SharkTums Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Hey everyone! While I was sitting at Jury Duty last week, my parents were touring around the west and made at stop at Park City, UT. There they checked out the 3rd Alpine Coaster in the US (and the longest) as it's supposed to open in a few weeks. Here are some photos: From the chairlift you can see how big this ride will be! I believe they said it's around 4000' long. The coaster even has a nice net structure so you don't die if you fall off! This thing is going to be great going in and out of the trees! Park City also has a high speed zip line attraction that runs over the alpine coaster. Yeah, still a lot of work going on. Too bad these were the only two guys doing anything! Here you can see the 4 Lane Alpine Slide and the new Alpine Coaster. Right next to each other! My parents didn't seem to think it looked like it would be ready by early August! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I've always wanted to ride one of these, but I really wasn't aware they had made it over to the States yet. Where are the other two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking86 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 This is great news to those who live in that area because those rides are extremely fun. I rode the worlds longest in Austria last year and it was insane!! 3.5 kilometers (almost 11500 feet) long with arouns 70 turns I belive. The lateral G-forces were crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odene497 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 There is an alpine slide in Vermont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatOne Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Glad to see they are keeping as many trees as possible ::stares at Cedar Fair:: ...looks like a sweet ride! -Bryan "who also needs to get to Lagoon ASAP" Wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenDen Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 There is an alpine slide in Vermont Alpine Slides and Apline coasters are 2 different things. There's alpine slides everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odene497 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 ^ ok thats what I thought but I wasn't positive, So I figured I'd say it anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormrider Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 That Virginia alpine slide was in my Biology Textbook about some guys who scratched themselves and had a huge alergic reaction. But, obviously you can't get scratched on the alpine coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffy Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 You can find a Alpine Slide at Smoke Mt. park I forget the name of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 The incentive for a trip to Utah keeps getting more and more positive. Lots of wives, my own planet, Lagoon, S&S, 4 alpine slides, AND an alpine coaster. Its looking mighty good indeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noyzz Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 The incentive for a trip to Utah keeps getting more and more positive. Lots of wives, Its looking mighty good indeed... Thats awsome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 I hear ya... Doesn't Utah still have a Top Scan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skramp Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Dang!! This sounds like fun and something I've always wanted to ride, but if you check their website, it's $17 for ONE RIDE!! It's $11 for the Alpine Slide and $19 for the ZipLine. One could go broke. That's $47 for 3 rides that might take you 30 mins total. You can get into a theme park for a whole day at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 ^ That's insane! I'll never bitch about Six Flags' upcharge prices again! (no promises...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazy216 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 My family has a house in Park City and I go there when ever I can. I rode it 4 times last summer and it was great, but then this past winter I waited an hour and a half because I loved it so much. It was really worth the wait. The bad thing about this ride is that it costs like 15 dollars a ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazy216 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I hear ya... Doesn't Utah still have a Top Scan? Ya we do. Lagoon has one called Samurai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazy216 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Dang!! This sounds like fun and something I've always wanted to ride, but if you check their website, it's $17 for ONE RIDE!! It's $11 for the Alpine Slide and $19 for the ZipLine. One could go broke. That's $47 for 3 rides that might take you 30 mins total. You can get into a theme park for a whole day at that price. That is unfortunate but they did pay around 2 mill for the ride which set them back a bunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Check out this video of this insane one in Europe (very top, righthand corner), if it's anything like this with all the sudden drops, bunny hillls and g-packed curves, might be worth $17.00! http://www.lifthill.net/videos_eng.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazy216 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Check out this video of this insane one in Europe (very top, righthand corner), if it's anything like this with all the sudden drops, bunny hillls and g-packed curves, might be worth $17.00! http://www.lifthill.net/videos_eng.php 1. The price has gone down considerably to 10 dollars 2. This ride also has this insane 70 degree 50 foot first drop thats awesome. The ride ride also has 2 helixes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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