Heart-pounding new rides coming up at Kankaria

AHMEDABAD: The Kankaria Amusement Park, work on which is close to completion, will provide Amdavadis five world class rides. The park coming up at the new Balvatika in Kankaria is scheduled to open to the public within a month.

The Boomerang Roller Coaster takes riders to a height of 55 ft. It can carry 20 people at a time and travels at a speed of 16.67 metres per second.

The Flipping Arm is another exciting ride that is being set up. It is designed like a forestry tractor with three arms that rotate clockwise and anti-clockwise at a minimum speed of 1 metre per second and a maximum speed of 15 metres per second. The most exciting part of this ride is that as the arms oscillate, the body also moves in multiple directions.

"The Flipping Arm is going to be the most unique and amusing ride here for both children and adults," said Suhas Makwana, supervisor of Kankaria Amusement Park.

The three-meter-tall, 'Torching Tower', which has 10 seats, will have the riders' hearts racing in no time. The seats will initially rise at a speed of 3 metre per second. Once they reach the top, they will come down at a speed of 10 metres per second.

Disk 'O', also known as 'the pendulum ride', can carry 15 people at a time. Its arm oscillates along a 180-degree arc at a speed that varies with the weight of the passengers. The oscillating arm's speed can go up to 10 metres per second.

A merry-go-round with a carrying capacity of 58 persons will also be part of the amusement park. The promoters are in the process of building a kids' zone where there will be many computerized games for children.

"All the rides at Kankaria are being set up by a Netherlands-based amusement rides manufacturing company. This is the first time that the company has set up such rides in South Asia," said Makwana.

-TOI