Weird, Wacky & Strange Coaster Bits
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So just today RCDB added an entry for an old coaster at TIvoli Gardens and it's a powered wooden bobsled of all things:
I've got so many questions...
Bob-Banen - Tivoli Gardens (Copenhagen, Sjælland, Denmark)
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roomraider
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Again not a coaster but a good place to chuck this as any
Posted by Roller Coaster Dream here is a video of Flying Kiss at Wulong Baima Mountain in Chongqing, China.
Essentially 2 small flying island type rides designed in quite a cool artistic way to make a kissing sculpture when fully extended.
heres a few more photos ive dug up.
Posted by Roller Coaster Dream here is a video of Flying Kiss at Wulong Baima Mountain in Chongqing, China.
Essentially 2 small flying island type rides designed in quite a cool artistic way to make a kissing sculpture when fully extended.
heres a few more photos ive dug up.
TilenB
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Cool find, though the music in that Tik Tok video doesn't really inspire much confidence in the design. ?
A water slide is sort of like a coaster, isn't it? In that it ... umm, okay, it's not a coaster.
But this thing is weird, wacky, strange, and above all terrifying. Credit to @kimahri for finding the video.
What is this, you say? It's a water slide with a twist... an underwater slide, that used to be in the waterpark at Duinrell. The pipe is full of water. It apparently uses the "Communicating vessels" principle to stay full of water at all times. There is a height difference between the two pools, and there must be some flow through the pipe, although not a very fast one given the pipe's diameter and the amount of water required. It could apparently be emptied in seconds in case of an emergency, which happened quite often. No wonder the slide isn't there anymore.
But this thing is weird, wacky, strange, and above all terrifying. Credit to @kimahri for finding the video.
What is this, you say? It's a water slide with a twist... an underwater slide, that used to be in the waterpark at Duinrell. The pipe is full of water. It apparently uses the "Communicating vessels" principle to stay full of water at all times. There is a height difference between the two pools, and there must be some flow through the pipe, although not a very fast one given the pipe's diameter and the amount of water required. It could apparently be emptied in seconds in case of an emergency, which happened quite often. No wonder the slide isn't there anymore.
CanobieFan
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Lol, no, that gave me anxiety just watching.
vaugc002
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The future is here ?. The robotic arm segment looks a bit basic but what an amazing feat.
Would love to see an evolution of this, where the arm can move the train around and then position it into a vertical or near-vertical drop like a tilt coaster.
So much scope for this!
Would love to see an evolution of this, where the arm can move the train around and then position it into a vertical or near-vertical drop like a tilt coaster.
So much scope for this!
roomraider
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This ride opened in 2017 ? i always thought it had just a drop track rather than a robot arm. its cool to see though.
I guess as the ride is in Harbin (Sunac Harbin (ex Wanda harbing) if you're interested) and is so far away from anywhere else its never got an enthusiast on it yet to notice the robot arm thing.
I guess as the ride is in Harbin (Sunac Harbin (ex Wanda harbing) if you're interested) and is so far away from anywhere else its never got an enthusiast on it yet to notice the robot arm thing.
Those screams in the video sound oddly familiar ...
roomraider
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Not a coaster but something I'd never seen before. An odd transport ride at the Swiss Pavilion of Shanghai Expo 2010
Quite a lot of footage in these videos although the videos are of other things as well.
Quite a lot of footage in these videos although the videos are of other things as well.
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Reminds me of the Mack Inverted Powered Coaster ala Arthur, just a lot slower.
roomraider
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Again this isn't a coaster. In fact it's not even a ride. Perhaps the first bookshop posted to this forum?
This is the new Zhongshuge Bookstore at the shopping mall outside the big new Sunac Chengdu Park. And it may be the most impressive book shop I've ever seen.
This is the new Zhongshuge Bookstore at the shopping mall outside the big new Sunac Chengdu Park. And it may be the most impressive book shop I've ever seen.
At first I wondered how they would get books out of the top shelves, but then I realized they're not. The books are just painted on the shelves above a certain height.
Still visually impressive, though!
Still visually impressive, though!