Posted on 05/25/2013 8:45:46 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
The world’s tallest tower swing ride, which sends those foolhardy enough to get on-board a whopping 400 feet up in the air, was officially opened on Saturday at the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park in Arlington.
The Texas SkyScreamer allows up to twenty-four riders to sit in open-air swings while spinning in a 124-foot circle at speeds up to 35 mph.
At its 40 story peak - and if the riders still have their eyes open - they can see not only Arlington, but also Dallas and Fort Worth.
‘We are thrilled to add the tallest swing ride in the world to our premier line up of rides and attractions,’ said Steve Martindale, park president of Six Flags Over Texas.
‘It offers the most unique ride experience for an attraction of this kind, and also lives up to the Texas mantra that everything is bigger in the Lone Star state!’
There are seven SkyScreamer rides located at theme parks throughout the U.S. but this latest one dwarfs the competition, the next tallest is in Georgia and is a mere 242 feet tall.
Due to the far greater height though, riders are spun at a reduced speed of 35mph compared to the usual 43 mph.
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So’s El Paso but we’re talking about neither one.
Could also be the Six Flags outside of St. Louis. A couple of years ago they had just upgraded the old milder version (maybe 20 or 30 feet off of the ground) to something that takes you as high as the Superman ride. There was a long line, but it wasn’t moving. They’d take people up, spin them a bit, bring them down. Then guys with clipboards walked around checking seats and chains. We watched this process repeat itself several times and decided to skip this thrill.
Do they allow women to take their pocketbooks up with them?
Wow...panties in a twist, are they? Must really be great being a KNOWITALL!!
You started it, neener neener neener.
There’s gentlemanly, which Texans most often are, and there’s unmanly, which Texans most often aren’t.
She’s going to have to tote her own pocketbook up that “hill,” lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIjC7DjoVe8&feature=player_embedded
Try this one!
Yeah, I think you’re right; it looks pretty plausible anyway. It’s been a good long time since I was to Six Flags here but it was on the outskirts and there’s tons of land with just hills and trees between built up areas.
The swing ride goes even higher if the restraints break away.
You guys don’t know what trees and mountains are...CA trees make your trees appear as dead puny twigs..Our mountains make your scrawny hills appear as pimples on a jack ball...
Of course our politicians wear diapers and sniff glue....So...
Life experiences shape your outlook. I've learned not to trust staircases that you can see through (FELL through one in Amsterdam).
There is a reason that young people vote Democrat, embrace Islamic imperialism, and Hollywood values. They are young and ignorant of outcomes and consequences.
I once dated a girl from Half Moon Bay, sort of a woo-woo hippy chick as only Northern Californians can be, who beleived that the redwoods “drew” the fog and rain in off the Pacific, and that a horrible drought would ensue as a result of cutting them.
We have big trees in NC by the way. Look up the yelllow poplar in Joyce Kilmer.
"The weatherman didn't say anything about precipitation today?!!!"
Come on...I have trees in my yard nearly 100 feet high...
Those are cheap little twigs..
You didn’t even go look, did you? There’s a record specimen there, rivaling some redwoods. A big tree by anyone’s standards.
The Stratosphere Hotel in Vegas.
Yay whatever. LOL.... I was Vegas drunk both times.
40 stories? NFW. If I’m up that high, I want something with a fuselage, wings and a glide ratio under me.
lol....
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