
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Nemesis does have a fairly large drop, its just that you don't notice it when falling down the side of a cliff into the deep pit.
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Over 100 foot in total isn't it?

Just don't notice it because it's so gradual and in 'stages'.
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SpinballEdders wrote: It may not be the strangest coaster, but take a look at this:
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it looks like a B&M invert, but it isn't ;) this a giovanola invert called Anaconda at Gold Reef City in South Africa
Sorry for going back a while, only just had a flick through this topic and saw the mention of Giovanola. I was lucky enough to go out to SA with work, and had a couple of visits to Gold Reef City. Anaconda is an excellent ride, very similar ride to a good B&M, and interestingly only 2 people wide trains.

For anyone interested I've some photos from the park on my facebook https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.467586571412.263181.590101412&type=3&l=71510b97be

As for strange coasters, the parks "home-made" dive machine "Tower Of Terror" http://www.rcdb.com/1481.htm is worth a mention as it was originally a lap bar ride with 45Deg lift hill, which they converted to a high speed lift and OTSRs.
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Very interesting, Muttlee. It's great to know that the ride is justas good as a B&M. Hopefully if I go to South Africa one day, I'll ride it. :)

now for coaster that may have the weirdest restriction ever:

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And you thought X:/WTF had a terrible restriction! :P

this is "looping" at Hili Fun City in UAE; the coaster is a Pinfari preZyklon T59. the coaster closed in 2010.
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Ahhh yes, I remember stumbling on that one once on RCDB :P

Men could ride it, they just used a different entrance. I'd imagine it's probably something to do with the culture in the area. I dunno about Dubai, but there are quite a few countries in that area where women are treated very differently :P

The parks other two coasters have a similar policy, with men and families using one entrance, and ladies the other.
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SpinballEdders

Here's the restrictions on the other two coasters Bote was talking about:

Hili Mouse; A Big Apple style coaster themed to a Mouse.

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and Twister Mountain; A Zamperla Wild Mouse:

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Another awful coaster. Another name fail as well!


HYPER KID Coaster :P

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IMDB page: http://www.rcdb.com/3512.htm


No POV, sorry! Such a shame! :P
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Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you a Stand Up made by......... ARROW DYNAMICS! :D

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Looks Really dangerous and painful Fun to me :P This was Screamroller/EXT/Extremeroller at Worlds of Fun, the coaster opened in 1976 and was modified into a stand up in 1983, a few years later the Sit down trains were back and the coaster closed in 1988
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I'm not even going to ask :P
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Blaze

Well that's, um, different...

What's it supposed to be, a big apple/super dragon with custom train front?
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He looks like he's melting
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From the creators of the record breaking Kingda Ka and the world renowned Superman Escape from Krypton... I give you:

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RCDB: http://www.rcdb.com/2428.htm
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Viper! :D



Tbh, it looks pretty good. :P It'd be a great starter coaster! :)
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Awww its so cute, I want one :P, it looks pretty much like the Junior Coaster from RCT3.
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This is cool

Check out this video on YouTube:



Thanks Tpr : )
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