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I went to Six Flags Great Adventure with Ehren, Jordan, & Clara yesterday. We rented a car and arrived at the park just after it opened... and stayed until the place closed. It was a pretty awesome day. We went on all the rollercoasters (most of which are old favorites that I was looking forward to reriding), and filled the rest of the day with other rides and junk food (including an $8 tub of cotton candy that I managed to inhale in about 10 minutes... w00t!)
It think the highlight of my day was my 3 rides on Kingda Ka... the world's tallest, fastest roller coaster. It accelerates to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds, takes you to nearly 500 ft on 180 degrees of twisted vertical track, only to return straight down... in total, I'd say there's a solid 7 to 8 seconds of total weightlessness from the 480 ft apex back to the ground. And unexpectedly, I think the most thrilling part of the ride is NOT the weightlessness... it's the acceleration.... I mean... 128 mph is 3.5 seconds... the human mind can't fathom what that feels like until you actually experience it.
If your curious, take look at this video... it shows the ride twice. The first time through it shows the ride from the front car rider's perspective. The second time through, there's a camera pointed at 2 guys in the front car and you can actually see what they look like as they ride... it's pretty freaking insane:
This ride brought me back to the days when I used to be scared of going on roller coasters. Waiting in line, you could see the sheer look of terror in grown men's faces as they were strapped in the cars. I mean... TERROR. And upon return... the look of SHOCK on people's faces was just priceless... like they've never done anything that exhilarating in their lives. After my first ride, I KNEW I just had to do it again. And yes, it was just as terrifying.
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Day 1 of NutriSystem: 196 lbs.
It think the highlight of my day was my 3 rides on Kingda Ka... the world's tallest, fastest roller coaster. It accelerates to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds, takes you to nearly 500 ft on 180 degrees of twisted vertical track, only to return straight down... in total, I'd say there's a solid 7 to 8 seconds of total weightlessness from the 480 ft apex back to the ground. And unexpectedly, I think the most thrilling part of the ride is NOT the weightlessness... it's the acceleration.... I mean... 128 mph is 3.5 seconds... the human mind can't fathom what that feels like until you actually experience it.
If your curious, take look at this video... it shows the ride twice. The first time through it shows the ride from the front car rider's perspective. The second time through, there's a camera pointed at 2 guys in the front car and you can actually see what they look like as they ride... it's pretty freaking insane:
Click to viewThis ride brought me back to the days when I used to be scared of going on roller coasters. Waiting in line, you could see the sheer look of terror in grown men's faces as they were strapped in the cars. I mean... TERROR. And upon return... the look of SHOCK on people's faces was just priceless... like they've never done anything that exhilarating in their lives. After my first ride, I KNEW I just had to do it again. And yes, it was just as terrifying.
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Day 1 of NutriSystem: 196 lbs.