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Giant canyon swing always gets me. Obvi it has the positives and floater like any s&s swing, but the acrophobia of feeling like youre about to be hurled off a cliff, combined with the amazing scenery makes it such a top notch installation for me.

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[–] bobkmertz@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you want a permanent attraction it's either Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at WDW or Forbidden Journey at IoA.

For simple ride there is nothing that beats a Zipper or nearly any old school Chance ride.... Gravitron (with a good light/sound system) is a close second.

[–] Chadteeka@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm that forbidden journey seems more like a dark ride. But yeah do you know if there's any permanent zipper installs? I really don't frequent fairs lol. I tried to get my buddies to rip the rock o plane at lagoon but they were not into that.

[–] bobkmertz@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

The classification of dark ride is really subjective.... Both TZ:ToT and FJ could go both ways but I think of them more as thrill rides.

As for a permanent Zipper I had rumors of one at Jolly Roger in Maryland (30th street) that's permanent but I can't personally confirm that....

[–] GandalfDG 1 points 1 year ago

the WDW Tower of Terror is such a special ride. The extra trackless element in the 5th dimension is in hindsight not a great move from an operational standpoint, but it's so unique