Datanla Falls Roller Coaster - Dalat, Vietnam
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N 11° 54.189 E 108° 26.986
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Datanla Falls alpine roller coaster in Dalat Vietnam.
Waymark Code: WME403
Location: Vietnam
Date Posted: 03/31/2012
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Datanla roller coaster is used both as a thrill attraction and also as a real transportation system. The coaster is used to reach and visit Datanla Falls which are at the bottom of a gorge. Unlike other roller coasters, the departure is located at the top of the track and the sleds have to go down the slope to reach the bottom of the ride. Then you leave the sled to visit the falls and after your visit you take another sled which takes you back up to the top with a cable car system which is a real funicular.
Alpine roller coasters are quite famous now and you may find many of them in mountain resorts where they are used as summer sled attractions. They are built by Wiegand, a German company. They are small roller coasters where individual sleds are pulled up to the top of the ride with an automatic cable car system. Then the sled is dropped in a steep slope with many curves.
We walked down the hill to get to the falls at the bottom of the gorge and we took the coaster back up to the top and apparently we missed most of the thrill of the ride.
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