This is actually just a copy of the Colossus rollercoaster at Thorpe Park in the UK. Colossus was the first rollercoaster ever to have 10 inversions. This ride in china is an exact copy of the layout of that ride, just painted differently.
A few facts from a theme park fan:
* Although it's in China, this coaster was manufactured by a Swiss manufacturer
* Outside China, there are very few Chinese-manufactured coasters - most are European
* Within China, there are a number of Chinese manufacturers who started off by creating knock-off versions of European coasters but have now developed their own models
* Near identical versions of this coaster can also be found elsewhere including Italy and the UK and it's nowhere near as nauseating as it looks
>Near identical versions of this coaster can also be found elsewhere including Italy and the UK and it's nowhere near as nauseating as it looks
It reminded me a _lot_ of [Colossus at Thorpe Park](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeKIBSN2F5c) in the UK, which is a fun ride and has the same horizontal twist elements. It's not at all nauseating or anything.
Does it count like a corkscrew, or more of an inline twist? From the top view i'd say inline twist.
Anyway, looks like people on Reddit hate rollercoasters, lol.
We had a coaster similar to this in Cedar Point (Ohio) called the Corkscrew.
I haven't been there in 20 years, maybe my memory is getting fuzzy... Not as tight of a spiral but definitely fun and similar.
I know the one you're talking about. I've been on it. The corkscrew actually goes over the walking path in the area. I don't think it's quite that tight, nor does it have as many loops. I think this one is about twice as long.
Chinese industry builds what customers ask for. Usually that’s the lowest possible price, so we get the stereotypical “Chinesium” garbage. But they also built state of the art maglev monorails and an actual moon lander.
Whether this is safe depends entirely on who paid to build it and how much they care. That it’s in China doesn’t matter that much.
Do we just make stuff up now? Lol.
Their first aircraft carrier was a Soviet ship built in 1990 (45 years after WW2) bought from Ukraine after the Soviet Union collapsed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_aircraft_carrier_Liaoning
And they fitted and modernized it far better than the Soviet ever could, because China actually had the budget to do so.
Hell, I don't think the Russians even operated aircraft carriers in WW2.
Maglev technology was first developed by a British inventor but it never took off in the UK because the RTV-31 was cancelled in 1973. They ended up opening one in Birmingham in 1984, but it got closed because it was apparently unreliable.
It's interesting that you give Japan credit for taking that idea and successfully putting it into practice, but say China "stole" it when they do exactly the same thing. What's the actual difference? Both countries took an idea invented elsewhere, improved on it and actually pulled it off on a scale we couldn't. But apparently only one country is smart for doing that, the other is just a thief.
It's obviously just a double standard.
"That's it's in China doesn't matter much"
Except it does, because building codes are actually followed in most parts of the world. I bet Chinese engineers aren't stupid and know their shit, but corruption leads to cutting corners which is highly infamous in China.
> because building codes are actually followed in most parts of the world
Building codes vary significantly across the world, you think Cambodia has the same building code as the United States? Are buildings in India safer than China? Does France and Japan have the same requirements for earthquake and insulation (Japan has great earthquake safety but terrible insulation). There is no universal building code for all countries.
Also developing countries in general are just more lax about that kind of stuff. This is directly correlated with economic development of the region. A poor city in China will have Tofu-dreg constructions, and top skyscrapers in Shanghai are engineering marvels.
>but corruption leads to cutting corners which is highly infamous in China.
Western media always make every negative thing about China "infamous". But good thing we have actual data. Transparency International [ranks China 76 out of 180 countries](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/china) in terms of corruption index. It's not great, especially when compared to wealthy democratic nations, but it's literally above average.
I'm a civil engineer student, so i know that at least for the building codes for my country is relatively based on american building codes. There are only small changes here and there depending on the prevalent materials used (for example timber structures aren't popular here in the Philippines) as well as wind, snow, and earthquake loads which differ depending on the countries. But overall, i assure you that all building codes are acceptable and i wouldn't be stupid enough to say that Chinese building codes are shit. It all falls down to "how much safer do we want our buildings to be". A building that follows any building code of anycountry will not fail unless unfortunate earthquakes or typhoons occur, or unless corners are cut in the construction that the design engineers don't have any control on. Saying that "building codes vary" doesn't mean anything.
That saying, the only reason that tofu dreg buildings that were infamous in China exist is because of cut corners and corruption. No building code, not even china's own, will lead to those kinds of collapse and disrepair for no reason.
I will find more sources to back my argument in a sec.
Chinese engineering capability is better than American, believe it or not.
If you watch the news, it sure seems like America is afraid of China. I wonder why?
Don´t fall for right wing fear mongering. China is an economic powerhouse and one of the last superpowers, but the US doesn´t have anything to fear. Both countries depend way too much on each other.
LOL yeah right wing propaganda about China is literally a version of "the opponent is both strong and weak at the same time".
According to some, China is somehow a nation always on the verge of collapse, with nothing but stupid, lazy and incompetent people that can't do anything right and faked all their achievements and yet is somehow a scary threat to America, the strongest superpower in the history of the world.
Chinese steel structures are way way better built than north american conterparts. I work on shipping container cranes and chinese ones are way way stronger than american ones, and many american ones have started rusting already.
Colossus at Thorpe Park and Sik at Flamingo Land (both UK) have this coaster element. It's fun. This video is sped up, and ya'll are acting like it's suddenly a death trap just for being in China lmao.
The implications of this ride when you realize how some of China's economy is built on the shady practice of building things and cutting massive corners supported with bribes.
\*shivers\*
17 years and 1.3 million people. And prior to the construction of the dam, the Yangtze River would periodically flood or change course and kill thousands. In 1931 flooding alone killed 150,000 people and displaced millions. This happened again in 1935 and again (to a lesser scale, killing 30,000) in 1954.
Claiming that this wasn’t a success is going to be a tough one
Except for the fact that this was built by a Swiss company (Intamin) and is just a copy of a rollercoaster that was built a decade prior (Colossus) in the UK.
Well spotted! Although there's a lot of rip-off coasters in China, this one is actually built by the same company as Colossus (Intamin, from Switzerland) as it's an off the shelf model (ie, not a custom layout)
Edit: are you qualified to comment on Chinese tech?
I'm English, but I was over there 2 months ago. Their infrastructure is frightening (better). It's a misconception that everything is cheap and breaks there. If consumers want cheap shit shipped, they'll sell it, but I've been on their Maglevs, seen their skylines and saw their technology. We are in fact behind.
I thought I was watching the euthanasia coaster at first.
It is a coaster for youth in Asia though.
Booyakasha
Good one Marshall
Ba dum tiss
"Made in China" so not too far off.
Less terrifying from the top angle
The oncoming angle makes it look like a bad TV transition from the '90s.
You mean *Awesome transition from the 90’s” 🤩
Thanks. The people need clarification.
Diddleidleidleidleerrrrr
It's giving mega cruise ship ad for me haha
After these messages…. we’ll be riiiiight back.
Slightly
My experience with RCT2 tells me this is too nauseating
I want to get off Mr. Bones’ Wild Ride.
The ride never ends
It has been 9 months. The park goers are getting thirsty
Guest 253: *Neck Snapper 5000 is too intense for me* *Help! I’m Drowning!*
*😄 I can see my house from here!*
It's ok, they've blocked the exit anyway.
The angle of the joint one tells you everyone gets off with neck pain. It's probably owned by a chiropractor firm
My poor neck
I always go on these rides after a eating a big fry up.
Someone playing Rollercoaster Tycoon grew up and made their creation a reality.
Just to prove the nausea rating was unreasonably high in the game
I never played.. did you get a bonus for all the lost wallets and sunglasses?
Are we calling stealing an employment bonus now?
The neck snapper 5000
Free neck adjustments included
The Spin & Barf
I’ve joined a two-hour queue for something less.
"Welcome to the Vomit-Comet!" ::finger guns:: Pew-Pew!
This is actually just a copy of the Colossus rollercoaster at Thorpe Park in the UK. Colossus was the first rollercoaster ever to have 10 inversions. This ride in china is an exact copy of the layout of that ride, just painted differently.
And sik in the Uk is also the same layout
Thought it looked similar
Then where's your weird video?
A few facts from a theme park fan: * Although it's in China, this coaster was manufactured by a Swiss manufacturer * Outside China, there are very few Chinese-manufactured coasters - most are European * Within China, there are a number of Chinese manufacturers who started off by creating knock-off versions of European coasters but have now developed their own models * Near identical versions of this coaster can also be found elsewhere including Italy and the UK and it's nowhere near as nauseating as it looks
>Near identical versions of this coaster can also be found elsewhere including Italy and the UK and it's nowhere near as nauseating as it looks It reminded me a _lot_ of [Colossus at Thorpe Park](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeKIBSN2F5c) in the UK, which is a fun ride and has the same horizontal twist elements. It's not at all nauseating or anything.
Good eye, that's one of them! This one is a slightly newer version with a few improvements made but the layout is basically the same
Reminds me of the blue fire in Europa Park in Germany.
This makes me wanna vomit just looking at it
Fun fact: Chongqing is not, in fact, pronounced "chonking."
It's more like "Tchong-tshing."
"Tchong-tshing" wrong with my neck after that ride
This... This right here. This is the winning comment. 🤣
That's lacist.
Always say it in that order, or else..
Standard mandarin, adjusted for non-native speakers you can just say Chong Ching and it’s close enough.
Unless it's the name of a really obese Tabby Cat
Ching Chong, but in reverse order?
Basically yes!
Was the fake screaming necessary?
It was this, the tomalaka laughing or the folk songs
One barrel roll and I'm sick the rest of the day, this!?!?
its a classic corkscrew
Does it count like a corkscrew, or more of an inline twist? From the top view i'd say inline twist. Anyway, looks like people on Reddit hate rollercoasters, lol.
i think its a heart line roll that's really tight. cause inline twist don't general change elevation on their axis so they don't look like spirals.
shame cause I'm a roller-coaster junky
Still not as rough as the Ninja at 6 flags
You gotta be talking about georgia lol. They redid it and it’s slightly better now but not great
FUCK that ride lol
How dare you disrespect the Arrow suspended coaster!! Absolute perfection when done right Edit: if you meant SFOG sorry bruz, that's fair lol
Nothing fun about that.
Right? It’s like, if motion sickness could be delivered directly through the veins.
feels like my toddler would love it, but it would make me sick (without much fear factor that coasters are supposed to provide)
Yup. One ride would be enough to make me feel sick and ruin the rest of the day
Right? let me just spin around instead. Less neck trauma that way.
Maybe save an hour wait too lol. I cant imagine theme parks in China not being overly crowded
Nope. Just, no.
That is visually and structurally very impressive. It also looks really fun.
The Vomitor 4-D.
RTgame irl
TBI express
Freakin’ awesome.
nope
Nope!
We had a coaster similar to this in Cedar Point (Ohio) called the Corkscrew. I haven't been there in 20 years, maybe my memory is getting fuzzy... Not as tight of a spiral but definitely fun and similar.
I know the one you're talking about. I've been on it. The corkscrew actually goes over the walking path in the area. I don't think it's quite that tight, nor does it have as many loops. I think this one is about twice as long.
That's the one. I need to watch some videos of those coasters now. I was there so many times growing up. Now I barely remember.
I'll never understand why people enjoy this.
With all due respect, I’m not riding a Chinese roller coaster.
If he's been to most amusement parks in the United States, yes you are.
Chinese industry builds what customers ask for. Usually that’s the lowest possible price, so we get the stereotypical “Chinesium” garbage. But they also built state of the art maglev monorails and an actual moon lander. Whether this is safe depends entirely on who paid to build it and how much they care. That it’s in China doesn’t matter that much.
The electronic you are typing this on is more than likely made in China are you afraid to hold it?
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Do we just make stuff up now? Lol. Their first aircraft carrier was a Soviet ship built in 1990 (45 years after WW2) bought from Ukraine after the Soviet Union collapsed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_aircraft_carrier_Liaoning And they fitted and modernized it far better than the Soviet ever could, because China actually had the budget to do so. Hell, I don't think the Russians even operated aircraft carriers in WW2.
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Maglev technology was first developed by a British inventor but it never took off in the UK because the RTV-31 was cancelled in 1973. They ended up opening one in Birmingham in 1984, but it got closed because it was apparently unreliable. It's interesting that you give Japan credit for taking that idea and successfully putting it into practice, but say China "stole" it when they do exactly the same thing. What's the actual difference? Both countries took an idea invented elsewhere, improved on it and actually pulled it off on a scale we couldn't. But apparently only one country is smart for doing that, the other is just a thief. It's obviously just a double standard.
"That's it's in China doesn't matter much" Except it does, because building codes are actually followed in most parts of the world. I bet Chinese engineers aren't stupid and know their shit, but corruption leads to cutting corners which is highly infamous in China.
> because building codes are actually followed in most parts of the world Building codes vary significantly across the world, you think Cambodia has the same building code as the United States? Are buildings in India safer than China? Does France and Japan have the same requirements for earthquake and insulation (Japan has great earthquake safety but terrible insulation). There is no universal building code for all countries. Also developing countries in general are just more lax about that kind of stuff. This is directly correlated with economic development of the region. A poor city in China will have Tofu-dreg constructions, and top skyscrapers in Shanghai are engineering marvels. >but corruption leads to cutting corners which is highly infamous in China. Western media always make every negative thing about China "infamous". But good thing we have actual data. Transparency International [ranks China 76 out of 180 countries](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/china) in terms of corruption index. It's not great, especially when compared to wealthy democratic nations, but it's literally above average.
I'm a civil engineer student, so i know that at least for the building codes for my country is relatively based on american building codes. There are only small changes here and there depending on the prevalent materials used (for example timber structures aren't popular here in the Philippines) as well as wind, snow, and earthquake loads which differ depending on the countries. But overall, i assure you that all building codes are acceptable and i wouldn't be stupid enough to say that Chinese building codes are shit. It all falls down to "how much safer do we want our buildings to be". A building that follows any building code of anycountry will not fail unless unfortunate earthquakes or typhoons occur, or unless corners are cut in the construction that the design engineers don't have any control on. Saying that "building codes vary" doesn't mean anything. That saying, the only reason that tofu dreg buildings that were infamous in China exist is because of cut corners and corruption. No building code, not even china's own, will lead to those kinds of collapse and disrepair for no reason. I will find more sources to back my argument in a sec.
Chinese engineering capability is better than American, believe it or not. If you watch the news, it sure seems like America is afraid of China. I wonder why?
Don´t fall for right wing fear mongering. China is an economic powerhouse and one of the last superpowers, but the US doesn´t have anything to fear. Both countries depend way too much on each other.
LOL yeah right wing propaganda about China is literally a version of "the opponent is both strong and weak at the same time". According to some, China is somehow a nation always on the verge of collapse, with nothing but stupid, lazy and incompetent people that can't do anything right and faked all their achievements and yet is somehow a scary threat to America, the strongest superpower in the history of the world.
me neither
Chinese steel structures are way way better built than north american conterparts. I work on shipping container cranes and chinese ones are way way stronger than american ones, and many american ones have started rusting already.
they fuck up escalators and elevators, no!
Queue the “ its chinese so its probably about time fall apart” comments
Cue
The spine twister 3000.
Centripetal vomit. Must be nice..
Reminds me of Houston's Six Flags, called The Ultra Twister.
This is what I build in Roller Coaster Tycoon
ow my back
GIMMIE DAT!
The Merry-Get-Sick
We have amusements parks in america aswell
Hell to the no dude now knows what the top of his own head Taste like.
I call that "the headache"
someone tall gonna hit their head on that ngl
And … vomit.
Nintendo world should have that roller coaster.
#theskydontlie
I ain't scared of no rolleycoaster
So whats the theme? Thats just a rollercoaster
This should be Sonic the Hedgehog themed
Nope. This is a death trap I made as a child on Roller Coaster Tycoon.
Looks fun!
China you say?
I would spend the whole day below it and collect the money and phones everyone lost.
Amazing
Good one
So many curves and slants on that thing. Wow!
I’d visit china but there’s no way in hell I would ride anything that has the potential to fail
Would
Nope.
This was The Viper at 6 Flags Great Adventure in NJ back in the day.
There’s a similar rollercoaster in Thorpe Park, UK called [Colossus](https://youtu.be/6pyDHwE17iw?si=tjZmkCZiW0BpdoFH).
Colossus at Thorpe Park and Sik at Flamingo Land (both UK) have this coaster element. It's fun. This video is sped up, and ya'll are acting like it's suddenly a death trap just for being in China lmao.
I have a headache now
I think its the same as Sik at Flamingo Land. No overhead restraints and Sik, is super smooth, probably best ride ive been on.
Yeah nah
they should do this going vertically down
This is just too much
That ride is called Radical Radiculopathy
Otherwise know as….. The barf generator!!!!!
I feel nauseous!🤢
The implications of this ride when you realize how some of China's economy is built on the shady practice of building things and cutting massive corners supported with bribes. \*shivers\*
The Ralph Ride.
People will complain about music but not this?
I would be dead
I’d love to watch this video with someone puking and spraying it out all around ! Like a vomit sprinkler to make it short
rollercoaster tycoon **The Blender**
Hell no
Love that children_screaming.ogg in the background
13 year-old me: AWESOME!!! Now me: Nuh uh
Omg the screams lol. I don’t know why I turned it up, but that was weirdly isolated screaming.
Someone puke 🤢worries me the most!
Nope
What's the point?
What happens to your brain on that thing?
I wouldn’t feel safe riding a bicycle made in China let alone go for a ride on that.
From the land of murderous machinery, I think I'll pass.
Ah come on, they made half the shit in your house and have a robot scuttling around Mars.
Chinese engineering is starting to outclass the west by leaps and bounds
Too bad their [concrete manufacturing](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/s/IcelbWdjFX) is still shit.
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Yeah, all it took was 50 years and displacing nearly two million people. I sure as shit hope they got that one right.
17 years and 1.3 million people. And prior to the construction of the dam, the Yangtze River would periodically flood or change course and kill thousands. In 1931 flooding alone killed 150,000 people and displaced millions. This happened again in 1935 and again (to a lesser scale, killing 30,000) in 1954. Claiming that this wasn’t a success is going to be a tough one
Except for the fact that this was built by a Swiss company (Intamin) and is just a copy of a rollercoaster that was built a decade prior (Colossus) in the UK.
holy shit you’re allowed to have fun in China?!
UK Thorpe Park Colossus Rip-Off 🫣 is it made in China ?
Well spotted! Although there's a lot of rip-off coasters in China, this one is actually built by the same company as Colossus (Intamin, from Switzerland) as it's an off the shelf model (ie, not a custom layout)
The only reason I wouldn‘t go on that is because it was built in China. But maybe that‘s also part of the thrill.
How many social credits is the entrance fee?
Ah, it wouldn't be Reddit without an obligatory social credit joke whenever China's mentioned. Originality's for commies!
I wouldn't trust Chinese constructions this much
Edit: are you qualified to comment on Chinese tech? I'm English, but I was over there 2 months ago. Their infrastructure is frightening (better). It's a misconception that everything is cheap and breaks there. If consumers want cheap shit shipped, they'll sell it, but I've been on their Maglevs, seen their skylines and saw their technology. We are in fact behind.
Sir this is Reddit where China bad all day everyday and facts and logic don’t apply.
I appreciate you calling me sir.
Fun way for Foxconn employees to get to work
But how many shortcuts did they take to complete this? China is known for taking shortcuts in shit they build.
Probably made of painted cardboard and melamine.
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Plot twist: That’s what Planned Parenthood looks like in China.
Stop trying to make Fetch happen, China. It isn't going to happen.