Six Flags Unveils Plans For Fastest, Tallest Roller Coaster - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Mr. Stefani · 09-29-2004, 10:12 PM

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JACKSON, N.J. -- Six Flags Great Adventure is opening the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster this spring -- a thrill ride that accelerates to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds and rises 456 feet off the ground.

Plans for Kingda Ka, which is expected to be the cornerstone of new development at the central New Jersey amusement park, were to be unveiled Wednesday.

The current speed and height record holder is "Top Thrill Dragster" at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. Made by Intamin -- the same company Six Flags hired to build Kingda Ka -- Dragster shoots riders to 120 mph in 4 seconds and takes them to a height of 420 feet.

An animated depiction of Kingda Ka shows the coaster creeping slowly, stopping and then launching forward horizontally at nearly 130 mph before climbing at a 90-degree angle more than 45 stories above the park.

The coaster then spirals 270 degrees as it plummets, flattens out and climbs again as it shoots over a 129-foot hill, which the company says will make riders feel weightless. It's over in about 50 seconds.

"This is the first step in a process of really transforming Six Flags Great Adventure from the largest regional theme park in the world to a true regional destination," Kieran Burke, chief executive officer of Oklahoma City-based Six Flags, told The Associated Press.

Six Flags last year had 35 million visitors at 31 parks. In July, it reported a 3.3 percent attendance drop compared with last year.

Duane Marden, 35, a Brookfield, Wis., computer programmer who runs the online Roller Coaster Data Base, has ridden the Ohio coaster twice and calls it "a very intense experience." He expects the one in New Jersey to quickly become popular with enthusiasts.

"Anybody on the East Coast who is into roller coasters is going to be on this ride very soon," he said.

ha i can't wait. I barely even used my annual pass this year because that park sucks so badly.

phoebe7165 · 09-29-2004, 10:15 PM

Oh yes!!! I am sooooo there!!!

I love rollercoasters!!

Now let's see what Cedar Point can come up with now. Like they don't already have enough rollercoasters in their park.

Mr. Stefani · 09-29-2004, 10:34 PM

Oh wow I definitly will crap myself on this one. I blackout on Nitro

Hollow · 09-29-2004, 10:54 PM

i would CRY if i had to go on that. reminds me of the "safest ride in the world" on johnny bravo.

-*Forever*- · 09-29-2004, 11:01 PM

*falls over*

And I thought Superman was extraordinarily high up.

Kay Scarpetta · 09-30-2004, 07:18 AM

Excellent! Can't wait. I live for rollercoasters!

robyrob · 09-30-2004, 07:22 AM

thats just ridiculous - that thing is just too darn high.

i'd rather have a midget smack me between the eyes repeatedly with a ballpeen hammer than get on that thing.

Brent88 · 09-30-2004, 08:41 AM

Brent88 · 09-30-2004, 08:41 AM

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i'd rather have a midget smack me between the eyes repeatedly with a ballpeen hammer than get on that thing.

Brian Damage · 09-30-2004, 10:37 AM

No thank you! The Cyclone in Coney Island gave me chest pains.....imagine what that would do?

spunkygirl · 09-30-2004, 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by robyrob
thats just ridiculous - that thing is just too darn high.

i'd rather have a midget smack me between the eyes repeatedly with a ballpeen hammer than get on that thing.

There's not enough money in the world to get me to ride that thing

I am Him · 09-30-2004, 11:33 AM

They just revealed new plans to increase the coasters height to 1049 feet.

Nighthawk76 · 09-30-2004, 12:46 PM

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I heard about that roller coaster yesterday on the news. I wouldn't go on that. I don't like roller coasters. That definitely doesn't sound like something for people who are afraid of heights.

I don't like heights either, or roller coasters.

Hollow · 09-30-2004, 03:40 PM

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I don't like heights either, or roller coasters.

i hate roller coasters. i feel like i'm gonna throw up the whole time and they make me hurt with all the jerking. and i'm scared of heights too.

Dutabi84 · 09-30-2004, 03:48 PM

The feeling of 0 gravity is kind of neat, but ultimately I can't stand being on roller coasters. I have legs..not wings. I was meant to be on the ground.

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phoebe7165 Pop Culture Goddess Forum Star Join Date: Apr 15, 2003 Location: US of A - the country of "really bad music" lovers Posts: 11,600	Oh yes!!! I am sooooo there!!! I love rollercoasters!! Now let's see what Cedar Point can come up with now. Like they don't already have enough rollercoasters in their park.
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Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	i would CRY if i had to go on that. reminds me of the "safest ride in the world" on johnny bravo.

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Dutabi84 kittens must die Forum Star Join Date: Apr 22, 2003 Location: MN/TX Posts: 11,026	The feeling of 0 gravity is kind of neat, but ultimately I can't stand being on roller coasters. I have legs..not wings. I was meant to be on the ground.