United State' first zip line roller coaster opens in Florida

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

The Rattlesnake, the first zip line roller coaster in the US opens this month at Florida EcoSafaris in Central Florida.

That looks cool. I've never come across one anywhere else; is this actually a world first?


Raven-Phile's avatar

I gotta be honest. That looks awfully uncomfortable, especially on those dips and drops.

Jeff's avatar

Yeah... all I can do is imagine my crotch getting hammered on every drop.


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^That's what she said.

I am sure that it is fine from an engineering standpoint, but I am not sure how comfortable I would be with the track bouncing and swaying around like it does.

Regular zip lining was really fun and not uncomfortable for the balls as you would think.... a zipline coaster sounds awesome and it's about time they did something new to the traditional zipline. :) looks good!


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There is one of these in Mexico, which looks a bit more interesting than flying around some pine trees (though the "waterslide" portion looks a bit painful): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM5gYq75Cgk

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Edit: This video shows the "waterslide" portion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYFajGm5EmI I didn't realize that was left out of the first video I linked to.

Last edited by coasterdude318,

Looks silly and gawd-uncomfortable to me.


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It is definitely...interesting...agree that it doesn't look all that comfortable on the dips. They seem very "sudden," where I was expecting gradual inclines/declines.


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Looks like Pterodactyl flyers at Islands of Adventure .

Last edited by Mtbiker99,

Only with some action. And hopefully not such an excuciating wait.

I think this ride looks like a gas, I would love to try it.

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I like the concept, but it looks a little boring. It seemed so slow that it could valley.

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