X-Scream...

[kayoss]

I think X-Scream has fail safe magnetic breaks.... but if the hinges go on the teeter totter thingamabob, bye-bye.

 

Seriously.... this thing is bound to have a major disaster sometime in it's lifespan. It's just structurally weird... and if you front-loaded the thing with a bunch of 300 pounders from Kansas I can't imagine the thing holding the weight. I've been on hundreds of rides all over the world, and this one *REALLY* freaked me out. Not because it's scary, and certainly not because of a fear of heights (I've bungee jumped for god's sake) but because the ride looks and feels simply *dangerous*, and totally waiting for something to go wrong. It's not really enjoyable, it's more a form of torture. You should be scared because a ride is good at thrilling you, not because it's going to break!

[timetrial3141592]

It is supposed to drop the extra 10 feet. Now if it were to break... You would get 1.5 seconds (or so) of freefall and die.

[VegasCoaster]

I still don't really think that X-Scream is that exciting. Insanity is a bit better but Big Shot is the best by a landslide.

[sio]

I've ridden it one time but it is the last time I'll go up never again inside .

I don't like that kind of fear.

[thrillrideseeker]

Yes it is sopose to drop an extra 10 feet, but It is still scary, I have rode Kingda Ka, Slingshot, Sky coasters, Bungee Jumped, and alot of other scary things, but there is something about that, that I find so scarry, and its not the heights.

[map2]

I think X-Scream has fail safe magnetic breaks.... but if the hinges go on the teeter totter thingamabob, bye-bye.

 

Seriously.... this thing is bound to have a major disaster sometime in it's lifespan. It's just structurally weird... and if you front-loaded the thing with a bunch of 300 pounders from Kansas I can't imagine the thing holding the weight. I've been on hundreds of rides all over the world, and this one *REALLY* freaked me out. Not because it's scary, and certainly not because of a fear of heights (I've bungee jumped for god's sake) but because the ride looks and feels simply *dangerous*, and totally waiting for something to go wrong. It's not really enjoyable, it's more a form of torture. You should be scared because a ride is good at thrilling you, not because it's going to break!

 

I don't know about this, but I'm prettys sure they balance out the weight of the car by placing people in different rows. I'm pretty sure that the ride attendants make sure that the wright is 600 pounds in the first row. The ride itself is pretty fun. To me I was scared, but I would do the ride again. Insanity was not as intense and a lot more enjoyable and fun.

[PKI Jizzman]

All the rides up there look stunning. If I had the chance to go, I would be on X-Scream in no time. This ride will scare the sh*t out of me and thats what I like. This is a true thrill ride. Of course everyone thinks somthing could go wrong......but why the hell would they build it if there even was a chance of it happening?

[willski]

I went to Vegas in late March of 2005, just in time for Insanity's opening. And also, coincidentally, in time for X-Scream to be down for maintenace for 2 weeks.

 

Insanity's line was just that: Insanity. We got up on the tower by 5 pm, but the line went through the entire queue and into the actual tower. It was enormous! After a 1.5 hour wait, I got on at dusk. It really wasn't as good as I thought it would be. You are so incredibly secure in those restraints that it is almost boring. Sure, it's a cool feeling, but it's really not that great. Basically, you're just really high above some random undecorated roof, with a not very good view of the Strip (you have to turn your head, which made me dizzy after a while).

 

X-Scream, on the other hand, looked amazing, but was closed. High Roller was okay, only because everything was padded. Also, the view was incredible, because when I finally got to ride it, it was night. The lift tires on the second time around actually gave you a very slight pop of air in the front, which scared the bejesus out of me-I wasn't expecting anything from this boring ride.

 

The real deal was Big Shot. Since everyone was in line for Insanity, they let anyone who came up that high on the tower ride as many times in a row as you wanted. They did make you buy another ticket when people showed up for your seats, but that was a rarity. 10 rides for a cheap re-ride ticket was a great deal. The view was amazing, as was the ride. All in all, the Xtreme pass thingy would definately be worth it (although I didn't buy it, since X-Scream was down).

[3rdShiftCM]

Big shot will always rule the tower.

 

X-Scream is fun but, I liked Insanity better. The view is incredible!

 

 

Can't wait to ride them again.

[3rdShiftCM]

I think X-Scream has fail safe magnetic breaks.... but if the hinges go on the teeter totter thingamabob, bye-bye.

 

Seriously.... this thing is bound to have a major disaster sometime in it's lifespan. It's just structurally weird... and if you front-loaded the thing with a bunch of 300 pounders from Kansas I can't imagine the thing holding the weight. I've been on hundreds of rides all over the world, and this one *REALLY* freaked me out. Not because it's scary, and certainly not because of a fear of heights (I've bungee jumped for god's sake) but because the ride looks and feels simply *dangerous*, and totally waiting for something to go wrong. It's not really enjoyable, it's more a form of torture. You should be scared because a ride is good at thrilling you, not because it's going to break!

 

Did you worry about the bungy cord breaking?

 

I can only imagine how many redundent saftey systems that ride has. The ride is totaly safe.

 

Ride only did what it was designed to do, scare the crap out of you!

[verticalzero]

I would never go on X-Scream and Insanity, I got Vertigo (shaky legs an all) at the top of Blackpool Tower which is 420ft.

 

I was so glad to be on ground level.

 

I'm fine with heights on coasters as I feel much safer.

[socalMAN123]

If I had the chance, I would be on these rides in a heartbeat. They look very thrilling and exciting but the one that has always had me in question was Insanity. I still wish they could have gotten those plans for the tallest roller coaster in the world through. Or they could make you bungee jump off the side.

---Brent