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ttglive.com
Universal Studios, Orlando Thorpe Park’s Saw rollercoaster, which is based on
Riders will be able to choose their own
Under
the horror movies, is due to open in spring 2009
soundtrack to scream along to when they
try the new Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit
c
onstruction
rollercoaster. Passengers select a musical
track before embarking on what is being
billed as Orlando’s tallest rollercoaster,
17 stories above Universal Studios, reaching
speeds of up to 65 miles per hour and fea-
turing the world’s first non-inverting loop.
Riders will be able to relive their thrills
on video, edit them and send them to
their friends.
The premiere of Hollywood Rip, Ride,
Rockit is set to take place in spring 2009.
■ universalorlando.co.uk
Sample price: A two-park ticket, giving
unlimited admission to both Universal
theme parks and the Citywalk complex,
valid for 14 consecutive days, costs from
£74 for adults and £65 for children.
■ attractionworld.com
Scream along to Orlando’s Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit
Futuroscope, France Thorpe Park, UK will be located on a separate island behind
The science-based theme park in central The Surrey theme park is currently building the existing rides of Colossus and Samurai
France has several new attractions planned its fourth major rollercoaster, Saw, based on and will open next spring.
for 2009 including Cosmic Collisions during the Saw horror films. It is being billed as the ■ thorpepark.com
which visitors are shot into outer space world’s scariest ride and will feature a vertig-
where they watch the moon being formed inous drop of 100 degrees from a height of Sample price: A one-day ticket to Thorpe
and an asteroid strike. 100 feet and three loops to keep thrill-seekers Park and one night’s hotel accommodation
Another new initiative is Fly me to the happy. Thorpe Park already boasts Stealth, for a family of four costs from £157.50. This
Moon at the Imax movie theatre, where a which opened two years ago, and is Europe’s price is valid for weekends until November 9.
three-dimensional animated film gives fastest rollercoaster; and the new coaster ■ superbreak.com/agents
children and adults a different perspective
on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Get up close and personal with Cosmic Collisions at Futuroscope
Also being introduced for next year is the
Blue Note Mystery evening show, which will
feature lasers, giant images on water screens
and jets of flame and light.
■ futuroscope.com
Sample price: Brittany Ferries offers tickets
to Futuroscope from a6433 for adults and
a6425 for children for one day’s entry. Three
nights at a nearby hotel costs from £166,
including ferry crossings.
■ brittany-ferries.co.uk
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