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Title: Would You Ride This Roller Coaster?!!!
Post by: David In Indy on November 23, 2011, 04:09:57 am
This is a monorail coaster in Austria!! VERY scary looking!

I might ride it, but I think I would probably apply the brakes at least a couple of times along the way!


[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8J1jUi9gIQ&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]


It's really cute listening to his reactions as he rides it!  :laugh: :laugh:


Here's the link just in case it doesn't appear in a youtube window....

http://youtu.be/n8J1jUi9gIQ (http://youtu.be/n8J1jUi9gIQ)

Title: Re: Would You Ride This Roller Coaster?!!!
Post by: Penthesilea on November 23, 2011, 08:58:49 am
This is a monorail coaster in Austria!! VERY scary looking!

I might ride it, but I think I would probably apply the brakes at least a couple of times along the way!



Nah, they're not scary, they're lots of fun! :D
I've ridden Sommerrodelbahn* quite a few times, I LOVE them!
There are different varieties of how the sleds are connected with the track. The one in the video is a monorail; I think I've ridden a monorail before, too. There are also ones with two rails (like in my pics), and some that look more like a bobsled run.

I don't do "normal" rollercoasters anymore. Loved them as a youth, but now I'm too much a coward for them. But those Sommerrodelbahnen are not scary at all, because you can control the speed. We took the kids on those when they were still toddlers, really harmless fun.
But you bet that I do use the brakes now and then! :laugh:


There's Jens and Oliver on the way up, you can see the track in this one.
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Familie/31fde19c.jpg)



This one is in the Black Forest and it has a 360° curve! :laugh:
To the left the sleds are being pulled up.
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Familie/c4550efd.jpg)



*Sommerrodelbahn literally = summer-sledding-track
Title: Re: Would You Ride This Roller Coaster?!!!
Post by: Penthesilea on November 23, 2011, 09:49:47 am
This is the bobsled run type of Sommerrodelbahn:

(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Familie/7270e5b9.jpg)

(Pic is from the net, not by me)
Title: Re: Would You Ride This Roller Coaster?!!!
Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on November 23, 2011, 10:27:02 am
That looks like loads of fun!
Title: Re: Would You Ride This Roller Coaster?!!!
Post by: Sason on November 23, 2011, 12:04:19 pm
Yep, what Tru said, it looks like a lot of fun!
Title: Re: Would You Ride This Roller Coaster?!!!
Post by: Meryl on November 23, 2011, 12:17:03 pm
Unreal!  A full day's hike in four minutes!  :P  8)
Title: Re: Would You Ride This Roller Coaster?!!!
Post by: David In Indy on November 23, 2011, 11:38:35 pm



There's Jens and Oliver on the way up, you can see the track in this one.
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/Penthesilea09/Familie/31fde19c.jpg)





That is SUPER CUTE!!!!


Title: Re: Would You Ride This Roller Coaster?!!!
Post by: Marge_Innavera on November 24, 2011, 11:22:14 am
Unreal!  A full day's hike in four minutes!  :P  8)

Maybe ride the coaster out and hike back?   ;)

Those rides look great -- somebody's gotta build some here!
Title: Re: Would You Ride This Roller Coaster?!!!
Post by: Kelda on November 24, 2011, 04:17:04 pm
Looks fast and long!

I would def need to apply the brakes a few times!

This is a monorail coaster in Austria!! VERY scary looking!

I might ride it, but I think I would probably apply the brakes at least a couple of times along the way!


[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8J1jUi9gIQ&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]


It's really cute listening to his reactions as he rides it!  :laugh: :laugh:


Here's the link just in case it doesn't appear in a youtube window....

http://youtu.be/n8J1jUi9gIQ (http://youtu.be/n8J1jUi9gIQ)


Title: Re: Would You Ride This Roller Coaster?!!!
Post by: oilgun on November 24, 2011, 09:55:42 pm
It's basically a monorail really, hardly a roller coaster.  However, I would definitely ride it!

Now THIS is the ultimate roller coaster. Death by G-Force:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSEXmhldXQE[/youtube]