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TIL the steepest roller coaster drop belongs to a TMNT themed coaster in a mall. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/til@lemmy.ca
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Also the designer thought up to 50% of New Yorkers would ride it... Because he is unaware that most adults have no interest in riding 100 foot drop coasters

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[–] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Wow, that's actually stupidly impressive for just being in a shopping mall. Like you'd only really need it to be a little bigger and it'd fit right in at a themepark

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Lol, you're not wrong. It's at the American Dream Mall, which is like the second largest mall in the States. The mall has an indoor ski slope that covers like 4 acres. This ride is actually part of the Nickelodeon Universe theme park that's also inside the mall (the NU park is about 8 acres). There's also an 8 acre water park in the mall as well. Plus a 3000-seat performing arts venue. Plus a mini-golf course, laser tag, a human crane thing, a climbing gym, other stuff I can't remember. That's just the entertainment part, not counting the stores and food and stuff.

    You know the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where they held the World Cup final? The American Dream Mall is like literally right across the road from MetLife. And the stadium is smaller.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    I do remember hearing that there was a mall across from the MetLife stadium... didn't realise that it was the 2nd biggest mall in the US with a literal themepark inside it!

    Now I'm less impressed that there's a roller-coast inside the mall, and more that anyone thought to make a mall so big it could fit that much inside it

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    ... I'm kind of annoyed that both the American Dream Mall and The Mall of America (America's largest) theme parks are both "Nickelodeon Universe". Now I'm even more mad that we lost the Camp Snoopy name. Cause that's some bullshit, is what it is. It was unique, something from Minnesota (Schulz was born here), and freaking cool as hell. Now it's just the same as some tiny mall in New Jersey.

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