Hmmm. Neat. FunnyFAQ too.
On 10/10/14, Lisa Hayes <lhay...@internode.on.net> wrote: > Cara These sound wonderful rides by heavens they do wow. > Lisa Hayes > > > > > www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cara Quinn" <caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 11:09 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] amusement park rides we remember - Re: suggestionfor > > park boss > > >> There is a ride I just went on last month on Pikes Peak, called The >> Terror-dactyl. >> >> It is at the top of a 700 foot deep canyon with a river at the bottom. >> >> You and another person sit in a pair of connected seats side by side, >> which are at the top of one edge of the canyon. >> >> You are only held in by a very thin harness. They then remove the floor >> from beneath you both and slowly tilt your seats down so you are now >> facing straight down the canyon wall, and you are only held in at this >> point, by your harness. >> >> I love these sorts of rides and trust me, it is pretty scary at this >> point, even if you cannot see. ;) >> >> Finally they count down from three to 1 and release you. You fall straight >> >> down the canyon wall and swing out to the center of the canyon and onward >> >> toward the other side. You then begin to drift into a spin and swing >> backward toward the canyon wall where you started and so on. >> >> The seats swing on a single cable, so you continue to spin as you swing. >> >> The zero G is like nothing I've experienced so far and I have gone on >> every zero G ride I can find. :) >> >> Once the ride calms down, it is actually amazingly graceful and beautiful. >> >> It's like you are flying and gently twirling in a dream. You are basically >> >> out in close to complete nothingness. It's also really cool as you can >> hear the river a long way off below you. It is about 2 or 3 hundred feet >> below you and you can hear it flowing as you swing above it. It is >> awesome! :) >> >> There is also a ride in Vegas which I plan on trying which has you jump >> off of a platform 850 feet above the ground. You are in a harness and jump >> >> straight down the side of the stratosphere. So it's like BASE jumping or >> bungee jumping on steroids. :) >> >> You go all the way to the ground so it is quite a lot of zero G. >> >> I'm looking forward to it! >> >> Smiles, >> >> Cara :) >> --- >> iOS design and development - LookTel.com >> --- >> View my Online Portfolio at: >> >> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn >> >> Follow me on Twitter! >> >> https://twitter.com/ModelCara >> >> On Oct 10, 2014, at 6:31 AM, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Charles, >> >> Better you than me. The vomit comet gets the name for a reason because >> almost everyone who goes through that part of training upchucks. Since >> I don't like getting sick I'd prefer to stay far away from anything >> with that kind of rep. >> >> >> >> On 10/10/14, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: >>> Although I like bumper cars, I would like them even better if I could >>> see >>> where I was headed. Bash! Bash! Bash! The same with bumper boats. >>> >>> During astronaut training, they ride what they refer to as the "vomit >>> comet". I'd like to experience that bit of weightlessness. >>> >>> --- >>> Be positive! 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