Six Flags Theme Park

Friday 23 October, 2009

A trip down memory lane – reliving childhood, but this time, actually going on the rollercoasters! I found that screaming my lungs out was an effective diversion to the feeling of imminent death. However, it has made me rethink sky-diving/bungee jumping – I loathe the feeling from free-falling – that you’ve still left half your guts on the top of the rollercoaster, even after you’ve touched down on the ground. Nevertheless, in hindsight it was a good experience, but I won’t be going on any more rollercoasters anytime soon…

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Looks small from a distance...

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Goliath

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Entrance to Six Flags

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Welcome!

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Scorcher - a rollercoaster where you stand upright

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Goliath

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Not that many people around cause we were relatively early

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Panic

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Overlooking Goliath and Scorcher

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Gotham City - inverted rollercoaster

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Batmobile

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American lunch - burger and fries, in massive proportions

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Bumper cars! My second time driving ever. First time was go-carting when I was ten. Really must get a crack on real-life driving!

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Jana

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SUPERMAN!

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Ultimate flight!

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This ride straps your arms and legs, and then tilts you 90 degrees forward so that you are facing downwards. And then you take off like Superman....

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Like so! Except I was so petrified, I was holding onto the bars for dear life, and couldn't even muster a Superman pose until the end when the ride was over.

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Getting close to the ground

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The Great American Scream Machine

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I totally underestimated this rollercoasting, thinking it was just 2 (relatively small) drops. Little did I prepare myself for such a bumpy, rockety, screeching ride. At times, I was actually standing on my feet (because they don't strap you down on these old rides)

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In the background you can see "Ninja" which has 5 loops

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Me, Milan

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Goliath again

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And finally, Ben&Jerry's on the way home!

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