Comments on: Kingda Ka-zoom!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:09:02 +0000

I live in Jackson, NJ and can see the ride from my backyard. I’ve heard they originally failed their safety tests using dummies. Apparently the restraints opened halfway through.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:41:20 +0000

Front row is the only way to go..you’re waiting about 3 hrs in line anyway, may as well do it right!

You can feel the temperature drop significantly when you reach the top (I rode it on the hottest day of this past summer, so it was weird) and your face is pulled way back the entire time–SEXY!

By: David

David — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:28:34 +0000

Sabrina: ouch! Sounds dreadful, indeed. But based on Dave’s experience, especially if I get lucky and score two-for, I still can’t wait to try it.

Perhaps we’ll have to devote a Thingamajig Thursday to the protective arm… hmmm.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 16:07:40 +0000

I had a dreadful experience.. My mouth crashed into the protective thingamajig before me. I closed my eyes during the ride. When we made the dip from the apex of the ride, everything went downhill. It’s an EXTREMELY FAST ride.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:29:56 +0000

I've been on it. It's fantastic. It's very similar to the Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point in Ohio. Both rides have an interesting feature: There's a chance the train won't make it over the hill, so it'll roll back (backwards) to the starting point. I saw this happen at Cedar Point. It happens because the train can't be traveling too fast at the crest, otherwise it'll be going too fast on the way down and/or it could produce some significant force on the vertical structure. It just means that some people get to ride it twice!