I visited Hartford, CT for 3 weeks with six of my colleagues. The very first weekend four of us (Myself, Rohit, Divya and Ankita) went to Six Flags - Great Adventure at Jackson, NJ. We drove 2.5 hrs to Six Flags at Jackson (spending an extra USD 25 per person), instead of going to closest Six Flags 15 minutes away only. So what was special about the Jackson's Six Flags ... It was "KINGDA-KA".
We started our adventure with a small warm up ride TWISTER. It looked simple but it was real good warm up. SUPERMAN was fun. SCREAM MACHINE was awesome but honestly speaking, I was too tired to scream during the flight. After all these rides and a small lunch we decided to go for the kill ... our ultimate ride.
KINGDA-KA is named very appropriately giving a feel of being a King and having an enormous size. KINGDA-KA is the King of all the roller coasters in the world. It is the world's highest and fastest roller coaster. The que for row1 was much longer than for others. Kingda-Ka is switched off from time to time for maintenance reasons and we did not want to miss it. So four of us comforted with row 2 and row 3. All we could see was a 146m high tower we were going to climb in few seconds and experience a 4-5G force. KINGDA-KA roared ..... and boy we were @ 208Kmph in less than 3.5 seconds .... The acceleration went on and on .... we were climbing the tower at 90 degrees and I started to feel "Mom !! Why did I come on it...." The view from the top was breathtaking and we were going down in no time. It was all over in about 30 seconds but I will always remember the feeling when the ride came to a halt. The feeling was unexplainable as I kept saying "I am Alive, I am Alive ....". The second thought was "The past minute will forever remain one of the most exciting moment of my life".
The day ended with a lion show, dolphin show and a photography session. Unfortunately, we missed the wooden roller coaster EL-TORO because of technical issues so that remains a high priority for next US trip. Ooops ... I am not sure if Six Flags would be operational when I visit US next time, as it has filed for bankruptcy under chapter 11.
Thanks to Major (Rohit), Divya and Ankita for the wonderful day and also being part of the scariest ride (my drive) :P.
In pic (L to R): Major, Ankita and Divya with Kingda-Ka. I am behind the camera :)
You can read more about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingda_Ka and watch a video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN8nv4tVFuA.
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