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Weird, Wacky & Strange Coaster Bits
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InvertsAreMyJam
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roomraider
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Not so much a roller coaster as a terrifyingly huge slide.
Located at the 1940 Centennial Exhibition in Wellington, New Zealand this enormous slide had its own lift hill and an enormous first drop into what appears to be a small airtime hill. The lift hill itself looks quite interesting to me, I assume people sat in those little boxes as it raised them to the summit and presumably dumped them into the ride trough at the top.
The ride can be seen on the right hand side here with a curving entry to that first drop
The classic Out And Back Cyclone wooden coaster seen at the back of the park and may very well get its own post in the old coasters thread sometime later today
Located at the 1940 Centennial Exhibition in Wellington, New Zealand this enormous slide had its own lift hill and an enormous first drop into what appears to be a small airtime hill. The lift hill itself looks quite interesting to me, I assume people sat in those little boxes as it raised them to the summit and presumably dumped them into the ride trough at the top.
The ride can be seen on the right hand side here with a curving entry to that first drop
The classic Out And Back Cyclone wooden coaster seen at the back of the park and may very well get its own post in the old coasters thread sometime later today
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Flash Shift
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I would say the whole of Mandrill Mayhem is a wacky bit. A family shuttle wing coaster already sounds insane, but being a multi-launch made by B&M? With a rare spike and a bizarre helix that just ends? Again, made by B&M?
VonRolland
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Its practically a 4d coaster with the shuffling & bouncing it does
emoo
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I agree it's not a smooth ride, but would you complain if Merlin marketed MM as the UKs only 4D coaster?
I've not noticed this on West Coast Racers before. The helix bowl of a support structure is a mega WWS, could be a concept model of a stadium super structure.
Image from Coaster101
I've not noticed this on West Coast Racers before. The helix bowl of a support structure is a mega WWS, could be a concept model of a stadium super structure.
Image from Coaster101
They were testing some structural design ahead of the LA Olympics.
roomraider
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These photos from China show an interesting ride built by a Chinese aerospace research firm near Xi'an in the early 2010s. The exact purpose of the ride isn't known but it certainly looks like it wouldn't have been a pleasant ride.
Photos courtesy of Xiongmao.
Photos courtesy of Xiongmao.
Niles
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So i just saw this pop up on RCDB, Parque De Diversiones in Bolivia has this SBNO coaster, it seems to have two tracks, but the train rides both separate tracks at once? Layout is basic but its very interesting.
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Matt N
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So it’s sort of like one very beefy roller coaster track, but with no spine in the middle, so each track holds one side of the chassis/wheel assembly?
That’s wacky!
Thanks, I hate it.
roomraider
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Ah Ciclone there she is.
This coaster has a LOOOOOONG history.
Originally set up at Play Center in Sao Paulo all the way back in 1970
Ciclone - Playcenter (São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
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She was sold on to a travelling fair in 1973 and travelled around South America for decades all the way up to at least 2018 when she was was sent to be refurbished in Argentina
Then in 2019 she dissapeared and i assumed had been scrapped.
But it turns out shes in Bolivia. Im genuinley amazed.
TilenB
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Time to update the spreadsheet, then?
What strikes me as odd is in how poor of a shape the ride's red paint is for something that was still painted blue in mid 2019. But it can't really be anything else than the old Playcenter ride, right?
PS: @roomraider and anyone else that might be interested, there has been a pretty lively discussion on the topic of single rail coasters in one of the Dutch forums.
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roomraider
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Time to update the spreadsheet, then?
What strikes me as odd is in how poor of a shape the ride's red paint is for something that was still painted blue in mid 2019. But it can't really be anything else than the old Playcenter ride, right?
PS: @roomraider and anyone else that might be interested, there has been a pretty lively discussion on the topic of single rail coasters in one of the Dutch forums.
Wat is dit voor een achtbaan (geweest) ?? - Pretpark.club forum
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Id forgotten I even made that's spreadsheet.
Although I've posted on that Dutch thread before just not under this username. As for the colour it is very odd. Looks like they've tried to repaint it but only did half of it.