Photo TR: [Study] Abroad - The world and its coasters

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Danny you're the man. Love following your reports!

[NoxegonI'm a culture ho]

Nice work on the Jungle Storm POV. Maybe it'll help some others understand why I've raved about it so much

[WFChrisJar-Jar Binks smells like Donkey]

That may be the most intense lift hill I have ever seen...not to mention the rest of the ride!
Great reports, you have a great way of mixing culture with the coasters.

[giscoStarbucks Enthusiast]

What an adventure you are having. Pretty cool the things your doing and seeing.

[cfcI've gone pantless!]

Jungle Storm looks like one crazy little ride--nearly as interesting as your adventures getting to it.

[beatle11I prefer to mate with donkeys over humans!]

Nicely done. Rare credit amongst TPR for sure. Really messed up looking coaster, but it looks awesome.

[MidtownCoasterDoes Jeff Johnson count this donkey as a credit?]

This is a pretty amazing trip you're on. Been great reading these reports. Thanks for letting us live vicariously through TPR.

[KarezzaCan I park my donkey here?]

I wonder what it was like riding in the back seat going down those hairpin drops?

[aimsterthe ghost seems to think there is a "Donkey Fairy"]

Woah. Jungle Storm looks insane! Thanks for sharing that POV. That is one heck of a crazy layout!

[coastererI think Intamin should make a donkey!]

Thanks for the comments guys, it's really great hearing from all of you

I just wanted to give a few thoughts on what I remember of the ride.
The REASONS the ride was so great, I've already kind of touched on. Power, ejector airtime, were a big part of it. Uniqueness and theming was another big part of it. But let's go through it a little more slowly.

The lift hill, as you can kind of tell, is at about a 60 degree incline, taking a sharp right turn right out of the station with the smallest turning radius I've ever seen. It takes you riiiight up into the rafters and out of sight of the rest of the ride. I remember getting the best rides in the front, getting pushed over those tight hills and around those curves, but I have noooo idea how it rides with anyone else in the train, let alone a full ride. It dips right down into a tunnel after a double dip, blaaasting you over a a small hump with and into a tight turn with ferocious power. The ride is basically a figure 8 with a right hand helix at the end, but the simplicity of the ride is something that DEFINITELY eludes you, and the way it's set up there's a bunch of head choppers and cross overs. I think my favorite part of the ride was that heavily banked hump right into the helix after the turn around. The airtime on that thing was unlike anything. Even the last pop, no more than 2 feet high right before the station, was enough to get you out of your seat.

But I think a big part of why the ride is so successful and memorable is because it tracks incredibly well. The spine is solid and sturdy and the wheels are on nice and tight. There was no rattling and no shoddy transition work, and the thing was as smooth as anything. On a ride with transitions that tight and so much extra power, it's pretty uncommon to experience a ride that also exudes so much control. And I think THAT, that not only was it aggressive and powerful and unique and explosive, but well-put together, solid, and relatively comfortable... I think that's why it ranks so highly with me, and probably with others who have ridden it as well