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ECO-ADVENTURE VALLEY SPACE JOURNEY - SHENZHEN, CHINA
As one of the four zones in the giant resort and theme park Overseas Chinese Town East (which is presumably less of a mouthful in Mandarin), Eco-Adventure Valley is described as “entering a mysterious Zen’s Fairyland which combines human and the Heaven into one’s Zen’s Fairyland.”
Presumably this was some attempt at a warning to the customers aboard the “Space Journey” ride, which was billed as a flight simulator but appeared to be some kind of multi-car centrifuge that whirled inside a domed screen portraying movies about space.
At some point during this Space Journey, one of the cars suddenly came loose, ricocheting around the chamber, starting an electrical fire, and killing six people. All this in spite of the fact that the China Special Equipment Inspection and Research Institute gave the ride an A-level safety qualification when it first opened.
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Who writes this stuff? "crude sleds or carts featuring cruder brakes and (if you’re lucky) seatbelts." Hello? What good do seatbelts do on a "vehicle" that masses less than you do? Just guarentee that your sled comes flying with you (adding to you mass), rather than go flying off course by yourself!
January 23 2013 at 3:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe phrasing of the Traver's Triplets suggests that Cyclone was resopnsible for both deaths. In fact, one was a woman on the Lighting (uncertain if she jumped or fell), and the one attributed to the Cyclone was a man who decided to stand up and take his coat off (showing stupid customers are not a modern convention, though "idiot stopper" restraints are). Hardly attributable to the design or construction of the ride.