Coolest Ride Vehicles

[Cerberus]

Now, I dunno about anyone else, but recently I've been really interested in rides where the actually vehicles are just as special, if not more so, than the actually track or path they follow.

 

I think the most obvious examples of these would be the EMV vehicles used in rides like "Indiana Jones Adventure", "X"s flipping seat train or those shooting ride vehicles that drive themselves and don't actually have a track such as "Challenge of Tutankhamun".

 

I consider these sorts of developments the future of the industry. Where companies aim to un-tether the action and produce a ride experience that you can't just figure out beforehand by looking at the track.

 

So simply to fuel my fascination, has anyone come across any outstanding rides like this where the ride vehicle itself is half the experience?

Especially those that are really well themed, or have movements that are really fitting for the ride's overall theme.

 

Cerberus

[Alexander Nagel]

Maybe i'm just old school but any wooden roller coaster with PTCs makes it better for me. That's the one thing that will always bother me with El Toro no matter how good it is.

[ECZenith]

The Amazing Adventures Of Spiderman, the vehicle's state of the art hydraulics IS actually half the experience. The fact that it simulates crashes and falls while actually moving on a track is what amazes me, nevermind the awesome 3D effects.

[Joe Cool]

The trains of Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at MGM.

[WillMontu]

IOA did an impressive job with Dueling Dragons. There isn't much you can do to a B&M inverted frame. The OTSR's on the front cars are pink to represent the "tongue" of the dragons.

 

Gwazi at BGT: BGT considered standard woodie trains "boxy", so they took standard PTC trains and gave them a lively paint job.

[COOOOLkid]

meh... I don't like the fact that those dragons are grasping me by the crotch...

[Damien666]

I like Dueling Dragon's trains. Very well themed and I love the sound effect you hear when a dragon (train) comes into the station.

[UberBeavis]

The stretch (counts the people in the preshow area), make it a Super Stretch Limos of Rock 'n' Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith.

[24]

best trains ever http://www.rcdb.com/ig2747.htm?picture=23

 

Booster Bike

[JT3000]

The trains of Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at MGM.

 

I hate those things, personally. It's cramped, and one of my arms is always wedged up against something to the point that I can't move it.

 

My vote for best vehicle goes to Spider-Man.

[Spideyfreak]

Definately Spider-man's RV's.

[nannerdw]

http://www.rcdb.com/ig2567.htm?picture=1

Chicken Express! I think I have posted this one on this site before. It's just so cool! 8)

[imbordisux]

B&M's "Hyper" trains - they provide the most freedom of ANY trains ever. Being able to stretch my arms AND legs out, lean from side to side, etc., is so wonderful; they're just not confining at all.

[MagnumForce]

GCI Millennium Flyer trains and unmodified Intamin Hyper trains (I.E. MF, GOliath, etc.)

[pgathriller]

I liked the vehicles on some odd carnival ride I went on. It was a dark ride where the vehicles take you through the haunted house. It was very well themed and it was pretty scary but when you look at the cars it's like what the hell!? The 5 vehicles were pink and had butterflies and flowers on it. It don't make sense??? But that's only half the story. I decided to ride it with my friend and when the vehicle gets in it stops. It got stuck right next to a censor that makes a skeleton pop up. So we were stuck there for like 10 minutes with the damn skeleton popping up and down. I don't know how the ride op didn't notice a vehichle hasn't returened for 10 minutes on a 1 minute ride. A really messed up carnival if you ask me.

[Mr Stratosphere]

Personally i think the Elevator Carts for Tower Of Terror are pretty cool! i mean they move around and travel around the building and the elevators themselves are pretty cool.

[Canobie Fan]

http://www.rcdb.com/ig2567.htm?picture=1

Chicken Express! I think I have posted this one on this site before. It's just so cool! 8)

When I went in 2004 the head was missing

[maliboomer]

The EMV's a la Indiana Jones are pretty cool

[Dailey Enterprizes]

Kennywood's, Phantom's Revenge trains are by far the best IMO. They are so comfortable and awesome looking....

 

[Robbie]

Personally I loved Top Thrill Dragster trains.......before they took the cool stuff off

 

 

***Photo from RCDB***(and apparently from CoasterImage as well)

 

Robbie"why oh why did that tire have to fly off"Milburn

[BiCoastal Kid]

[lapseofreason]

http://www.rcdb.com/ig2567.htm?picture=1

Chicken Express! I think I have posted this one on this site before. It's just so cool! 8)

 

 

ROFL!

 

I wanna ride Chicken Express!!!

[Nrthwnd]

The one and only original...

 

Caterpillars from 'Alice In Wonderland'

 

Disneyland, 1958, redesign 1983/4

 

Best I can find of the vehicle right now, thanks to MouseHub.com

[Cerberus]

Hah, some of those are plain weird. It's a shame the squirrel one isn't more technologically advanced. Having it walking the course, or banking around corners would be comedy gold.

 

On the topic of the EMVs, I don't suppose anyone here has been on the ride at Leofoo in Taiwan that uses the system?

 

I only have a few brochure images of what looks to be Indiana Jones Adventures long lost, lower budget cousin. Probably the only other installation of the ride system outside of a Disney park.

So some more information would be great!

I've attached a scanning of the photos for people to check out.

 

Apparently Intamin Ride Trade designed the EMV, not Disney as they so often claim!

 

Cerberus

[scruffy]

I liked the look of The Bat at Kings Island.