Check Out This Wild New Roller Coaster: Sky Scream

Roller coaster season is upon us and I simply can't wait to start riding (very soon!).  My pal Rich is as excited as I am and between the two of us, we've been riding a lot of coasters lately via P.O.V.  (point of view) videos on YouTube.

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Here's one that he found and shared with me today, a thriller that just opened on April 12th in Holiday Park in Hassloch, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany.  It's called Sky Scream and it's a mix of several types of coasters that have been popping up around the world.  It's got the back and forth, twisting up and down of rides such as Wicked Twister in Cedar Point and Possessed in Dorney Park, combined with a complete circuit with a corkscrew loop somewhere in the vicinity of 150 feet above the ground.  Ooh, I'd love to ride this one! Check it out...

  

A-Z Blogging - Adventure Parks - U is for Ultra Twister

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Ultra Twister was known as a "heartline" roller coaster.  The ride originally opened in 1986 at Six Flags Great Adventure and was moved to Astroworld in 1991 where it stayed until that park closed in 2005, never to be ridden again.  I remember when the ride first opened, it's design was unlike anything I'd ever seen before or since.  Like the name states, this thing is an ultra twister, spinning riders in, around, up and down in a myriad of ways.  The ride is sort of an out and back design, but not quite like any other coaster out there.

The track for Ultra Twister was enclosed, and well, kind of indescribable with words.  Check out the ride below.  You can probably imagine how slow moving this line was from how it could only send out one train at a time and this is why it probably met its ultimate demise.  Too bad it was never picked up anywhere else.

"U" Coaster of the Day - Ultra Twister - 
Nagashima Spa Land - Mie Prefecture, Japan


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Just when I said there hasn't been a ride like Ultra Twister since, I found this one with the same name operating in Nagashimi Spa Land in Japan.  This one is very similar to the original, only the lift hill is a staggering 90 degrees straight up!  Oh I'd so love to ride this!  Check it out...

Check out the rest of my A-Z Adventure Parks posts:

A is for Alton Towers

B is for Busch Gardens Pipe Dreams

C is for the Coasters of China

D is for The Derby Racer

E is for EPCOT Center

F is for Ferris Wheels

G is for Geauga Lake

H is for Holiday World

I is for Islands of Adventure

J is for Coasters that Begin with the Letter "J"

K is for Kennywood

L is for Log Flumes

M is for Magic Mountain

N is for Nitro

O is for Outlaw Run

P is for Pirate Ship Rides

Q is for Quassy Amusement Park

R is for Rolling Thunder

S is for Six Flags

T is for Thunderbolt