Meet the Zero-G roll

[spatch]

This is the Zero-G roll on Alpengeist, the inverted roller coaster at Busch Gardens.



It's next door to the log flume.

And this is how it works:











And from another angle:

Comments

[muffyjo]

I wonder how many shoes they lose to that thing. Took me a while to figure out that it wasn't arms I was seeing, it was LEGS!

[lexinatrix.livejournal.com]

I love inverted coasters. Is the Big Bad Wolf still running there?

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

I so want to ride that! We should totally go to a park this summer.

[scout1222.livejournal.com]

Oh man does that look like a blast.

[wring.livejournal.com]

oh my god
did you crap your pants?

[mybadhairlife.livejournal.com]

Now it really feels like summer!

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Sadly, no--they just tore it down recently.

I think of the after-my-time coasters at Busch Gardens, the Alpengeist is the one I'd most like to try.