OK - getting a little off topic, but in a search for more info about Supreme Scream (I honestly did not know it was at Knott's), I came across
this entry about a roller coaster called
Kingda Ka at S
ix Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ:
Quote:
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On May 21, 2005 Six Flags Great Adventure introduced Kingda Ka, the tallest, fastest roller coaster on the planet to the public. This $25-million Swiss designed "rocket coaster" uses hydraulic motors to launch the trains along a horizontal section of track from zero to 128 mph in an impressive 3.5 seconds. The trains then begins a vertical ascent up a steel tower that peaks at 456 feet or 45 stories. Crossing over the apex the train enters a vertical descent plunging through a 270-degree spiral twist again reaching speeds in excess of 100 mph. One final surprise comes before the brake run, a 129-foot tall camelback hill, that offers plenty of negative G's also known fondly as "airtime".
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I would be surprised if CM has not already been on this (and has appropriate commentary), but the description alone scares the heebie jeebies out of me
