# New Thrill Ride: Will You Ride It? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752 "2004-11-19T23:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/1 "2004-11-19T23:48:29Z")
Coming soon to the Stratosphere in Las Vegas: [http://sev.prnewswire.com/entertainment/20041117/LAW02817112004-1.html](http://sev.prnewswire.com/entertainment/20041117/LAW02817112004-1.html) Be sure to click on the multimedia viewer to see it “in action”. So, although I will not personally be going on it, I will buy you a couple of burritos and a beer before you go on it… Anybody game to get aboard? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/2 "2004-11-19T23:50:27Z")
Not me, I’ve gotten sick from Ferris wheels. I sure wouldn’t want to stand under it, either. This thing looks a lot like one of the rides in the second _Spy Kids_ movie by Rodriguez. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/3 "2004-11-20T01:43:48Z")
In a frigging heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/4 "2004-11-20T04:06:08Z")
Two years ago yes, however, with my surgeries, I’ve been warned to stay off thrill rides. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![tryout1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@tryout1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tryout1)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/5 "2004-11-20T06:41:15Z")
Just idle curiosity. What is something like this like as an engineering problem? Once in a while a roller coaster gets stuck on its tracks, and TV news gives a lot of coverage to video of passengers being rescued with cherrypickers, ladders etc. But do major parts ever actually break? Are there any cases of, say, cars being thrown loose, or passengers slipping out of seats? I think I could probably endure the physical sensations of the Vegas ride–I figure I could always close my eyes if I had to. But what I’d be thinking about is that I’m hanging from a cable that looks pretty thin, and there’s only one of them. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/6 "2004-11-20T11:01:22Z")
Heck yeah, I’ll be first in line. With my Mom. My Mom loves these things. She’s 65. She rocks. Anyway, I am kind of bummed because the Stratosphere was going to build a coaster that started on top and fell all the way down and ran across the street. It was to drop 740 feet and hit speeds of 120 MPH. I believe it was going to be the tallest coaster in the world. Regretably, the idea got killed by a nieghborhood association. Slee ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/7 "2004-11-20T13:59:12Z")
Hell, no. I got frightened watching the animation. \ ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/8 "2004-11-20T16:40:17Z")
“Hmmm…must start planning and saving to go to Vegas…must ride new thrill ride” That ride looks awesome. I hadn’t ever planned on going to Las Vegas but now I know I will be going. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/9 "2004-11-20T21:47:55Z")
Spinning around, nearly face down, with no handles to speak of, in a one-size-fits-all seat multiple stories above concrete while suspended by a single strand of metal cable. Yeah, that’s useful. Abso-frellin-lutely not. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/10 "2004-11-20T22:11:32Z")
Ho-ly crap. Ten years ago, I would have said yes. But since my motion sickness has increased about 100 times since then and I manage to throw up in the passenger seat of the car on 15 minute drives, I’d have to say no. I’m getting sick just watching the video. E ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/11 "2004-11-20T22:20:54Z")
Nope, got too much of a problem with heights. ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e5b9ba/32.png) [@ThatGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/12 "2004-11-20T22:33:06Z")
Is it just me or were there two seperate rides in that video? I know that spinning would make me dizzy, but i would still do it for the experience if i was in the area…but certainly woudn’t seek it out. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/13 "2004-11-20T22:34:58Z")
As soon as my dad hears about it - which will be soon - he will call me and say “let’s go.” ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/14 "2004-11-21T06:32:31Z")
I guess I’ll be alone on this partilar line of reasoning… No. It looks boring. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/15 "2004-11-21T10:42:16Z")
> [@Elza B](#): > > I’m getting sick just watching the video. You’re not alone. I was wondering, if someone loses their lunch on that thing, at what velocity does it hit unsuspecting pedestrians on the sidewalks below? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/16 "2004-11-21T16:28:21Z")
So… it’s like one of those swing rides where you go in a circle, the same speed one drives in some commercial districts (40 mph)… except you’re high up. Umm. Okay. What’s the big deal 😕 ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/17 "2004-11-21T16:44:50Z")
In a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/18 "2004-11-21T17:10:35Z")
> [@tryout1](#): > > But do major parts ever actually break? Are there any cases of, say, cars being thrown loose, or passengers slipping out of seats? In 1986 at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta a car came off the track killing three people. I couldn’t find any links to news sites with information on it, just other message boards that refer to it. I do remember when it happened though as I live three hours from Edmonton. As for the OP. I’d definitely go for a spin on that thing. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/19 "2004-11-21T18:23:08Z")
I worked at WEM in 1986, in the dolphin center. As such, I had free access to all the rides whenever I wanted. I must have ridden that roller coaster a hundred times. I was in line to ride it the night the accident happened. We were maybe 50 people back in line, when we decided to cut out of the line and go to a movie instead. When we came out of the theater there were all the people running around, and we found out that a car had gone off the tracks and killed people. It happened within five or ten minutes of us leaving the line. So there’s a good chance that I would have been on that coaster that night when the accident happened. Only about a 1 in 10 chance that I would have been in the derailed car, though. But still, I often think about that. Our decision to leave the line surely changed the lives of others, as it shifted the positions of everyone behind us. Someone is alive today because of that choice, and someone else is dead. Very sobering. ---
**Author:** ![Jammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Jammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jammer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752/20 "2004-11-22T03:24:47Z")
Now if they were giving a free fall off the side of the hotel, I’d go in a heartbeat. However, spinning anywhere at any speed (much less 3g’s worth)…no thanks. If I want to feel like that, I’ll just pull a three day drunk. 🙂 Jammer [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thrill-ride-will-you-ride-it/275752.md?page=2)