Captivity

Taken from your native home to a strange land. Caged and kept, what is it like?

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Coastering

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.

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Madame Tussauds

Marie Tussaud, born Anna Maria Grosholtz (1761-1850) in Strasbourg, France, created her first wax figure of Voltaire in 1777. Madame Tussauds wax museum has now grown to become a major tourist attraction in London with branches in Amsterdam, Bangkok, Berlin,  Blackpool, Dubai, Hollywood, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Las Vegas, New York City, Shanghai, Sydney, Vienna and Washington, D.C. This photo of Stevie Wonder’s wax representation was taken in Las Vegas, frequency adjustments courtesy of Jero.

Photograph copyright (c) Trevi Bennett 2012