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VertiGo was a thrill ride located at Cedar Point and Knott's Berry Farm. Both the rides opened in 2001 and both were designed by S&S Worldwide. After an incident at Cedar Point, both rides were demolished for the 2002 season. ==The ride== The ride structure consisted of three placed in a triangular arrangement. Several high-strength cables ran down from the top of the tower and attached to the ride vehicle, which would sit on the ground when not operating. The three towers were able to sway up to in high winds, or when the cables were stretched during ride operation. Riders of VertiGo would first be strapped into a triangular car. Two people could sit on each side of the triangle, letting six people to ride at one time. The restraints were designed to make you feel very insecure, and had few places to hold on. The car would rise a few feet off the ground, and then pneumatic air pressure would rocket the riders up at 50 miles/hour, over the three 265-foot-tall towers, almost in the air. There were three different ways to experience VertiGo Hot Rocket - where riders remain in the upright position throughout the entire ride; Cosmic Flip - where guests begin in the upright position, then as the ride reaches its climax, the seats will rotate forward 150 degrees to provide a "nose-dive" sensation as the ride vehicle descends toward the ground; Big Bang - where shortly after launch, riders are flipped forward 150 degrees and travel through the apex and a majority of the return to the ground in the upside-down position. During the descent, depending on which seat rotation mode you chose, the seats would rotate, causing the riders to face the ground until the ride reached the bottom, and went back up again. On this descent, the riders would be turned completely upside-down. All riders paid a fee of $10 to ride, and reservations were recommended. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「VertiGo (ride)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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