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Sitting out in right field about 420 ft from home plate of the Altoona Curve is a white wooden structure called The Skyliner. I board a train towards the back of this classic coaster with just a buzzbar, no seatbelts, no seat divider. It does look very imposing, as we descend the first hill everyone gets floater air followed immediately by ejector air up the next hill. You gets lots of side the lats throughout the ride. As we are pulling into the station it does appear to me that the coasters is slowing down, so I brace myself for a quick stop but the ride op sounds like he is yelling "how about one more time". The whole train is hootin and hollerin as we go through another run, as we approach the station it appears the train is still moving at a good clip and the ride op is yelling the same thing as we zip through the station. The other passengers are still pretty excited. In the end the ride op proceeds to run us through 6 circuits, I love it but the of the passengers are quite upset yelling at this kid as I exit the station. These cars are also beautifully painted with the Altoona Curve logo and the letters G-O-C-U-R-V-E spelled out. A very nice touch
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