RAWKIN_coaster38 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 I've had fun just looking at all the strange coasters on this thread. There are some really weird ones in various countries in Europe and in China and Japan. I saw this one, but it was SBNO the year I was there. Too bad. It's probably the strangest one I've seen in person. It's a real tower from a gold mine turned into a coaster. http://rcdb.com/1481.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorkscrewFoley Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 ^Scenic railways have interested me since I first heard about them. It would be fun to ride Montaña Suize, Hochschaubahn, Vuoristorata, or any of the other classics. On topic, Zola7 at Fuji-Q seemed really funky with its combo coaster/shooting dark ride. Glad to see more people like me who are fascinated by scenic railways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougMJr Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 ^^RCDB says that thing pulls 6.3g's. Short layout but still looks pretty epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildStangAlex Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 http://www.rcdb.com/3218.htm?p=20926 Space Switchback in the Pearl Tower in Shanghai. This ride is inside a skyscraper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmicha Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 ^For being inside such a modern tower located in one of the most overly-planned financial districts of any city I've ever seen, that looks pretty...junky. I honestly never knew that was located inside the Oriental Pearl. You learn something new every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ27 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 ^It looks like the put black garbage bags up and hung Christmas lights on the garbage bags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewoplis Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Pretty much anything that has to do with PAX! http://www.mir-pax.ru/en/attraction/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrecken Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 The weirdest coaster I've ever ridden is this one: http://www.rcdb.com/113.htm?p=209 I've never seen a coaster with a spiral lift hill and it is that, and not the rest of the ride (which IMO is a fun family-type coaster), that makes this one an oddity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalCoasters Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 While it's not weird for me now, back before I was a coaster nerd, I was puzzled by Mack's Water Coasters, mainly because of the flume/coaster hybrid aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 The Classic (I believe it was almost unrideably rough) That's an understatement... that is easily the most awful coaster I've ever ridden. They should have moved it to Guantanamo Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsislandfreak Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 This is an obscure roller coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Cool & Fresh, a traveling Euro-fighter knockoff. The brakes keep the car at a constant speed until it's back down to just being a vertical drop, and then it's a trip through rough, un-heartlined track. It's one of those "Coaster enthusiasts hate it, but the public eat it up because they want to say they rode a roller coaster with an upside down drop to their friends who really couldn't care less" coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalCoasters Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 ^More things wrong with that ride then there are right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiSab Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 ^^Ah, so that's where RCT3 for that ride design from. But yes, that looks absolutely awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewoplis Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 A certain Eurofighter in Japan always caught my attention as "Weird" http://www.rcdb.com/9795.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippindotsguy8 Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 ^^^^I had always thought the "Towering Coaster" was RCT3's attempt at a eurofighter. I can't believe it's real! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturboed Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 ^^^^^ LOL! I've ridden that exact ride pictured there. It was earlier this year at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. The brakes hold you until you hit the red section of track and then you hit the mega shakey crushing loop of death. It travels to the major capital city shows here in Australia, I believe it is apparently Italian? Sure I read that somewhere. Also gotta love all the little planks of wood as chocks under the supports. The really sad thing is, this is the first rollercoaster with an inversion I have ridden since 2003! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsislandfreak Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Speaking of China http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHSReZgFn3o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaminkid2005 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Don't miss something and you'll be fine! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen_twee Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 ^^^^^ LOL! I've ridden that exact ride pictured there. It was earlier this year at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. The brakes hold you until you hit the red section of track and then you hit the mega shakey crushing loop of death. It travels to the major capital city shows here in Australia, I believe it is apparently Italian? Sure I read that somewhere. It was on the Dutch fairs, and supposed to end up in a 'themepark' near Eindhoven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
australianalex Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Sorry its an old post but where is that? I always assumed the Sea Serpent shuttle in RCT3 was made up. Goes to show that all of the designs in RCT3 are real (except the Robo Coaster?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 The Robocoaster on a track exists, it's the system used on Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey at Islands of Adventure, albeit a constant-speed ride as opposed to RCT3's gravity-driven one. As for the shuttle, it's a PAX (shudder) "Cobra-1". The one in the picture you posted was located in a park in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, and as of 2009 has been relocated to a park in Moscow, Russia, where it is still operating. The most recent new example of this kind of ride (now called a "Loop 520") is Cobra at Conny-Land in Thurgau, Switzerland, which was finished in 2010. It has a unique near-inverted spike after its loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCo Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I'm still ROTFLMAO over the Miami Dolphins coaster a few pages back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
australianalex Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Holy crap that coaster is insane! Thanks for the info, and I thought maybe the robocoaster was inspired by dark rides like Harry Potter. And I saw that Miami Dolphins coaster when I lived in Dubai, I actually rode it too. Most pointless, weird as hell coaster ever lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackdude101 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Weirdest steel coaster: Hexenbesen at Seilbahnen Thale Erlebniswelt in Germany. It's one-of-a-kind, It's a flying AND a suspended model, it's self-operated, and it can only take one passenger at a time. It also has a strict weight limit of 65 kg. which, as an American, I find highly offensive and I will not stand for it (standing makes me tired). http://rcdb.com/3050.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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