Sheikra Floorless

Sheikra goes floorless on June 16th 2007. This video is from media day on June 15th which features onride footage as well as interviews with Busch Gardens Africa's management about the ride.

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[mobius1leader]

@OakridgeProductions9 Dude do the research, thats what internet is here for!

"Although regarded as the world's first vertical drop roller coaster, at its steepest Oblivion's drop has an angle of 88.8°. This is to keep the wheels in contact with the track for the duration of the drop. Bolliger and Mabillard's two more modern dive machines, SheiKra and Griffon at the Busch Gardens parks in the U.S., both have true 90° drops accomplished by the inclusion of spring-loaded wheel assemblies."

[mobius1leader]

@OakridgeProductions9 sorry man the coaster data says 87.5 degrees, close enough.

[OakridgeProductions9]

no 90, it got the word record

[AvatarNub]

actually it was 87.5 degrees.

[OakridgeProductions9]

oblivion at alton towers was the first 90 degree drop

[XD1243]

the gate in the front of the station is pretty cool compared to just the regular two gates that swing outward

[CaptainHypersock]

I saw myself in this video xD

[dastreet1]

griffin does look tight but sheikra is pretty much a classic

also even though ive never ridden griffon i have seen pics and vids and id preffer sheikra over griffon sheikra in my opinion has a better theme plus it has an underground tunnel thats something griffon lacks

[liltrent14]

sheikra has more of a theme griffion is just ..... coaster sheikra goes under ground and all fun fun fun

[ThornellianKingdom]

Griifon can't be better, as Sheikra was built first and Griffon is the EXACT same as Sheikra, just 5 feet higher.