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SlingShot is a reverse bungee ride manufactured by Funtime and featured at several Six Flags amusement parks, including Cedar Point, Carowinds, and Canada's Wonderland. The first installation opened at Kings Island in 2002, but the park retired the ride in 2022. An additional fee is required to ride, which is separate from park admission.
The reverse bungee (also known as catapult bungee, slingshot, or ejection seat) is a modern type of fairground ride. Video of SlingShot at Cedar Point The ride consists of two telescopic gantry towers mounted on a platform, feeding two elastic ropes down to a two-person passenger car constructed from an open sphere of tubular steel.
At the time, the amusement park was known as Adrenalin Park and featured the company's Sling Shot and Vomatron rides. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In 2010, Funtime threatened legal action against Dutch amusement ride manufacturer, Mondial , after that company unveiled the WindSeeker which bears similarities to Funtime's patented Star Flyer ride.
Cable on Slingshot Ride Snaps But, every once in a while, we hear about a horrifying case of an amusement park ride gone wrong. Like in this video above, your day can go from terrific to tragic in ...
Two young girls rode the Slingshot & Vomatron at Indy Speedway, but as they settled into the seats, their nerves got the better of them.The girls muttered some prayers which, after their ride is ...
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The ride also had another clone at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, which was modified in 2002 due to height limit restrictions. [4] Upon opening, Vertical Velocity became the fastest inverted roller coaster of all time, tying its record with Superman: Ultimate Escape at Geauga Lake and Volcano: The Blast Coaster at Kings Dominion.
The same ride opened in spring of 2003 at Six Flags Great Adventure. [1] Standing at 250-feet tall, it was the tallest thrill-ride in Oklahoma. It was the successor to the two S&S Sky Sling VertiGo rides at both Cedar Point and Knott's Berry Farm which were both closed and removed two years prior. It operated at Frontier City until its closure ...