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Scariest Attractions in the World · Be Amazed

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  [SPEAKER_00]: The worlds filled with awesome attractions that really get your heart racing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But as exhilarating as they can be, some push the limits of fun way too far.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Whether it's stomach-churning swing sets, thousands of feet over a freaking canyon, extreme thrill rides built on top of buildings, or even plankwalks carved into literal mountain sides.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Get your helmets and harnesses on, because we're taking a ride on some of the scary
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm listening.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Doorless needs.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You listening.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The very top of the Strat Hotel in Las Vegas doesn't have a penthouse suite, but it does have insanity.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A thrill ride designed to make even the most daring adrenaline junkies a little squeamish.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Riders are seated under a large mechanical claw that veers over the edge of the hotel, so how high is the fall?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, just 900 feet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That means if anyone was unlucky enough to fall from this ride, it'd take nearly 8 seconds until they reach the ground.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Fortunately, riders here are secured by LAPA restraints and... wait, just LAPA's?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm even an extra seed belt.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, I feel unsafe, and I'm just sitting in my office right now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After passengers are secured, the clogged dangles it's victims over the edge of the hotel before tilting them 70 degrees downwards, all while spinning them round at a forrocious 40 miles per hour.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That really is insane, but apparently I'ming just one terrifying thrill ride wasn't enough for the strat because just below insanity at a height of 866 feet is X-Scream.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The nail-binding attraction consists of a 68-footed straight piece of track which carries a single open-top car.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, that doesn't sound scary at all.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, when the ride starts, the track pivots like a seesaw causing the car to roll forwards at 30 miles per hour along the track.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 30 feet past the edge of the hotel before suddenly breaking.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Jeez!
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It then tilts rolling the car back before tilting again and launching the car forwards.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Man, I feel sick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What if those brakes fail?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, powerful magnets and the beams repel against magnets in the car, meaning the car comes to a stop every time and is 100% reliable even if all electrical power is lost.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Still, I think I'm gonna stay in my office, thank you very much.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's stay closer to the ground now and head over to Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This theme park features a whole host of motor-related rollercoasters like the Fiorano GT Challenge and Mission Ferrari, which both launch their riders around courses at high speeds, all designed to be as exhilarating as driving a Ferrari.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But the jewel in Ferrari world's crown is the Formula Rosa Roller Coaster, which emulates the Formula One experience.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Formula Rosa is fitted with a hydraulic launch system, a similar concept to those that catapult fighter jets off the aircraft carriers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The power this generates is enough to launch riders around the 1.3 mile long course in just 92 seconds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When it comes to top speed, the Formula Rosa roller coaster hits an electrifying 149 miles per hour, making it the fastest roller coaster in the world, and a whole 20 miles per hour faster than the coaster in second place.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This ride even zips about 11 miles per hour quicker than the average speed of Formula One cars.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In fact, this roller coaster is so rapid, riders have to wear safety glasses to protect their eyes from insects or sand, which can cause blindness at these speeds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The track also features a series of sharp turns and sudden drops capable of generating a gravitational force or G-force, a 4.8, making it the joint 8th highest G-force experienced on any roller coaster in the world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you didn't know one G is the force it takes to keep your feet stuck on the ground.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Experiencing 4.8 G produces the feeling of being pushed down by 4.8 times your body weight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So basically people pay money to whiz around at 149 miles per hour, all while feeling like they're getting crushed by 4.8 times their own body weight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We humans are really weird aren't we?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Prior to the creation of the formula Rosa, King the Coff founded Six Flags New Jersey was the world's fastest coaster ride, blocking up an impressive speed of 128 miles per hour.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That coupled with the fact that this thing stretches to a neck-breaking 456 feet tall,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: makes it one of the world's most thrilling rides, but things got even more exhilarating in 2014 when the zoom and jarrow drop of doom was built inside the King Decau roller coaster.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This soaring 415 foot drop tower is both the tallest and fastest in the world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It starts by hauling three separate gondolas up 415 feet,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Considering that Zooming Jaro is integrated into King DeCon, there's even a chance that Rabbit roller coaster ride will always ride past passengers suspended at the top of the tower.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now to take it in the view end, perhaps dodging the King DeCon roller coaster, Zooming Jaro's gauntal is drop back down at a gnarly 90 miles per hour, with the ride stopping just in time to prevent passengers becoming pancakes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And all it takes less than 10 seconds for Zoom and Jarrow to plunge down over 400 feet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yikes, I'm getting a head rest just thinking about it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you're getting second thoughts about every visiting and amusement park again, don't worry.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I know somewhere you can get all the throws and entertainment you need, and that's right here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think I need to lie down for a bit, and what better place to do that than this comfy looking bed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Looks relaxing, right?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Except this isn't any old bed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's actually suspended some 1200 feet in the air.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's a hundred feet taller than the Eiffel Tower.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But don't worry, this mattress isn't just hanging from the cliff face, it's actually found inside the SkyLodget Venture Suite.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A unique hanging hotel made up of three transparent pods secured to the Peruvian and East Mountains side.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Any eager explorers who want amazing views while being literally bolted into the rock as they lay in bed can either climb up the mountain and cross a rope bridge or zip line their way to this lofty lodge.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Inside the 24 foot long and 8 foot high pods feature a bedroom, dining area and private bathroom with an eco toilet and sink.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On top of that, guests are also prepared or gourmet meal with wine.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Amazing as having a meal with those views would be, the thought of make tipsy in a glass pod 1200 feet in the air is enough to make me head straight for that eco toilet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Still, the one night stay at this petrifying pod will set you back over $400.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Man, I don't know who will find this attraction scarier, you or your wallet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On the other side of South America, nearly 2,000 miles east of the spine-chilling sky-lauged venture suites is the L.J.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: D.S.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Aquas, Parker, Zort, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And this water bark has one attraction that stands above the rest.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Literally, say hello to the Kilimanjaro water slide.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sounds exhausting, but that's the easy part.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Topping out at just under 164 feet Kilimanjaro waterslite is the tallest waterslite in the world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In fact, it's so high that it even acclipses the nearby Christ the Redeemer by over 40 feet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But elevation alone isn't what makes this light so scary.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For the first three seconds, writers only experience a gradual slope, then suddenly the slope drops down to 60 degrees resulting in writers picking up a pace of 57 miles per hour.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Considering writers aren't secured to a cart, that's a scary speed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It said that one third of writers journey up before, chickening out.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Quick, let's slide on to the next attraction before I get even more scared.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Brazil isn't the only place where you'll find a wicked watery attraction.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Across the globe and Yokohama Japan, there's another water-based ride that'll test the nerve of even the most extreme adventures.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At first, vanish rollercoaster at Cosmo World amusement park may seem like a pretty regular ride.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's got loops and drops like any other.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That isn't till the ride gets 90 seconds in, when the coaster suddenly dive bombs straight into the water below.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After dropping riders down a steep slope, the ride just disappears into a watery vortex.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: at least that's what it looks like.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In reality passengers dart through a dark underwater tunnel lit by LED lights before reappearing back above the water surface just a few seconds later.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It may not have the most daring drops or the most soaring speeds, but anywhere that makes passengers look like they're being slammed face-first into a watery grave gets my vote as a super scary attraction.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Japan clearly has a thing for hair raising attractions, because less than 300 miles west of Yokohama at the nearby Oaji Island exists a ride that'll have film buffs crawling behind their couch.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This is the home of Nigerian nomori, a theme park dedicated to none other than Godzilla.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Visitors to the park's museum and studio can get a closer look into the world of Godzilla from the big screen, but the main attraction at Nijigenomori has to be the Godzilla Interception Operation Owaji.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The world's first life-size Godzilla.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's not all though.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This man-made Godzilla is also part of a ride.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Park visitors can jump on a 531 foot long Zipline that dangles them 49 feet above the ground.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Then select traveling the length of three Olympic-sized swimming pools all while being close to the height of a five-story building.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yet the scariest part of this attraction is where the passengers end up.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As the Zipline races towards its climax, Zipline is finished their journey by zooming straight
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Luckily, you don't end up in a stomach, you just come out the other side.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Still, I'm not sure ziplining into a realistic-looking mega-mouth with that many teeth, there's something I could stomach.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Godzilla Interception Operational Wajie isn't the only attraction to feature a prehistoric looking predator.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Krakasaurus coves cage of death and Darwin Australia is every bit as nail-biting as it sounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Essentially, this attraction puts human bait, sorry, I mean visitors face to face with one of the world's most feared animals, Krakadiles.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The start participants enter an acrylic tube about one and a half inches thick in 10 feet high, and first they're dangled above the water while the crocks feast right before their eyes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Soon after the tube is lowered into the water for 15 minutes bringing anyone inside face to face with one of the world's scariest sides, especially since the critters here are saltwater crocodiles.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you didn't know saltwater cracks are the largest reptiles on the planet reaching links of more than 23 feet and weighing in at over 2,200 pounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On top of that they're extremely powerful jaws bite with a force of 3700 pounds of pressure per square inch.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The strongest bite in the animal kingdom and more than double the force it takes to break a human femur that's the strongest bone in the human body.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sounds like just a critter you want to go I bought a eyeball within the water.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Not.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Canada's Wonderland amusement park thankfully doesn't have any crocodiles, but it's made attraction can still leave Daredevil's cry for their mummies.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Soaring some 223 feet in the air, the Yukon striker, a steel dive coaster, is the tallest of its kind in the world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In case you didn't know, dive coasters are a type of roller coaster that featured plenty of steep vertical drops.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: These rides also hold passengers at the top of the drop for a few seconds just to make the weight before the fall even more agonizing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the Yukon Striker is the most agonizing of all dive coasters.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The ride starts by veering passengers over the edge of a 90-degree drop before racing down at speeds of 80 miles per hour, making this the fastest dive coaster in the world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, I don't think we're gonna throw up.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, if that wasn't enough, you can't strike her with a length of 3,625 feet is also the world's longest dive coaster.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This bad boy even features a complete 360-degree loop, something never before seen on one of these rides.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Right, so it's the tallest, longest and fastest dive coaster in the world, plus it's got a 360-degree loop.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I get why it's called the Yukon Striker Now, it's striking fear into my heart.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ear, halfway across the world, whaling you on in China isn't revered for any blood-curdling coasters, instead this place is known for its scenic beauty, as more than 3,000 sandstone pillars tower over the forest landscape here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But built into the side of a cliff is, wait for it, an elevator!
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, you heard that right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The by-long elevator has its known takes passengers up above an inducing 1,070 feet in the air.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That makes this the world's tallest outdoor elevator.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If going up to such heights in an elevator wasn't scary enough, this attraction is also fitted with glass windows letting you see exactly how far your fault of the crowd will be.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you're still not feeling crazy then, let me tell you this lift is also reported to be one of the world's fastest passenger elevators,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While an elevator embedded into a cliff face-sense danger's enough as it is, the thrills ain't over yet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Bullying you on is also known as an earthquake hot spot.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Not ideal when you're hundreds of feet up in a glass elevator.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thankfully, the lift cars are all fitted with earthquake detectors to allow for a speedy evacuation in case of a quake.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Earthquake detectors are not, the by-long elevator attraction still sounds scary on so many levels.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Considering that the Great Wall of China is one of the world's most popular destinations, attracting more than 10 million tours per year, you'd presume it'd be pretty leisurely to visit.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And for the most part, it is, but that can't be said for the G&Co portion of the Great Wall, however.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This 12-mile section found 45 miles north of Beijing is known for being the most dangerous.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One part in particular known as the heavenly latter is comprised of 70 steep stone steps that were built into a 260 feet tall cliff.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Being such a rural section of the Great Wall, there aren't any safety procedures or guides to ensure people complete the climb unharmed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As a result, it's not uncommon for tourists to enter themselves by falling onto the cliffside.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's so headantly now, is it?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Just over 400 miles south of that agonizing ascent is yet another crazy Chinese attraction.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Fearing over the edge of a cliff on Fuji Mountain is this sketchy staircase.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: With no guardrails and a narrowing staircase, anyone with where to go should rule this attraction as a no-go.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That being said, this white stairway to heaven isn't quite as perilous as it first seems.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While it's not known how far a drop down the edges, another angle shows the staircase doesn't actually be over the cliff.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: On top of that, there's also a soft cushion landing for anybody that falls off.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The things we do for a photo op.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But China has something of an obsession with strange steps as this bizarre 300-foot spiral staircase found in the Tai Hong Mountains in China's Hinan province proves.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Built in an effort to boost tourism this towering structure offers adventures that thrill of climbing great heights without the ever-impinning threat of falling over the edge.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Despite that, this attraction isn't for the faint hearted.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The climb is so strenuous, over 60s aren't allowed on the staircase.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Phew, at least that rules me out.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, what scary attraction have we got to extra?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You thought China was done there with its super scary attractions?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Heh, no way.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In the isolated Huang Shan Mountains, in the unhway province of eastern China, is the Mount Hua Hiking Trail, believed to be the most dangerous of its kind in the world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: To reach the highest summit on the mountain south peak explores must traverse through narrow pathways and up vertical sky ladders, but what Mount Hua Hiking Trail is really infamous for is the Plank Walk.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, just one look at this thing and I know it's not safe.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For starters, the wood slats are rammed together by nails while the plank itself is only 12 inches wide.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Toers have to carefully cross this 330 foot long plank walk with the threat of dropping down over 7,000 feet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Luckily, they're secured by metal railings and a harness, but nevertheless, even a slim chance of falling down a distance close to three times the height of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, is enough to keep me up at night.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Or, finally, it's rumored that around a hundred people perish attempting the Mount Hua Plank walk every year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Comparatively, every year around four people perish on roller coasters.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I always knew exercise was bad for you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Created in 2002, or the vision, theme park, and Chongqing Central China is home to the largest concentration of sky high attractions in the world.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Usually getting pushed on a swing is one of live simple pleasures, but...
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Not here, tourists are strapped to their swing seat before being pulled back 90 degrees and pushed out some 1000 feet over the valley.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The park's gap bridge, which is essentially a glorified horizontal ladder, task participants with jumping between each ledge, which looked to be a couple of feet apart.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, and this is all while they're 500 feet above the ground.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Can you imagine falling through one of those gaps?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Fortunately, for participants they're secured by a harness, but even still you've got to agree that's an attraction straight from the pits of hell.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As for the bed at the Ordivision theme park, you'd think it'd give visitors so much needed time to recover from all the harrowingly high activities, but no, this bed which holds two people is held up by several cable lines that suspended a thousand feet in the air.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Even though passengers are harnessed to the suspension line having a nap in this bed would be enough to give you a nightmare's for life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Assuming you lived long enough to leave or to V-Shint theme park.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Glenn Wood Canyon in Western Colorado, U.S. is known for its rugged scenery and 1300 feet deep canyon.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Not exactly what I would call the safest place for a theme park, but the creators of Glenn Wood caverns adventure park, disagree.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It features daring rides like the defiance roller coaster and alpine coaster, which is more of a toboggin, but the real reason adrenaline junkie's flock here is to try another ride.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This menacing mechanism uses a pressure-powered swing to propel participants back and forth, dangling over the edge of a 1,300 foot drop.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If that wasn't terrifying enough, it swings at a time speed of 50 miles per hour, then takes riders to a near vertical swinging arc.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Oh my goodness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Glass bridges have become a big tourist hit in recent years, so much so that throughout China there are currently a staggering 2300 glass bridges.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But as cool as they look in pictures, it's a whole other thing actually walking over one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Take East High Hanglass Walk, found in the mountains of the high bay province of Eastern China.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This crossing is positioned a stomach-churning 750 feet above the valley floor.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's a scary look down, even more so when that glass walkway starts cracking under you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's exactly what happened to some poor tours back in 2017.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Luckily for them, though, this is just a cruel prank.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The cracking glass was actually a special effect activated by infrared sensors when someone was walking across the glass panel triggering the cracking visuals.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The prank was so scary the administration of East Thai Hank issued an apology for any distress cause saying the effect was designed to be provocative.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, provoking a heart attack.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Just over 500 miles north of this brutal bridge, you'll find another glass Chinese crossing, the Jeng Jai Jiglas Bridge.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This glass bottom bridge is the world's longest and highest, stretching 1,411 feet across and 984 feet above the Zung Jjigran Canyon.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Fortunately, there's no cracking sound effects on this walkway.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Unfortunately, the glass here has actually cracked.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If crossing over a glass walkway nearly 1500 feet in the air wasn't worrisome enough, some tours were invited to smash some of the glass panels with a sledgehammer.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, you heard that right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After it doesn't blows the first layer of glass splintered, but the lower two layers remained in perfect condition.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Apparently, that test wasn't vigorous enough, so they decided to roll a two-ton Volvo SUV carrying 11 people over the cracked panels.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yet the bridge didn't buckle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: These crazy tests are all to convince people of just how strong Jenjai J. Glassbridge is.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But I mean, this attraction is just one bridge too far.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Wafepuls are effectively swimming pools and which there are artificially generated large waves.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're incredibly popular and can be used by surfers looking to practice or swimmers looking to feel realistic ocean waves without the beachside hassle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, one wave pool founded the Summerland Water Park in Tokyo regularly attracts tens of thousands of people looking to cool off during the heat of summer.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The result, a pool so packed it's hard to find the water.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But for many, this isn't a problem as the surges of water do the moving for them, meaning they don't need to swim to cool off.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Still, that looks so dangerous, not to mention on hygienic and claustrophobic.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But crime conditions were the last thing on the minds of bathers in that pool of China sway-yoon water park back in 2019.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was supposed to be a fun day out at the wave pool for the hundreds there, but people began to grow concerned when they were getting splashed by heavier and heavier waves.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Then the wave pool reduced in a enormous tidal wave launching swarms of swimmers into the air.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The whopping wave injured 44 people with five of those hurt ending up in hospital for injuries including fractured ribs, out.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well rumors spread on social media that the waitful operator was drunk, officials at the waterbarker attributed the blame to a power cut on the machinery.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Whatever the cause, that's enough reason for me to wave goodbye to these attractions for good.
• 23:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: And breathe.
• 23:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: Then rounds out the world's scariest attractions.
• 23:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: Have you ridden or experience any of these for yourself?
• 23:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for listening to the podcast, we'll see you again next time you'll want to be amazed.
• 23:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll see you in the next video.