I-Kalahari Indoor Water Park eSandusky, e-Ohio
Ukuhamba kwepaki yokuqala yamanzi ngezinhlobo zalo - endlini yangaphandle noma ngaphandle - i-Kalahari's Zip Coaster ibizwa ngokufanele. I-raft-person's raft ishayela ngokushesha lapho kuhamba khona amathrekhi omgwaqo wamanzi. Ngenxa yesistimu yayo yokuqalisa ibhande eliyingqayizivele, ama-raft angena ekhuphukeni futhi ahlahle futhi anikeze izinjabulo eziningi. Ngeshwa, uhlelo lwama-ultra-bhisikidi oluthuthumayo lubuye lube nesibhamu esikhulu se-Zip Coaster abagibeli kanye nezivakashi kuzo zonke i-park yamanzi yangaphakathi.
Isisindo se-Thrill Scale (0 = Wimpy !, 10 = Yikes!): 3
Amaconsi athile kanye nesivinini. Awekho amabhande esihlalo. Izikhathi zobumnyama.
Ukuphakama kwesidingo: amasentimitha angu-42
Thayipha: "I-Zip Coaster" i-coaster yamanzi ekhuphuka
I-Zip-a-dee-doo-dah
Ukugibela i-coaster, abagibeli bakhuphuka izindiza ezimbalwa izitebhisi eziseduze kwepaki. Abagibeli ababili ngesikhathi esisodwa begibela ama-rafts. Abagibeli bamahhashi babambisane nabagibeli abalodwa (noma bangakha ubudlelwane ngenkathi bekhona), ngoba i-coaster idinga abagibeli ababili. Ama-rafts ahlala ebhanini lokuthutha elihlala lingasebenzi ngesikhathi senqubo yokulayisha. Uma nje abagibeli bekhona, opharetha uphonsela inkinobho evuselela imoto yebhande. Uma ifika ngesivinini esiphelele, ibhande libandakanya, futhi - i-zip! - i-raft iphuma ngqo esiteshini sokulayisha eduze nefrimu evulekile.
Ekupheleni komgwaqo omkhulu, umthumbi wesibili uthumela ama-rafts phezulu kwentaba encane, bese abagibeli bewela phansi phansi lapho behambisa umoya omuhle. Inani lokuthambisa lixhomeke esisindo nokusabalalisa kwabagibeli.
Umthumbi wesithathu ududuza ama-raft up uye emhubheni ovalwe. Ubumnyama busiza ukwengeza kumsolwa. Ezinye izibani ezikhanyayo ezikhanyayo ngaphakathi komhubhe zihlinzeka ngesikhashana i-Space Mountain ibhejethi ephansi. Ukudonsa okuncane okwesibini kunikeza omunye umzuzu womoya wesikhathi. Lokhu kulandelwa omunye ukuhanjiswa kwebhanti okuya phezulu kuya epulazini ephambi kwepaki, elinye ukudonsa, kanye nebhande lokugcina elidlulisela phambili liqhubekela phezulu nasesiteshini sokulayishwa.
Kuyinto encane, kodwa ngokuqinisekile imnandi, ukugibela.
I-mechanics kanye nokuzwa kwamandla ka-G-coaster yamanzi ahluke kwi-roller coaster yendabuko. Ngokungafani nemoto ehamba phambili, ukugibela kwamanzi okugibela amanzi akukhambisani nomzila (noma ngaphezulu), ngakho-ke wonke ama-raft, kanye nabagibeli bawo, bangakwazi ukuphakamisa emoyeni bese behlehla emuva njengoba behamba emagqumeni. Futhi, cishe cishe konke ukugibela kwamanzi, i-Zip Coaster ayinikezi izivimbelo zokuphepha, futhi abagibeli bangabhekana nezilinganiso ezihlukahlukene ze-airtime futhi baxhumane kuye ngokuthi baziqinisa kanjani ngokuqinile ekuthathweni kwe-catch.
Letha amanye ama-earplugs kanye nama-plugs akho ekhaleni
I-Blaster Water coasters etholakala kwamanye amapaki amanzi asendlini afana neCastaway Bay eSandusky noma iCalahari yokuqala yaseWisconsin Dells , sebenzisa amajetshi amanzi ukuze athuthukise ama-rafts ekukhuphukeni. I-Zip Coaster ifinyelela umphumela ofanayo namabhanti ayo, uma ahlambalaza, aphethe amabhande. Ibhande elisiteshini sokulayisha likhalela kuphela lapho umgibeli ogijima ewenza kusebenze. Kodwa ezinye izibhande ezintathu zokuhamba, zihlala ziphuza e-RPM ephansi, bese zigibela ngokuzenzakalelayo egijimini eliphakeme lapho i-raft isondela.
Ngejubane eliphansi, umsindo uyacasula. Lapho begijimela ku-zip mode, noma kunjalo, amabhande akhipha izingqungquthela zokugubha izinzwa ezikhumbuza izimboni eziqinile zokhuni noma izinsimbi.
Kunzima ngokwanele ukuba uqhube ingxoxo emgodini wamanzi wangaphakathi we-Cavernous ne-dinner ephindaphindiwe yamanoni wamanzi, ukuklabalaza abagibeli, kanye namabhakede amanzi ahlasele. I-Zip Coaster ye-Kalahari iqhubekela phezulu ku-cacophony kuya emazingeni ahlukanisa izindlebe.
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