U-Kingda Ka Ungomnye wee-Coaster kwi-Freakiest kwiLizwe

Ukuhlaziywa kweeNqabu ezithandathu ezinkulu zeNgcaciso zeConaster

Ngaphantsi komxhasi we-roller kunye nomnye umatsalane othakazelisayo owenzelwe amalungelo okuziqhayisa, u-Kingda Ka ngumponyisi onobuqili. Kuyavunywa, yinto yokukhohlisa ye-hec kunye nokukhawuleza kwangaphambili. Buza kanye mhlawumbi ngokwaneleyo. Ukusungula kunokusongela ukuba ucece. Kodwa, ekugqibeleni, nangona i-record break-breaking breaking 456-foot tower, u-Kingda Ka uya kukushiya uzive uhleli.

"Ndiya kunyuka kwaye ngaphantsi ... YINI?"

Ukulindela akuyiyo. Njengabagibeli bee-trains zika-Kingda Ka kwiipulatifomu zayo zokulayisha ezimbini, kwaye izitimela zixhomekeke ekupheleni komzila wokuqhafaza oyingqamaniso, inqanawa ekhuphayo ye-456-foot foot is looms. Inqaba ingabonwa malunga napakitha kuyo yonke ipaki, kwaye ibonakala iphakame kakhulu. Kodwa ekhangela kuyo ikhanda ukusuka kwinqanaba lomgca wesitimela esitshiweyo kwaye esithwele, lijonga ngaphaya kwamantongomane. Mhlawumbi uya kucinga, "Ndiyakhuphuka uphantsi ... YINI?"

Yonke imizuzu embalwa isitimela sithatha, songeza kwi-jitters yokuhamba phambili.

Ingqungquthela ingcingo yokuqalisa kwi-brain-scrambling 128 mph, ize ihambe ngqo ngqo kwinqaba. Njengoko ikhuphuka ngeenyawo ezingama-456, iyancipha kwaye ibonakala ingenayo i-oomph eyaneleyo yokwenza phezulu. Kwiimeko ezinqabileyo i-Kingda Ka kunye namanye ama-rocket coasters enza, enyanisweni, i-peter out and slide back back to the tower.

Ukukhwela kwenzelwe ukusingatha i-anomaly (kwaye abanye abalandeli bayakujonga ukuba ibheji yenhlonipho yokufumana i-backback).

U-Kingda Ka ke unxiba ngaphaya kwelinye icala aze angene kwi-270-degree degree. Ukukhwela umdlalo ukubuyela kwisikhululo, ukhuphuka intaba engama-129 ukuya kwintlambo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba zihlandlo ezininzi ukujonga umzila weetoni ngokuhamba, akukho nto iya kukulungiselela ukukhwela.

Yeeeee-ahhhhh!

Njengokuba kunjalo nabaninzi bama-coasters, ii-brakes zikhutshwe nje ngaphambi kokuba u-Kingda athabathe kwaye ashiye isitimela sikhululekile-esingezantsi. Emva koko, yeeeee-ahhhhh !, ikhuthazwa ngokugqithisa okukhulu kwamandla phantsi komzila. Ukuhamba nge-128 mph kwinqwelo evulekileyo yintlungu engathandekiyo.

Ngendlela, ukufumana i-128 mph inokuziva ngathi yintlungu. Kodwa unokuba uzibuza ukuba u-Kingda Ka ungumxhasi okhawulezayo kwihlabathi . Ukukhwela kwePlay Flags kwenzeni, ngokwenene ukuphula iirekhodi xa kuqala kuvule ngo-2005. Ubeka njani namhlanje? Isalunamathele kwiirekhodi enye, kodwa, kukho i-coaster ngaphandle apho i-wackier kune-Kingda Ka.

Emva kokuphakamisa inqaba, imizuzwana embalwa ye-quasi-hesitation-ngaba siyakwenza? Imbono ekugqibeleni kwinqaba, ukuba ngabagibeli bayakwazi ukuvula amehlo abo evulekile, kuyamangalisa.

Kuze kube yile ngongoma, kwaye sithetha nangemizuzwana engu-10, u-Kingda Ka usendle.

Anticlimactic

Ukuhla phantsi kwinqaba, nangona kunjalo, kunokubakho indawo engalindelekanga njengoko isitimela sigxina. Ukujikeleza okubonakalayo kuphazamisayo kwaye kuphazamisa ukuphakama kokuphakama nokukhawuleza. Kwaye intaba ye-airtime ye-129-foot is anticlimactic kwaye iyamangalisa inqabileyo. Ngaloo mandla amaninzi, ucinga ukuba bekuza kubakho ukuqhuma kwe-airtime. (I-nimevana ye-airtime, inkunzi ukuya kwi -coasters ye-Great Adventure, i-El Toro ne- Nitro .)

Ukubuyela kwisikhululo, abagibeli baqhekeza i-shell ekhwankqisayo ukusuka ekuqalweni nasekuphakameni okude. Kodwa banokuthi bancitshiswe. Emva koko konke okulindelekileyo, ukukhwela kuphelile kwi-blink.

Masiphonce iinqwelo zethu eziphezulu kwi-Intamin, umenzi womkhweli, kunye neeTragizo ezithandathu zokuba ne-audacity yokwakha i-recordda-breaking Kingda Ka.

Kodwa, ukuphula iirekodi akuguquleli ukuba ube ngamava ahamba phambili. Esikhundleni se-symphony yezinto ezithandekayo-i-crescendos, ukukhutshwa, iintlanzi, ii-bridges-ukuba i-coaster enkulu ikhiphe, i-Kingda Ka yinto engapheliyo, inqaku elilodwa, elinomculo onzima.

Ukufumana ingqiqo kwinto eyenza i-coaster enkulu, hlola ukuhlaziywa kwethu kweSuperman kwiRide kwi-Six Flags New England .