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Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit!
New coaster poised to open
Riders will pick their own choice of
musical soundtrack to accompany
Due to open any day now, Universal Studios in Orlando will soon unveil “one of
them as they hurtle through 3,800ft of
the most radically innovative rollercoasters ever created” – Hollywood Rip Ride
steel track at speeds up to 65 mph.
Rockit. Built by Maurer Söhne, the ride combines a number of new coaster
Each rider's song is then featured on a
moves with a highly sophisticated audio and video system to offer unique ride
ride video they can purchase as they
experience.
leave the attraction.
Despite announcing Hollywood
The non-inverted loop
Rip Ride Rockit last year, Universal
Orlando has only now elaborated
on some of the ride’s finer points.
It is, for example, the tallest,
largest and fastest X-Car coaster yet
produced by Maurer. The ride’s waist-level restraints allow riders to have a
more open and exhilarating ride. That X-Car design also means Hollywood Rip
Ride Rockit is capable of manoeuvres other coasters are not. With several
vehicles on the track at one time, it also promises non-stop movement and
action.
Signature features of the ride include a vertical lift, a “double take” non-
inverted loop and a “treble clef” segment shaped like the musical symbol.
Both the latter elements are world-firsts, as is the “jump cut,” a spiralling
negative-gravity camelback. This is followed by the “crowd surfer” over the
loading platform, a “drop tuning” that takes riders underground and a final
“plot twist” (inclined loop).
Buccaneer Battle sets
sail at Six Flags
At Six Flags Great Adventure, Gurnee, Illinois, the battle lines have been drawn
and the flags have been raised as the park’s new interactive water ride,
Buccaneer Battle, sets sail. The pirate-themed water attraction is manufactured
by Mack Rides and located in the County Fair area of the park next to Farmer’s
Market.
Buccaneer Battle engages passengers in a fun-soaked, soaking-wet battle as
14 ships, each with room for eight crew members, float through a 450ft
channel packed with targets along the way – including other boats!
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10 JULY 2009
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