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TilenB

Strata Poster
So, Wiener Prater had a wooden side friction looping coaster that ended with a splashdown in the years after WWII. How to ensure riders' safety you may ask? Lock them in steel cages, ofc!

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source: http://prater.topothek.at/#ipp=100&p=1& ... 0003662036
 

ECG

East Coast(er) General
Staff member
Administrator
Oh my! Just go ahead and throw me in a damn coffin...
 

Jordanovichy

Credit Whore 2016
If these things still existed today I think I might even pass up the opportunity on getting the cred. Look at the state of it! **** me.
 

TilenB

Strata Poster
I've just found this weird thing while browsing the interwebs...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-tvdk4QmCg[/youtube]

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Is it a coaster?
 

GuyWithAStick

Captain Basic
Re: Weird, Wacky & Strange Coaster Bits

It just looks like an Alpine Coaster with themed cars. I'd count it.

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GuyWithAStick

Captain Basic
Sorry to double post, but I found this thing whilst going through the RCDB randomizer:

http://rcdb.com/3050.htm

So it's an inverted coaster, where you lay in a cylindrical cage with no restraints besides some handlebars, and you just go through the course.

It's a very interesting ride indeed, and I see no reason not to call it a cred.
 

Jamesss

Hyper Poster
So apparently a restaurant owner in Italy made his own rides for his customers:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwF2h7HECGA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAa_wOGDaMk[/youtube]
 

SilverArrow

Certified Ride Geek
Jamesss said:
So apparently a restaurant owner in Italy made his own rides for his customers:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwF2h7HECGA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAa_wOGDaMk[/youtube]

So random! Do they ride before or after the meal? :lol: The restraints on the first one look so sketchy! Would certainly be scared to ride that!
 

TilenB

Strata Poster
So, there was this sketchy looking looping coaster operating in the Russian city of Penza. It was a prototype from the local company partially based on the Cool Runnings ride in Moscow's Gorky Park (by the looks of things, that was a Jungle Mouse). It was built in the second part of 1970s and operated till the late 90s. Then, it was SBNO for a few years, before finally being torn down in the early 2000s. What strikes me as weird is the cars. They looked sketchy as something and there are was no visible restrain system apart from perhaps a seatbelt (which isn't visible in any of the photos).

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Sadly, those are all of the photos I could find. I do wonder how the whole layout must've looked like, the ride seems to be quite large.

http://wikimapia.org/13543805/ru/%D0%A0 ... 0%B2%D1%88
 

Chris Brown

Mr CoasterForce 2016
This is literally the best thread, love seeing the random weird coasters! Shame most of the earlier RCDB and Image links are broke. Keep up the weird coaster hunting aha
 

Dar

Hyper Poster
We have a video of that Chinese indoor coaster with the two janky looking loops. Ironically, the loops aren't even the worst bit!
I'd love to know what they were thinking with the transition out of the second loop and what the hell they were playing at with the corkscrew?!
Edit: It opens on December 18th, so if anybody is in the area and fancies a go...
 

CanobieFan

Strata Poster
That's beautiful, it's like some kid was playing with No Limits and someone in China just said yep, that will do. And just built it. <3
 

GuyWithAStick

Captain Basic
Oh my god that is hillariously bad. I'd love to see in the tunnel, it looks like even more janky **** is in there.

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