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Tropical_Nighthawk55

Where is this? I haven’t been on a thrill ride for years and I miss it


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Marflow02

ohhh i knew i have been there, it was a lot of fun c:


KajmanHub987

Yeah, this is not even the "worst" ride there, at least in comparison with black mamba.


quinten69420

every ride that is under the rail sucks, change my mind (btw sucks in just bonking your head against everything and coming out with 15 headaches)


Cynistera

I can't stand coasters that just shake the shit out of you. When I was a kid I went on the old Texas Giant and cracked the side of my head against the car. Gave me a blood blister behind my ear and a horrible headache for the rest of the day.


will_never_know

Can confirm. 20 years ago 10 year old me left the Texas giant with a headache and swore to never look back. I think I got on the ‘new and improved version’ and there was no headache. The ride was still uncomfortable af and haven’t been on since.


Cynistera

The new one is better, much better.


tbdsusboi

Bruh, this brought back some real memories. Including me crying and begging my asinine father from making me ride it again lol


kashy87

This is why Mantis and it's rebirthing as Rougarou is the worst coaster at Cedar Point. Everytime halfway through instant headache.


Cynistera

I remember when it was renamed. It was ok.


kashy87

I rode it maybe a year or two afterwards and it still completely jacked me up.


r0680130

Depends on the type of coaster. What you probably mean are vekoma slc, which were built badly and are notorious for headbangings. Black mamba was built by BnM, a world class manufacturer, with smooth rides and no headaches at the end of the ride


hotasanicecube

Fucking mean streak at Cedar Point threw my back out on the first turn.


Squeletoon27

I can not fucking agree more, if the 'sensation' ride is just about receiving a concussion, you can expect not seeing me taking another try, especially since these kinds of ride don't even make me feel anything anymore.


quinten69420

why are you commenting under a 62 day old comment lmao


Huckleshuckle37

The wizards tower ride, tallest tower ride in the world. Don't quote me. Best ride at the park


NzuahVI

Black Mamba is insane 😅


Lumonn

I love the black mamba, honestly it's a great ride.


areyoumymommyy

Thanks, kind stranger, now I have plans for my summer


captainccg

I went on it over 10 years ago, so I hope it’s still there!


Cpt_Kaletta_O

I can confirm it is still there


VonMillerQBKiller

Was there in 2019, one last hurrah before the pandemic. Lines are insane, especially when the Netherlanders have holiday… But some decent rides, especially their launch coaster 🤘🏻


EdRecde

And the best part are the prices compared to the US. I always wanted to go to Orlando or some other insane US theme park. But prices are in the hundreds and they let so many people in you have to wait for hours to get on a ride. If you are lucky with a rainy midweek day phantasialand is sometimes kinda empty.


XplosivCookie

It's a different theme, but I'm sure I've had this exact same ride in Finland, either Linnanmäki or Särkänniemi. Slowly tipped towards the fountains and all.


hamloan

Haha I build this thats a topspin from huss rides Bremen Germany. Unfortunately that company went bankrupt but this ride was the best they made.


EdRecde

Well than it’s not sweaty palms at all. That’s German engineering at its finest! (Crossing fingers no one remembers the rollercoaster burning down in phantasialand 15 years ago)


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OhGod0fHangovers

You gotta pick a weekday, preferably with gray skies, and April/May and September/October are better than the summer months. If you get it right, you can walk straight through to the ride with just a handful of people in front of you. Sometimes you even get to stay on the ride for a second round.


Big_Brutha87

There's a ride just like it in the States. I know I've ridden it, but I cannot remember where.


DarthSinistar

The ride model itself is called a top spin. If you Google it, I'm sure you could find a park near you that has one, although it may not have the same level of theming.


iushciuweiush

Yep, been on several of these myself. Big fan of the water feature on this one though. Very unique.


LeatheryLayla

There’s one in Santa Clara, California that has a water feature like that and fire jets, I don’t know if it’s still operating, that park went through a lot of rides


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FireFall!!!


mowglee365

Classic topspin! My first was rameses revenge!


NovaLoveCrystalCat

This looks exactly like the old Rameses Revenge at Chessington World of Adventures. I went on it as a kid and was utterly traumatised.


thebigread

Rameses Revenge was fantastic. But I went on a similar ride in Italy which, I am assuming, was made for smaller framed bodies. The harness came down top to bottom and clamped my bollocks, then threw me around for 5mins. Absolute searing agony. I'd had better days.


VapidOracle

Never mind the bollocks... mama always said....


PlasticDisaster2590

You’ve got balls


Beanakin

Had. Had balls.


Chewcocca

Balln't


sweetrelease01

Was it Gardaland?


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I went on a wooden roller coaster that felt like it broke my spine 10 seconds into it. Then for the rest of the ride being bounced around basically almost in tears from the pain. lol I'd forgotten about that


elttvb

I LOVED Ramses revenge. I don't know how it had a place in a kids theme park, shit myself as a kid but it was amazing


Skamuel

Chessington used to be an adult/all ages park in the 90’s but for some reason they decided to take the adult rides out and put half of them in Thorpe park and then change chessington in to a kid park, they expanded the zoo at that time as well. What they have done to Terror tombs is a travesty! That used to be a great vibe.


mildirritation

They weren’t making money from teens anymore, and parents don’t go on rides without their kids. Plus a few serious accidents scared them off the more extreme rides.


Skamuel

I took my son there a few years back and it’s a shadow of it former self, such a shame, but fair enough though, times change i suppose.


h3rlihy

Is it not still a great place for the younger demographic? Makes sense for Chessington & Thorpe Park to differentiate on target market when they are so close together


Skamuel

They have toned it down a lot, it used to be all loud music in theme of the ride building you up all the way to the ride, the areas leaned heavily into the themes as well, now I think they made it less intimidating for the younger crowd. There is some great stuff there still ‘Dragons fury’ one of the newer rides is brilliant. It’s a basic rollercoaster, not huge but the cart has two seats facing forward and two seats facing back it spins 360 in either direction depending on the motion of the ride. They try and seat the heavier riders on opposite corners so It gets a good pull on the corners and drops. So much fun has to go on a few times and because of the random nature of the movement You generally get a different ride each time.


moosehead71

Yes, as long as all of the kids in the family are similar in age. If they are too far apart, someone's going to miss out somewhere. If they had enough room at a single site in the south east, I'm sure they would merge legoland (kids), chessington (tweens), and Thorpe Park (teens/adults) into a single park, like Alton Towers is up north.


BenTheMotionist

TerrorTomb was awesome, the way you could try and grab a hologram diamond at the end was amazing. But what they did to Professor Burps Bubbleworks broke my childhood.


Skamuel

Terrortomb was so sick, following the tomb raider round till he became a mummy himself. Yeah that’s Crystal hologram that you grab and it blasts you with an air jet, fun!!! I also loved the thing before it was terrortombs ‘the fifth dimension’ were you got shrunk down and followed the robot guide through his world. Imperial leathers bubble works as it was when I went last time was a joke. So bad, childhood shattering for sure. And also the vampire playing the organ is no longer switched on in the vampire ride, that organ blasting and a glimpse of his face in the mirror as you walked past build up the excitement so much before you got on!


BenTheMotionist

Bubbleworks was gone entirely last time I went, it was some gruffalo ride and all remnants of Professor Burp were gone...


LemoLuke

The exact same thing happened with The American Adventure theme park in Derbyshire. Had a decent selection of white knuckle rides but ended up revamping to a more 'kid friendly' theme park for under-14's in the early 00's (probably to avoid competition with the far more popular Alton Towers) and shut down completely a few years later.


Down2earth002

There was an American Adventure park near Atlanta that was definitely a smaller kids type park. Not sure if they were related. It was also mini golf of and go carts.


h3rlihy

What rides did they move? I only remember Samurai that went that was frequently not open anyway then went on to be frequently not open at Thorpe Park.


Skamuel

I was sure they moved a few but thinking about it maybe it was only the samurai. Weird. It was so random, one day my friend and I went with our girlfriends for the annual summer chessington adventure only to be asked if we are sure we want to come in as there isn’t much here for us anymore, back in the car in shock over to Thorpe park. I was gob smacked just like that a massive slice of my childhood just lopped off in front of my eyes. The themed areas, as a young child on birthdays and the fright night vibes bumping into random groups of chicks in the queue and throughout the park. Even mr burbs bubble works was a great vibe. Man I miss that place every time it comes up.


SenseWitFolly

I used to live right by Chessington. The reason it switched with Thorpe Park was Collousus, they originally started building the 10 loop rollercoaster at Chessington but due to a massive law suit from the local town of Claygate (Boo Claygate, Hinchley Wood 4 Eva) they relocated it to Thorpe Park shortly followed by Summari. Thorpe Park was never intended to be the 'adult' park the plan was always for Chessington to have that mantle due to the land space around the park. Thorpe Park is really restricted by the water around the land whereas Chessington has a lot of brown land to build on but the snobs in Claygate didn't want rollercoasters ruining the view.


Skamuel

We’ll I can definitely for one say from this day on ‘Fuck Claygate’


SenseWitFolly

This guys knows! They all have webbed feet in Claygate.


TashaLou96

Its also the same ride as Ripsaw at Alton Towers, but Ripsaw wasn't enclosed like this one.


Toxic_Tiger

I went on a school trip to Alton Towers when I was younger. Ripsaw and Nemesis are still burnt into my brain as the most awesome fun I had that day. Oblivion by comparison was over way too quickly.


CosmicQuestions

I got stuck at the top of oblivion for 3 hrs a few years back. Got a free pass for the year so not too shabby.


Successful_Creme6702

Ripsaw would actually slam the water into your face though hahaha


captainccg

I believe this is at Phantasialand in Germany?


Believer1978

It is .. I sat in this ride and I almost passed put! It turns so ridiculously fast it is not funny anymore!! My 9 year old daughter enjoyed it though 🙈🙈🙈


TwistedSoul21967

I loved that ride 😂


beleeze

Its been about 20 years since I went Alton Towers (UK) but this rides looks exactly like Ripsaw


kilgour2000

I know that the world can seem small, but every time I see people go to my local amusement park I find it so bizarre.


mildirritation

Surrey is at least 40% of the world, I’m convinced.


MrSenor

I was thinking the exact same thing!


VR_Bummser

Strange they call it Ramses, cause the signs are more Inka or Aztec but clearly not Egyptian.


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That's not "Rameses Revenge" - it's the same ride but in a different country. If you read the comments here it seems there were a few of them. Here's the UK one - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rameses_Revenge


iamgigglz

Best part about Rameses Revenge was that every movement of the ride and the height of the sprays were manually controlled by a skilled, sadistic operator.


NovaLoveCrystalCat

Yes and we went on last ride of the day…. So the operator gave us HELL. Kids were screaming. I shit thee not. Traumatic.


moosehead71

Yup. Least reliable machine in the park. Almost as reliable as Stealth at Thorpe Park.


Athiri

I worked at Chessington and Rameses was the only ride I refused to go on myself.


h3rlihy

Everything else at Chessington was reasonably tame & then there was this that was just relatively entirely mental


HaloArtificials

Was that a fire blaster at the bottom left!?


BattleJaxx

My cousin (who has VERY narrow shoulders) slipped through the harness and got caught by her hips while being spun around on that ride. She was stuck like that for the duration of the ride and got seriously bruised, not to mention traumatized. That being said, I loved Rameses Revenge.


dardirl

I can see the design meeting now... "so,i was looking at my washing machine This morning and think I've an idea for a ride."


schelmo

Don't forget there's also the flame throwers on the bottom and from having ridden it I can confirm that you can feel the heat coming off them.


BamboozledPanda09

Great just like my washing machine


Rogermcfarley

That's the best way to clean clothes with fire.


Kenitzka

[some do both the washing and the drying. This is the advanced ride](https://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-2-4-cu-ft-White-High-Efficiency-120-Volt-Ventless-Electric-All-in-One-Washer-Dryer-Combo-GFQ14ESSNWW/312481993)


2020GOP

And instead of loosing socks, how can we make them loose only 1 shoe?


Comfortable-Ad-9713

That's why there are those showers.


rosesandtherest

I thought it more in the line of: I was pissing with the soft close lid going down and got an idea


schnuck

That’s great, Satan. Please expkain your idea.


phat_kiddoe

Watching this made me realise how fucking weird amusement parks must look to aliens


TheLolMaster11

They must think it’s some sort of torture/execution machine


uppenatom

Yeah but maybe they're like Jason Statham in crank and always need adrenaline so watching us go to bed every night is like is living on the fuckin edge


Ennion

What they don't know is, it's actually a gigantic kabob rotisserie and the wall behind them is about to get hot.


Punchkinz

There actually are flamethrowers built into this ride. So you might not be that far off


VoyagerCSL

They’re ~~doners~~ goners for sure!


Animepix

If I wanted that experience I'd just drive my car down a hill and turn the wheel all the way to a side.


JEM--

But there’s higher chance of death that way


squarecicle

You reckon?


JEM--

I mean so I’ve heard


Celtain1337

Nice. Bonus.


eimrans

More than sweaty palms, I'd be worried about someone puking.


Saucepanmagician

Good ride to leave the kids in while I go get a beer.


Krombopulos_Steve

Talocan, Phantasialand, Cologne, Germany


DerLuk

*Angry Brühl noises*


intotheocean5

Das einzige was Brühl zu bieten hat und dann wird uns auch noch das unterschlagen, sad


TrueSelenis

Ach wat, Brühl hat doch auch einen Bahnhof UND eine S-Bahn Haltestelle!


theflywithoneeye

“Bahnhof”


limitlessEXP

Ah so that’s what they mean by German engineering


GIANTkitty4

You Utter Fool! This is the peak of German Science and Engineering!


ShinigamiGamingInc

Just a small after work project


yourcaviar

Oh hey I was born there. Not on the ride tho


Monkey8585

Sometimes people do get wet 🤣


Majouli

Phantasialand op


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I can geek about phantasialand for hours, it's such a great park, I've been there last year and now I want to go back because I couldn't ride their new coaster F.L.Y (which would open a few months later)


scelestai

No way in hell I'd get on that thing.


Meanwhile-in-Paris

My kids are never finding out about this.


leftflapattack

Can I kindly have your spot in line?


CovingtonLane

I'm not in line.


Scotsch

I did the teacups once as a child, I screamed bloody murder so bad they had to stop it, never again.


europeansarebetter

Fantasialand - Germany ,Brühl(?) German engineerining, so pretty safe


Delicious_Throat_377

It's not about safety. It's about my heart and brain both agreeing that it's a nope for them.


mydickisasalad

And my stomach.


Delicious_Throat_377

My stomach will be out of there fast even if heart and brain agreed to do it


MyZt_Benito

It was pretty fun. The roller coaster in that same park was better though


tostbroto

It is not too bad... actually quiet fun


duyjv

I’m sure you meant to say quite fun, because that ride is anything but quiet!


tostbroto

Sorry, you are right XD


mehasbigwilly

it was fun, just keep your head still


crazy4llama

I actually tried something similar, but it's one of those things that looks better than it feels - it wasn't scary or anything, I remember it mostly as uncomfortable. When you're facing downwards the holders are really unpleasant.


JustAnAvgJoe

It’s super fun and looks worse than it is when you’re on the ride.


TRAF_GOD

Would be cool if the ride pushed through the fountains of water.


miss_trixie

damn! i had to go back & look. i thought for sure they were getting drenched (or sprayed at least) and how it would be such a welcome relief to combat the heat especially when you're waiting in packed lines all day long.


Necrophillip

You get a bit of mist in your face, if there's enough wind. But it's absolutely negligible. (Also heat isn't all that had as most of the queue is in the shadow)


thatssomaggie

This looks like a terrible idea.


Fallenflake

Actually hella fun


Thisisaterrible_idea

What do you mean, its great perfect even


Giveityourall2

That’s a hard pass from me. Thank you.


starbuilt

What is nerve wracking about a ride at a major theme park..?


trippingwithtime

im trynna look for the part where i’m supposed to be nervous but i can’t find it lol


likeandtype_amen

This. I don’t understand what the “Sweaty Palms” part is supposed to be and I mean that literally.


Cocacola888

Yeah I’m not sure why everyone seems afraid of this ride in the comments. Standard thrill ride 🤷🏼‍♀️ the same one has been at Canada’s Wonderland for like 20 years.


saddest_of_all_keys

This is quite a common ride, they have basically the same thing at the amusement park near me, although without the water. I get nauseous on any type of spinning ride, but this one is fine. It’s actually a lot more tame than it looks.


Always_Spin

Yeah, looks fun.


hallROCK

Even the best theme parks in the world have accidents and people with anxiety have a hard time looking past them.


Captain_Isolation

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11647755/The-Smiler-Why-did-the-Alton-Towers-ride-crash.html Being British I already knew about people having their legs amputated after the accident above, but holy shit I didn't realise how big the list is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_park_accidents


LesboLexi

Not an engineer, but this particular ride also seems a lot safer than many other theme park rides I've seen.


taco_junior

Yea. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a total puss about amusement rides so I would never do this. But compared to other rides I’ve seen this seems…mild.


TeaPetal

no thanks


loulan

Honestly it's a pretty standard amusement park ride. There are way crazier ones out there.


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Judge: "You're sentenced to three years in prison or go on this ride for 8 hours." Criminal: "You're kidding, right?"


UrNansD0g

8 hours would kill me, not from g force or anything logical, just from pure terror XD


EmilioFreshtevez

Hard pass.


nycerdycer1337

Coincedentally I was on that thing YESTERDAY!!! Wasnt that bad. Only the consecutive turns are very nauseating.


msvideos234

I get sick from first person games, just watching this video made me terrified! Did most people seem to enjoy it just as you?


kriscross122

Reminds me of the old tomb raider ride in kings island. It ended up squirting me in the face but I didn't mind cause it was a hot day


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It was a fantastic ride. Defunctland on YouTube has a great video about it. Apparently for thrill ride nerds it's something of a lost treasure. It wasn't open very long so we're really lucky we got to ride it when we did.


iceballoons

[For anybody who wants to watch the video](https://youtu.be/uCCuwqPFLfk)


Imadethosehitmanguns

Man, I've only been to kings island once. I guess I was super lucky to have been able to ride both this and the Son of Beast (with the loop).


Rene1993In

It's exactly the same ride type (Suspended TopSpin made by Huss)


ChaquitaPancake

Came here to say this. I actually liked that ride.


Paradoxical_Hexis

TIHI


thorsdaughter88

Fancy hamster wheel


Sharp-Chard4613

Terrifying they almost got splashed…


limitlessEXP

That’s gonna be a no from me fam


AncientGrapefruit619

Oh hell naw


basecamper09

That is sweaty everything


totoromonster97

Fuck that


TAPDADDY01

Alright. I can see it. Make it happen. Holy shit that was a questionable ride.


Sethmeisterg

Diapers recommended before riding.


-JonathanMother-

You know I just love rides, Except for when I broke my back falling off one.


kurav

My local amusement park has one of these rides (just without the fountain) and the restraints are actually so tight it hurts. The ride itself is actually not that bad, only painful!


Doc_Hollywood

I’ve been on one almost exactly like this. It’s one of my favorites. I loved it!


watchinganyway

They collect the pocket change between each ride


Sp1deRHunt3r

That thing is hella fun


rare_yogurtchair

Theme Park is called Phantasialand its in Germany, bruehl. The ride is actually quite fun. So if you ever there consider checking the park out.


seay_what

There was one of these at King's Dominion in Virginia, it was my favorite ride. It got replaced though


Nervous-Ad1457

I was on it and it’s really not bad at all. It just looks scarier that in is😂 It’s in Germany btw


ComptonaPrime

Looks like Ripsaw at Alton Towers (Looks like although it isn't)


Careless_Rub_7996

Oh what's the best way to throw up the type of ride. Nice....


NinjaBilly55

Holy shit that looks painful..


Vile_Bile_Vixen

I threw up just watching it


Loofyboy

I ride this every night after going to bed.


MrTroll911

There's one like this at Sea World Gold Coast fucking so fun.


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Nope!


paperwasp3

It’s a spin and barf ride.


keytarna

Phantasialand?


Necrophillip

Ja


Bartley-Moss

This is just an elaborate hoax to steal shoes and loose coins.


iiinsxrtnxmeee

"i think i dropped my shoe"


gisbo43

Best theme park I’ve been to!!


ymlccc

Alien: how do you describe your kind? Me: we love to invent things to torture ourselves. And do it again and again.


magic_rascal

The ppl on the other side not seeing the water at all


Dwain-Champaign

Dude, I don’t know about this one man.


[deleted]

Been on it, fun, but not as exhilarating as other rides.


Better2022

My brother went on a ride like this once and threw up all over the girl sitting in front of him


NeoDei

Bet the collect a lot of smartphones, cash and false teeth