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The world's highest swing ride goes up a whopping 400 ft in the air and has just opened in Texas
UK Mail ^ | 5/25/13 | DAVID MCCORMACK

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: amusement; ride; swing
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To: central_va

So’s El Paso but we’re talking about neither one.


61 posted on 05/26/2013 7:23:48 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: harpu

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.


62 posted on 05/26/2013 7:50:54 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: RegulatorCountry

Do they allow women to take their pocketbooks up with them?


63 posted on 05/26/2013 7:51:54 AM PDT by ken5050 (Due to all the WH scandals, MSNBC is changing its slogan from "Lean Forward" to "BOHICA")
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To: RegulatorCountry

Wow...panties in a twist, are they? Must really be great being a KNOWITALL!!


64 posted on 05/26/2013 8:40:17 AM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: harpu

You started it, neener neener neener.


65 posted on 05/26/2013 8:44:03 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: ken5050

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.


66 posted on 05/26/2013 8:53:42 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: central_va
World's scariest job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIjC7DjoVe8&feature=player_embedded

Try this one!

67 posted on 05/26/2013 8:58:53 AM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

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.


68 posted on 05/26/2013 9:00:22 AM PDT by Fire_on_High (RIP City of Heroes and Paragon Studios, victim of the Obamaconomy.)
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To: Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows

The swing ride goes even higher if the restraints break away.


69 posted on 05/26/2013 9:09:06 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: RegulatorCountry

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...


70 posted on 05/26/2013 9:10:02 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
Seeing the picture, I misunderstood. I thought it was a bungee swing.


71 posted on 05/26/2013 9:11:09 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: berdie
There was a time in my life I would have beat down the doors to get on this ride. Not even that long ago.The scarier...the better. I really hate growing up...and having a bad back. :(

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.

72 posted on 05/26/2013 9:13:17 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: dragnet2

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.


73 posted on 05/26/2013 9:13:17 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea; Revolting cat!
Are all passengers required to hold onto a barf bag at all times?

"The weatherman didn't say anything about precipitation today?!!!"

74 posted on 05/26/2013 9:15:21 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Come on...I have trees in my yard nearly 100 feet high...

Those are cheap little twigs..


75 posted on 05/26/2013 9:18:00 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

You didn’t even go look, did you? There’s a record specimen there, rivaling some redwoods. A big tree by anyone’s standards.


76 posted on 05/26/2013 9:25:23 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Vendome

The Stratosphere Hotel in Vegas.


77 posted on 05/26/2013 10:37:32 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (America has a two Party system, the Tea Party and the Communist Party.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Yay whatever. LOL.... I was Vegas drunk both times.


78 posted on 05/26/2013 10:57:51 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

40 stories? NFW. If I’m up that high, I want something with a fuselage, wings and a glide ratio under me.


79 posted on 05/26/2013 1:07:19 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

lol....


80 posted on 05/26/2013 8:29:44 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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