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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.
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.
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 ...
Funtime is an amusement ride manufacturer based in Dölsach, Austria and Bundall, Australia. [1] [2] The company manufactures rides such as the Sling Shot, Star Flyer, and Vomatron. [3] Ride Entertainment handles the distribution and operation of rides in North America. [4]
In 2017, a bungee ride stopped working at a county fair in California, leaving riders suspended in the air for nearly half an hour. One of the passengers, 19-year-old Roger Rodriguez, was left ...
It was the world's highest amusement ride in terms of overall elevation above ground level, but has since been surpassed by the Sky Drop ride atop the Canton Tower in Guangzhou. The 160 feet (49 m) tower is built atop the 921 feet (281 m) high deck of The Strat in Las Vegas , Nevada .
A spinning carnival ride plunged about 50 feet and crashed into the ground with riders on board, video from India shows. The drop-tower ride hit the ground without slowing down, video posted to ...