With cars
like taxi cabs, the ride is themed to a New York subway station (New
York New York in Las Vegas Nevada). Having a past reputation for being a
painful roller coaster some riders have gotten bruised on the shoulders
from the old trains due to the roughness of the ride and negative
G-force. The ride begins with a 180-foot (55 m) lift and a 76-foot (23
m) drop, followed by a hill and a 144-foot (44 m) drop. the train then
traverses two inversions, a standard vertical loop and a dive loop
(twist & dive element), where the train performs a 180 degree spiral
and then performs a half-loop maneuver. This element is found on only
one other coaster: the “Mega Coaster” at Hamanako Pal Pal Park in Japan.
Photograph copyright (c) Trevi Bennett 2012
