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Selected pictures list

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SheiKra at Busch Gardens Africa
Credit: User:Montu Man 1011

A floorless diving machine train on display at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, part of a retrofit to SheiKra.

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Credit: *Aurora

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is a simulated freefall thrill ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The attraction opened in 1994 and an identical version opened at Disney's California Adventure in 2004.

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Credit: Stefan Scheer

Sequoia Adventure is a roller coaster located at Gardaland, an amusement park between Peschiera and Lazise, at Lake Garda in Italy.

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The Ocean Park Mine Train
Credit: Enoch Lau

Ocean Park Hong Kong is a theme park in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island. The Mine Train (pictured above) opened in 2000 and is located in the Adventure Land section of the park.

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Alpengeist's cobra roll with Griffon in background
Credit: Kyle Bundy

Alpengeist is the tallest complete circuit inverted roller coaster in the world. The ride is located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. Built by Swiss manufacturers Bolliger & Mabillard, Alpengeist features six inversions: an immelmann loop, a vertical loop, a cobra roll (pictured), a zero-g roll, and a wing over.

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Snake River Falls-Cedar Point.jpg
Credit: User User:Vlastula

Shoot-the-Chutes is an amusement ride consisting of a flat-bottomed boat that slides down a ramp or inside a flume into a lagoon. Paul Boyton and Thomas Polk invented the earliest example in 1895 for Sea Lion Park at Coney Island. In the original ride (pictured) the flat bottom boat was pulled up the ramp by cable and turned around on a small turntable to be ready for the next load of passengers who arrived at the top by elevator. The bottom of the ramp curved upwards, causing the boat to skip across the water until it came to a stop where it was then guided to a landing by an onboard boatman. Unlike a log flume, a Shoot-the-Chutes generally has larger boats and one single drop.

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The Scenic Railway at Luna Park, Melbourne
Credit: User:Stevage

Luna Park's Scenic Railway has been operating since 1912 and is the oldest continually-operating roller coaster in the world. The park features various heritage registered attractions and is itself listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

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Credit: Greg NHOC

The Parachute Jump is a non-operating amusement ride on Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, New York. Twelve cantilevered steel arms protrude from the top of the tower, each of which supported a parachute attached to a lift rope and a set of surrounding guide cables. Riders were belted into a two-person canvas seat hanging below the closed chute and hoisted to the top, where a release mechanism would drop them, the descent slowed only by the parachute.

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IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
Credit: Chensiyuan

A long-exposure shot of the finale of the second act of IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth, the nightly fireworks show at Epcot in Walt Disney World. This three-act show premiered in 1999 and has won eleven straight Golden Ticket Awards for Best Outdoor Night Production Show.

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Credit: Stefan Scheer

A log flume is an amusement ride consisting of a water flume and artificial hollow logs. Passengers sit inside the logs, which are propelled along the flume by the flow of water. The ride usually culminates with a rapid descent and splashdown into a body of water.

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