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Dreamworld | Jungle Rush | Vekoma Switchback Coaster | 2024

Hixee said:
I assume they mean the world's first "Vekoma Switchback(TM)" coaster?
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I could understand that, but that's not how it's being promoted. Every post by Vekoma and the park says "World's first Switchback Coaster", which is misleading.
 
ECG said:
I could understand that, but that's not how it's being promoted. Every post by Vekoma and the park says "World's first Switchback Coaster", which is misleading.
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I guess at its most technical semantic level, the Vekoma "Switchback Coaster" is different to a "switchback coaster". For clarity, the Vekoma Switchback Coaster (capital S, capital C) is a product type, whereas a switchback coaster (lowercase s, lowercase c) is a coaster featuring a switchback element.

It's technical faffiness at its finest, but so be it.
 
ECG said:
I could understand that, but that's not how it's being promoted. Every post by Vekoma and the park says "World's first Switchback Coaster", which is misleading.
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Its the first coaster with a 3 way inclined turntable, which Vekoma markets as a switchback. This is distinct from those old turn of the century era coasters.
 
That looks to be on a crap cycle as well. I rode it a couple of weeks ago and was on that indoor lift hill three times. Whichever way it left the station, it returned facing the opposite way.
 
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