truecoat
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That was one of my favorites at Six Flags Over Texas.
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That was one of my favorites at Six Flags Over Texas.
Mine too. Too bad they got rid of it. It's probably too dangerous for kids today.
RobWDW1971
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In a world where we have to have safety gates on It's a Small World because after 50 years people apparently can no longer tell if a boat is in front of them, we can't have fun things like this anymore.
Did I ever tell you the time when I forgot to buckle the seatbelt on Riddler's Revenge? The employees missed it too. I panicked when I noticed it on the lift hill as I put it in place. Scary! I wonder if it would have affected the ride? I could just see myself hanging on for dear life going through all of those loops.
I enjoyed riding it, but then I would feel crummy the rest of the day.
RobWDW1971
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Spin Out + Magic Mountain pizza = Nap on Eagles Flight
You mean
Spin Out + Magic Mountain pizza = protein spill
RobWDW1971
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Eagles Flight and Metro - sorely missed.
Magic Mountain really needs a form of transportation down the mountain on the back side. I hate hiking uphill from that side.
BubbaQuest
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This was my favorite part of the Metro. If I remember correctly there was a tunnel station just beyond this and then a section that traveled right next to the funicular?
RobWDW1971
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Yes, Full Throttle goes through that tunnel now.
Rich T
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I rode Spin Out once—my only time on a Rotor. Once was enough.
They should update this concept by dropping dye-filled water balloons into the center to create human Spin-Art!
NobodyElse
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Spinout always seemed like a holdout from the lost era of rides. Seems like it graduated from the same school that produced rides like these (especially the one at about :22, and featured in the thumbnail preview).
Darkbeer1
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Belmont Park in San Diego had the turntable at the end of its fun house. I loved it, and was very good to remain on it until the highest speed. (I had a lot of practice.) That was late 1960's to early 1970's, when the full park closed down.
NobodyElse
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Very cool. Sadly, I never made it down to the old Belmont Park.
Here are a few more examples of spin floor variations: (At around 5:33 if the link doesn't work right.)
I think I might be willing to sign a waiver and pay an up-charge if somebody were able to open an area with recreations of many of these rides.
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I wonder how many people lost or pinched fingers in the multi-spinning disc ride. They had shoot the rapids rides where no one wore seatbelts or life vests. Odds were the boat would flip when it hit the water. Our great grandparents had all the fun dangerous rides.
DisneyEthan
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Six Flags has seemed to file plans for an RMC Raptor coaster for 2021!