I shivered as the scalding sun was replaced with a dark sky and a cool breeze. The people that had crowded the theme park rides were now absent. Mostly absent anyway. I was at the Six Flags theme park in Texas with my friend Kera and her parents. We had been at the theme park for a majority of the day riding roller coasters. By “we” I mean Kera’s dad Rob and I. I was his roller coaster buddy all day since Kera and her mom Shannon were more interested in shopping. The last roller coaster we wanted to go on was the Titan. The biggest and fastest coaster in the theme park. That day was also the first time I rode my first roller coaster, so this was a huge jump for me.
At first, there was hardly a wait. If the sun had been up, the line would have been as crowded as an ice cream shop on a hot summer’s day. But, it was well
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It was only a matter of time before the shouts and screams we heard were going to be ours. An uneasy feeling was still plaguing me, but the countdown clock on one of the columns continuously made me more anxious by the second. Some of the staff came around and made sure we were secure in our cars. The numbers had not gone down to single digits and it did not make me feel any better.
Click, click, click, click. I was now lying back against my seat as we inched upward to the first and highest drop.
“This is the worst part,” Rob complained, “I hate it.” I share the opposite opinion. I always found that this was my favorite part of any roller coaster. My least favorite part, however, are any hills or drops. As Rob tightly closed his eyes, I peered over the edge of the car at the view around me.
“I can see the whole parking lot from here!” I exclaimed. It was on top of the world with one of the best views I had ever seen. The parking lot was only a portion of it. I could a small majority of the city also. However, this made me fall into a false sense of
You wait in line for what seems like forever and finally you take your seat. You pull the paddle bars so they fit snug against your shoulders. You reach the top and then comes the big drop. You start screaming or if you're daring you put your hands up and enjoy the ride. I'm of course speaking of roller coasters. Today I'm going to go over the history, the different types of roller coasters, the mechanics, and the most important part, safety of roller coasters.
lunging 230 ft., my legs about to snap from the opposing force of gravity I ask myself why. Why did I ride this moronic ride? Six Flags, a place where the aroma of waffle cones or turkey legs, the size of small children, waver through the blacktop roads. A place where kids of many ages run around with overpriced capes and teen employees know nothing about roller coasters and how they operate.
When we got to the park, my brother and sister went directly to one of the highest roller coasters. They were so pumped up while I was terrified to death. After thinking it through, I decided to skip the first ride and maybe all the other ones too. They just papered so gigantic, noisy and intimidating like a beast.
My heart pounded as my feet gradually left the safety of the grounds and began its ascent on a ladder that rattled on every step. Sweat formed in the palms of my hands while my gaze remained transfixed to the ground. In my mind’s eye, I envisioned myself landing with a splat on the ground. This was my first time at White Water, Six Flags. At first, when my cousins invited me to the trip, I presumed that in the worst case scenario, I would face a roller coaster; I can stomach that as long as there were seat
A roller coaster’s popularity depends mainly on many different basic elements which are parts that are usually on roller coasters such as the headchopper, the launch track, and the lift hill. The headchopper is any place where the roller coaster overlaps itself or appears to come very close to the passenger’s heads. The launch track is a part of the coaster where the train is accelerated to its max speed within a few seconds and drastically increases the train’s kinetic energy. The lift hill is similar to the launch track by increasing the train’s potential energy by raising it to the roller coaster’s
Attention all riders! This ride is now closed for maintenance. Everyone in the front of the line, please come and get a free pass to another ride to the front of the line. Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience.” I felt a wave of relief and just felt lifted off my feet. It was like the heavens were lifted off of Atlas’s shoulders and he was freed. “ Hey why don’t we go ride the roller coaster that goes upside down,” my dad asked both Rhett and I. Rhett, overjoyed with feelings of pride and ready to do anything, was quick to say yes and went running to the exit. I on the other hand, was distraught with grief over the fact that I was about to go through something much worse and faster too. I walked to the next ride like a convict to the electric chair, thinking that this might be the
To begin, an hour and a half wait is not terribly long for Cedar Point, but it felt like it took ages. The sun felt like an open flame being held within inches from my body, unrelenting and hot. “Is it over yet?” I thought to myself. Then I saw it. The end of the line! Butterflies sprang up in my stomach. From that moment to the end of the next few minutes, time zoomed by. All of the
Click, click, click your almost to the top of the hill and then whoosh your flying down the track. Not thinking about anything when really you put all your faith in a little cart connected to a metal track. There are really three main points when looking at roller coasters the history, making, and thrill of the coaster.
When we first started learning about energy, I instantly loved it because was just so good at dealing with whatever equations and systems I could throw at it. As opposed to kinematics, for example, using energy to solve problems and equations works for almost anything because it can operate pretty well no matter the change in acceleration. All energy needs most of the time is mass, velocity, height, and gravity, and these things are exactly what the roller coasters such as the ones at Six Flags need as well. Roller coasters have no motors. They simply use gravity and height to gain speed to have the ability to traverse loops, twists, and whatever else may be on the track.
Have you ever had that feeling when you’re about to go on a spine-chilling roller coaster well, that’s me at the state fair of Texas OCT,10,2017. I will always remember that day, that was the first time ever riding on a roller coaster and the first time at the fair,I was so nervous, terrified my cousin was there,friend,mother,and aunts and It was a marvelous day.
RPF has been like a roller coaster ride (as overused as it is) going up so high at the top, then descending below, then rising back up again. Our very existence has affected the community in so many ways unimaginable to the point where without our existence, the community would be much different from it is now and long before. And after such a long ride, we're finally here, celebrating the 10th anniversary of one of the most legendary Club Penguin Armies of all time, the Rebel Penguin Federation. We've passed the torch down to so many different people, with admirable and/or infamous qualities and abilities. It would range from figureheads or legends who shaped the community, to infamous backstabbers who tried to destroy us and possibly others too. It's truly amazing to see how this structure is still standing up to this day, celebrating a decade of being alive.
Many people go to amusement parks for fun and for a vacation. Have you ever been to an amusement park, while waiting in line just wonder how rollercoasters work along with wonder what the history behind them is? Well there is a lot of history behind the rollercoasters, along with a lot of science behind how all the rollercoasters work. In this essay you will learn the history and the mechanics of Rollercoasters.
The theme of my roller coaster is a snake. The coaster is called the Slithering Serpent. The materials that I used to create my roller coaster are: popsicle sticks, paper, paint, rocks from my backyard, ribbon, a bag and a half of hot glue sticks and a sharpie.
What do you think about when you're on a roller coaster? Do you ever think how you're being pulled up this huge hill or down the hill?
I closed my eyes as the ride ascended from the platform and came to a stop at the peak. I opened my eyes to nothing but the skyline. I said,” Guys if I survive this I’m going to kill you all.” The moment of truth was upon me now. The Coaster was at the mercy of gravity as we descended the massive drop. In the split second I had before we fell off the earth I knew there was nothing I could do to stop ride. As I