Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Roller Coaster
Ibukezwe ngo-Septhemba 2014
Ingabe umbane ungashaya kabili? Kwaphela amashumi eminyaka, i-circa-1925 Thunderbolt i-roller coaster coaster eConey Island yayingenye yezindawo zokuzijabulisa - kanye nokuhamba kwezwe okuthandayo kakhulu. Umlandeli weminyaka emisha uvuliwe ngo-2014 eLuna Park . Ngenkathi ibizwa ngegama elifanayo, i-Steel Thunderbolt i-coaster ehluke ngokuphelele kusuka kumagama ayo. Ngomunye wemishini yokuthakazelisa kakhulu evelele eyake yaklanywa.
Nokho, ukugibela kwalo kulungile.
Izibalo zeCoaster
- Uhlobo lwe-coaster: I-Steel ikhishwa ngaphandle nangemuva
- Isivinini esiphezulu: 65 mph
- Ukuphakama kwenqaba: 125 amamitha
- Ukuphakama kokuphakama okuqondile: izinyawo ezingu-110
- I-Angle yokukhuphuka nokudonsa kokuqala: ama-degree angu-90
- Ukuphakama kwesidingo: amasentimitha angu-50
- Umkhiqizi we-Ride: Zamperla
Ungasingatha Ukuduma?
Akuyona i-mega-isilwane efana ne- Kingda Ka ku-Six Flags Great Adventure noma i-ilk yayo. Kodwa nge-hill-90 ye-hill lift ne-drop, ama-inversions amaningi, kanye ne-perky ngesivinini se-65 mph ngesivinini, ngokusobala ukugibela abathandekayo abathandekayo.
Ubukhona Bokuduma Emkhakheni WeBhodi
I-Thunderbolt itholakala emabhuloki ambalwa ukusuka eMpumalanga . I-coasters emibili ihlanganisa i-boardwalk eyaziwa yiConey Island. Zombili izinto zokubuka ukuze zibone. I-woodie yama-classic, eye yabamba indlu engcwele yaseBrooklyn kusukela ngo-1927, iyisiqephu esiphila saseMelika esithinta i-Coney Island ekudlulile kwayo esikhathini esidlule. I-Thunderbolt imelela ukuzalwa kwayo kabusha nethemba lekusasa.
Indawo emide futhi ephawulekayo enomhlaba lapho i-coaster yensimbi ihlala khona isuka eSurf Avenue kuze kube se-boardwalk. Kubonakala ingekho ngaphezu kwamamitha amabili ububanzi. I-serpentine yayo, ithrekhi kagesi-orange igweba isibhakabhaka se-oceanfront skyline.
Njengoba kukhanyiswa okukhulu, kuhle kakhulu ekubuseni.
I-interplay yayo namanye ama-markmark ahlinzeka ngokungafani kakhulu phakathi kweConey Island endala neyisha . Kusukela endaweni eyodwa, isibonelo, isakhiwo seParachute Jump yasendulo singabonakala sakhiwe ngaphakathi kwe-coaster's sleek, efana ne-tile-shaped loop. I-ride ngokwayo idlala nemithonya yezokuncintisana yendawo. Ukuzethemba ukuhleleka kwesakhiwo, ukuklama kwansuku zonke, izimpawu ezikhomba igama layo ziyamangalisa futhi zihlekisa.
Isikhungo sokulayisha sisebhokisini lokugcina lohambo. Amaphakheji amaningi amathekithi axhumeneyo, angasetshenziselwa i-coaster kanye nanoma yimuphi omunye ugibele eLuna Park, atholakalayo. Uma ngabe i-Thunderbolt inesithakazelo kuzo, noma kunjalo, amathikithi we-la carte akhokhela u-$ 10 ngomuntu ngamunye. Ngaleso sanani, kungcono kube khona ukuhamba kwe-hecbild eyodwa.
I-Pocket-Ukuphuma Uhambo
Isitimela ngasinye sihamba ngemoto eyisishiyagalolunye esinezigibeli ezintathu ezinezihlalo ezintathu. Njengoba izibonakaliso esiteshini zenza kucace, abagibeli abakwazi ukukhetha izihlalo zabo (nakuba ungacabanga nge $ 10 pop, lokho kungaba ukuvumelanisa okuncane epaki engayenza). Umugqa wangaphambili, ngokusobala, unikeza imibono engabonakali futhi uyathandwa, nakuba imigqa yesibili nowesithathu ifakwe njengendawo yokuhlala yezemidlalo.
Izimoto ezivuliwe azikho izinhlangothi noma izimpande. I-Thunderbolt logo ifakwe emiphakathini ethile encane ngaphambi kwezimoto.
I-ride isebenzisa uhlelo lokuvimbela engangizange ngilubone ngaphambili. Ihlanganisa i-harness ephezulu, kodwa esikhundleni sokuvimba okunamandla kakhulu, izintambo ezincane ezivikelekile eziphephile ezihamba phambili zabagibeli. Futhi, ngokungafani namanye amasistimu ama-coasters 'on-shoulder,' azikho izivimbelo zekhanda. Nokho, kukhona izivimbelo ezingavamile ezithinta izindebe zabagibeli. Ama-operators abathinteka phansi, okwaholela ekutheni isithanga esingathandeki sihlukumeze ngaphambi kokuba uhambo luqale.
Ngemva kokushiya esiteshini, isitimela sijikeleza isikhonkwane futhi siqondise ngqo phezulu entabeni yokuphakama. (Uma izindleko zokugibela ukugibela zingakaqedi isikhwama sakho, mhlawumbe ufuna ukuzishiya kanye nanoma yiziphi ezinye izinto eziyigugu emaphaketheni akho nomngane ongenaye.) Njengamanye amaphakheji angama-90, akwazi ukubhekana nokubhekana amazulu njengoba uqhafaza-chofoza uqhafaza skyward.
Kubheka Okukhulu. Ho Hum Ride.
Esikhathini esiphezulu, akukho ndawo ongayenza kodwa ngokuqondile ngaphesheya. Lokho kulandelwa ngokushesha i-loop enkulu kanye ne- rolling heartline roll . Isitimela semikhawulo kuze kube sekugcineni kwendlela yayo, iguqula futhi ihamba ngezinye izakhi, kufaka phakathi isikhwama sezinkukhu kanye ne-dive loop eyenza abagibeli abagibeli bahlekise imizuzwana.
"Ukukhathazeka" yigama lokusebenza. Ngayo yonke inversions, kwakungelula kimi ukuthola ama-bearings ami. Ngangazi ukuthi lolu hambo lwaluzofika eSurf Avenue futhi lubuyele emuva olwandle, kodwa bengingazi ukuthi kwenzekile. Uhambo oluthile olunzima lwangiphazamisa nami. Ngenhlanhla, ngaphandle kokuvimbela ikhanda, kwakungekho nenye yekhanda eliyi-ping-ponging elibethelela ukuthi amanye ama-coasters ahlukumezekile.
I-Thunderbolt inezintaba ezithile zezinsikazi ekuhambeni kokubuya, okuvame ukuletha ama-pops amahle we- airtime kwamanye ama-coasters. Kodwa, inqwaba ethinteka kakhulu ethintekayo ku-Thunderbolt ivimbela noma yiziphi izikhathi ezihlonishwayo ngaphandle kwesihlalo sakho - okungenani zenzelwe mina. Uhambo luvame ukungena, futhi kubonakala sengathi luphela ngokushesha.
Akuyona ukudumazeka okukhulu, noma ukugijima okunamandla kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, izinkanyezi ezintathu ezincane. Kodwa yenza isitatimende esinesibindi, esithakazelisayo eceleni kwebhodi. Futhi, njenge-coaster yokuqala eyenziwe ngokwezifiso eConey Island emashumini eminyaka, kuyisikhathi esamukelekile sezinto ezinhle ezizayo.