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- From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.164801.15918@pmafire.inel.gov>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 16:48:01 GMT
- Organization: Roller Coaster fanatic with no hope for a cure
- Subject: ``Kumba'' at Busch Gardens Tampa
- Summary: sounds pretty good!!
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- In bit.listserv.words-l, Don Moore <DBFABAK%CFRVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- posted the following info. I thought folks here would like to see it as
- well. Time to get those reservations for Tampa, it seems..... ;^)
-
- | Knowing there are some roller-coaster fans in the Blue-Moon Saloon, thought
- | the following excerpts from an the Tampa Tribune might be of some interest.
- |
- | Busch Gardens (in Tampa) Building Southeast's Biggest Roller Coaster
- |
- | Busch Gardens officials announced plans to build "Kumba," which they boast
- | will be the largest and fastest steel roller coaster in the Southeast.
- |
- | The ride will thrill riders for nearly three minutes: lofting them 143 feet
- | into the air, plummeting them down 135 feet and spinning them upside-down
- | seven times. Traveling at speeds in excess of 60 mph, Kumba will sometimes
- | hit forces 3.75 times that of gravity over 3,978 feet of its turquoise steel
- | track.
- |
- | Ray Ueberroth, president of American Coaster Enthusiasts, predicted the ride
- | will be "outstanding." "I've never seen anything like this," said
- | Ueberroth, who was experienced 319 roller coasters over 50 years.
- |
- | After Kumba riders recover from the initial 135-foot drop, they'll climb
- | back up only to be dropped into a 108-foot loop, said to be the world's
- | largest. What follows is a diving loop engineered from stunt plane
- | maneuvers, and a 360-degree spiraling camelback, experiencing 3 seconds
- | of weightlessness as you go thru the camelback.
- |
- | More spirals, a cobra roll and a double corkscrew-shaped twist will
- | further excite riders, before the train, carrying eight cars, speeds
- | to a finish inside a dark underground tunnel.
- |
- | Well, sounds like fun to me! They have already begun construction and is
- | due to open in the spring. Hope to be one of the first to ride it, but
- | know I can't get any chicken females in my family to ride with me :-(
- |
- | Peace,
- | Don
-
- There you have it. I note that this says 7 inversions, while Bill has
- heard 6. Oh well, what's an extra inversion among friends. ;^)
-
- Geoff ``Unofficial rec.roller-coaster roving reporter'' Allen
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