Design your own thrill ride!

May 24, 2010

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Nieceling and I designed our own thrill ride at EPCOT. The attraction, which is located in Innoventions, is called "Sum Of All Thrills". Presented by Raytheon, it’s designed to get kids interested in the physics and math behind the building of a thrill ride.

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Our thrill ride is a roller coaster with features like corkscrews and half-pipes. We call it “The Electric Star”

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You have four minutes to design your ride, and our little buddy Crash the test dummy helps you by trying out your stunts to see if they are viable. Crash is pictured here on a plastic electronic swipe card that stores your thrill ride after you have finished designing it. You then take the card to another section where you are strapped into a capsule on a crane and your program runs, turning you upside down, sideways and all around. Fun stuff!

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16 Responses to Design your own thrill ride!

  1. felisol on May 24, 2010 at 7:16 pm

    Goodness gracious me. This designer stuff fun must even be too advaced for me daughter,…or maybe not.She would have loved it.

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  2. Ralph on May 24, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    That is a great exhibit. It seems that math in the usual way is boring, but all agree that the applied math we learn in physics is much more fun! I wonder how Crash survives since no doubt he is thrown out of each coaster car on every run. The 3-D coaster simulator has to be a treat!

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  3. Manang Kim on May 24, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    I think I love that idea, I can design my ride thrill. I just wonder what I come out with lol! Happy RT!

    RRT~Slides

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  4. Dianne on May 24, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    sounds like a lot of fun!!
    I loved your comment about your muscle car
    very cool :)

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  5. chubskulit on May 25, 2010 at 12:08 am

    The time is too short!

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  6. Ilana-Davita on May 25, 2010 at 12:42 am

    Fun choice for this meme. Enjoy your RT visits.

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  7. lazyclick on May 25, 2010 at 1:19 am

    Nice place.

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  8. Lola! on May 25, 2010 at 7:07 am

    Great exhibit – very exciting & wonderful RT choice!

    LOLA:)

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  9. Gemma@Greyscale on May 25, 2010 at 7:38 am

    Such an exciting idea for the young and grown-ups! Very creative! And love your photos!

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  10. Dimple on May 25, 2010 at 9:54 am

    That is a great idea, for those who love thrill rides! I’m not one of those, though. But it might be fun to design a ride for someone else!

    Thanks for the visit!

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  11. Dave Q, UK on May 25, 2010 at 10:24 am

    sounds like a lot of fun, thanks for dropping by my page.

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  12. Tink *~*~* on May 25, 2010 at 10:29 am

    @Dimple – when I first saw what ours was going to put us through, I thought for sure it would make at least one of us (me) throw up! But no, it was actually fun, and I screamed my head off :)

    @chubskulit – I have to agree, it was too short – maybe if they strung a few go-rounds together….

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  13. Dharma Shots on May 25, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    What a wonderful place to visit…thanks for the comment on my Rt.

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  14. Faythe@GrammyMousetails on May 26, 2010 at 1:51 am

    what a great way to teach! I can not go on those kinds of rides anymore :(
    I miss it. Looks like fun! My 1st visit! Happy WW!

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  15. Carletta on May 26, 2010 at 11:44 pm

    That sounds like a lot of fun!
    I’d probably get vertigo at my age. :)

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  16. Robin from Israel on May 27, 2010 at 2:13 am

    What a fun idea to design your own ride – I don’t think I’d be able to actually ride it though, these days I get dizzy just from the thought!

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