I-thunderbolt eConey Island

Ukuhlaziywa kweRock Coaster

Uhlaziywe ngoSeptemba 2014

Ngaba umbane ungabetha kabini? Kwiminyaka emininzi, i-coca Island ye-circa-1925 yeTurnderbolt yayingumnye weendawo zokuzonwabisa - kunye nehlabathi-iindwendwe ezithandekayo. Umzukeli omdala ovulekileyo ovulwe ngo-2014 kwiLuna Park . Ngelixa libizwa igama elifanayo, i-Thunderbolt yensimbi yinkqonkqo ehlukileyo ngokupheleleyo kwigama layo. Ngomnye wamashishini abonakalisa umdla okhangayo.

Noko ke, ukukhwela kwayo kulungile.

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Ngaba Unokusingatha Ukuduma Kwezulu?

Akusiyo i-mega-isilwanyana njengo- Kingda Ka kwi-Six Flags Great Adventure okanye i-ilk yayo. Kodwa nge-hill-degree ye-90-degree kunye ne-drop, i-inversions eninzi, kunye ne-perky ngesi-65 mph ngesivinini, ngokucacileyo ukukhwela abantu abathandayo abanomdla.

Ubungangamsha kwiBhodi

I-thunderbolt ifumaneka iibhloko ezimbalwa ukusuka kwiCopyone . Iingqungquthela zombini i-coasters ibhuqa i-Cwatch Cow Island. Zomibini zizinto zokujonga. I-woodie yeklasi, eye yabamba indlu engcwele yaseBrooklyn ukususela ngowe-1927, isiqhelo esiphila saseMelika esinxulumene neConey Island kwixesha elidlulileyo. Iindudumo zimele ukuzalwa kwakhona kunye nethemba lekamva.

Umgama omude kunye obalaseleyo womhlaba apho i-coaster coaster ihlala isuka kwiSyf Avenue ukuya kwi-boardwalk. Kubonakala kungekho ngaphezu kweenyawo ezili-20 ububanzi. Inyoka yayo, umzila wombane-olamanzi uhlaba i-skyline skyline.

Ngenxa yokukhanyisa kwakhe okumangalisayo, kubaluleke kakhulu ngokuhlwa.

Ukusebenzisana kwazo kunye nezinye iziganeko zinika umzekelo omkhulu phakathi kweConey Island entsha kunye entsha. Ukususela kwinqanaba elinye, umzekelo, isakhiwo seParachute yasentla singabonakala sakhiwe ngaphakathi kwe-coaster, ene-tard-shaped shape. Ukukhwela ngokwayo kudlala nempembelelo yendawo. Ukuxhomekeka kwinqanaba lezinto ezintle, ukuyila iinguqulelo zamanje, iimpawu ezichonge igama layo ziyamangalisa kwaye ziyanceda.

Isikhululo sokupaka siphezu kwebhodi lokuhamba. Iiphakheji ezithengiweyo zetekethi ezininzi, ezinokusetyenziswa kwi-coaster kunye naluphi na olunye ugibele kwiLuna Park, ziyafumaneka. Ukuba i-Thunderbolt yinto enomdla kuyo, nangona kunjalo, ithikithi le-la carte libiza i-$ 10,000 ngomntu ngamnye. Ngelo xabiso, bekube ngcono ukuba uhambo olulodwa lwe-hecbild.

I-Pocket-Ukuphuma kweRide

Isithuthi ngasinye sisinye seenqwelo-ntathu zithuthi kunye nemigangatho emithathu yezihlalo ezintathu. Njengoko izibonakaliso kwisikhululo zenza ukuba kucace, abagibeli abakwazi ukukhetha izihlalo zabo (nangona unokucinga nge-$ 10 ip pop, leyo iya kuba ngumncinci omncinci owenziweyo epakini). Umgca ongaphambili, ngokucacileyo, unikeza imibono engabonakaliyo kwaye ukhethwa, nangona imigangatho yesibini neyesithathu ifakwe njengendawo yokuhlala yezemidlalo.

Iimoto ezibonakalisiweyo azikho na macala okanye umqolo. Ikhonkco yeTyhumbolt ifakwe kwisixhobo esithile esincinci esingaphambi kweemoto.

Ukukhwela kusetyenziswa inkqubo yokunqanda engayiboni ngaphambili. Yifaka i-harness-over-shoulder-shoulder, kodwa esikhundleni sokubambelela ngokugqithiseleyo, iintambo ezinqamlekileyo ezikhuselekileyo ze-riders 'trorsos. Kwakhona, ngokungafani nezinye iinkqubo ze-coasters kwi-shoulder-shoulder, akukho zithintelo zentloko. Noko ke, kukho izithintelo ezingalindelekanga ezikhuselekileyo kwiimilenze zabagibeli. Abaqhubi bawanqumla phantsi, okubangela ukuba inqabana elinqabileyo lisichukumise kum phambi kokuba uhambo luqale.

Emva kokushiya eso sikhululo, isitimela sijikeleza i-bend kunye neentloko ngokuthe ngqo kwi-hill hill. (Ukuba iindleko zokukhwela umkhangeli awuzange zithinte i-wallet yakho, mhlawumbi ufuna ukushiya kunye nezinye izinto ezixabisekileyo kwiipokethi zakho kunye nomntu ongeyena ogibelayo.) Njengazo ezinye izikratshi eziyi-90, akunakunqwenela ukujamelana emazulwini njengoko ucofa ukunqakraza ukucofa kwezulu.

Ukhangeleka Omkhulu. Ho Hum Ride.

Kwiphepha, akukho ndawo eya kuyo kodwa ngqo ngqo ngaphesheya. Ngokukhawuleza kulandelwa umtya omkhulu kunye nomqulu okhulayo wenhliziyo . Umzila weeqeqeshini ukuya ekupheleni komzila walo, uguqula kwaye uhamba ngeendlela ezithile, kuquka i-coorkscrew ne-dive loop eyenza abagibeli baye baphazamise imizuzu embalwa.

"Ukuphazamiseka" yigama lokusebenza. Ngayo yonke inversions, kwakunzima kum ukuba ndifake iibhere. Ndayazi ukuba uhambo luya ku-Surf Avenue kwaye lubuyele elwandle, kodwa andingazi ukuba kwenzekile. Ukukhwela kancinci kwandiphazamisa. Ngombulelo, kungekho zithintelo zentloko, kwakungekho nenye yekhanda elixhambileyo elibethayo apho abanye abahlaziyileyo bahlambalaza.

I-Thunderbolt ineentaba zeentaba ekuhambeni kokubuya, oko kwakuza kubakho iipops ze- airtime kwezinye ii-coasters. Kodwa, umlenze onqabileyo onqandekileyo kwi-Thunderbolt inqanda naluphi na ixesha elithandekayo lokuhlala ngexesha lakho-ubuncinane lenzelwe mna. Ukukhwela ngokukodwa kukugqithisileyo, kwaye kubonakala ngathi iphelile ngokukhawuleza.

Akuyona into edidekayo, okanye uhambo oluthabatheleyo lokuhamba. Ngenxa yoko, iincinci ezintathu zincinci. Kodwa yenza isitatimende esinesibindi, esiqhaqhaqhayo kwi-boardwalk. Kwaye, njengesiqhelo sokuqala esenziwe ngesiko eConey Island ngamashumi eminyaka, kuyisimboli esamkelekileyo sezinto ezizayo.