Bring Back the Holding Brake!

Nov 5

Bring Back the Holding Brake!

Vertical Velocity has and had lots of rumors going around that the holding brake will come back. This happened first when the holding brake slowly started stopping early 2008. Once out of every couple rides, it would use the holding brake, but the next couple, it would not.

Vertical Spike

Well, Six Flags Great America has confirmed that they are bring back the holding brake. For those of you people that don’t know, the holding brake is a part of the ride where the cart gets held up on the vertical spike for about a second before being released down. It gets held when it goes up the spike the second time. The feeling when you get held down, 180 feet above the ground, seeing your reflection in water, sure it a neat experience. From the path, you see everyone’s feet drop when they get held, it is a visual experience too!

What you think of Vertical Velocity? Excited for the holding brake? Leave a comment below along with your Park Thoughts.

http://parkthoughts.com/ Doug
Steel Venom at Valleyfair is great, except for the holding brake part. The restraints Intamin uses on the impulse trains are horrible on a certain section of the body. I always have to push myself back against the seat from losing my special section.
Awsomedude137
I have ridden Possessed at Dorney Park several times, and the holding brake is my favorite part! I don’t think it is uncomfortable, like Doug said, but I am a small person, being barely 5 feet tall. However, when my 6 foot-something friend rode it, he had complaints similar to Doug about his “Special section”
Atem
Deja Vu at SFMM kinda has a similar holding break thing in a sense…and yeah, I wouldnt want it
http://www.rct3data.webs.com Austin
I’ve ridden Possessed as well and its very comfortable. It IS the best part.
Atem
Just out of curiosity…where has this been confirmed?
http://www.youtube.com/user/Egypt2112 Jeremie
SFGAM emailed it to me.