An interesting article popped up on Yahoo Travel the other day. The article is written about seven record breaking roller coasters, interesting to note that only one of the coasters is actually in Florida. What's even more interesting is that three of the seven are located outside the United States.
The only two coasters on the list that I have ever ridden are Wicked Twister in the famous Cedar Point and Dueling Dragon in Universal's Islands of Adventure. Of the two parks, I have to give the better reccomendations to Cedar Point. True, that Cedar Point is only open seasonally (considering it's probably fairly hard to run coasters in snow) it still edges out almost any park in my mind because Cedar Point features 17 stomach turning coasters. Yes, 17.
But back to Wicked Twister, besides playing off the name of one of the most intense hair metal bands ever Wicked Twister is intense for it's U-shaped track. Essentially, the ride is a back and forth dizzying see-saw. As the article states, "This seriously wicked ride propels riders forwards and backwards five times at increasing speeds while twisting up and down its 450-degree double-helix towers. The U-shaped track extends 215 feet in the air while riders hang suspended from the track, with their feet dangling perilously below."
I must admit that I was a bit apprehensive of riding a ride like this one but like most good addictions after one time you're pretty much hooked.
All I can say after reading the description and seeing that picture, I have to ride that.I thought the 90 degree drop on shikra(i think thats the one) was intense, that looks like it takes the cake.
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