Manhattan Express, or now "...The Roller Coaster"... is a big Togo looper. It looks really cool from the strip with the occasional train zooming down the drops acompanied by screams. The ride station is located at the back of the casino and up a floor. Typically the big ride is located at the back of a park so visitors must travel past concessions and the like. Here potential riders must walk by slots, gaming tables, and other things to get your money.
The coaster costs $14 bucks to ride, which is insane. oh and plus 50 cents for a locker. I didn'..t really care about the price though, I just wanted to ride to say that I have been on it. I got a photo of the ride platform with train but was made to put my camera in the locker even though I had zipper pockets. Considering my sister and I did not have another two quarters on hand, I simply walked back, stashed the camera in my zipper pocket, waited a minute, and came back (evil laugh.)
The trains looked really cool, not as cool as the cars on GAdv'...s old Viper coaster though. However, ME doesn'...t use Togo trains anymore. they were replaced by Primiers.
The ride starts with a brake block into a large, steep lift hill. As you head up, you can see the train reflected off the windows of the towers. The lift tops out at a very deceptive 203 feet. The first drop wasn'...t terribly steep and levels out well above the ground. After a straight-away the train shoots up another hill and down a 144 foot drop. The train goes up another hill, turns a bit at the top, and drops onto the roof of New York, New York.
Next is a vertical loop followed by a twist dive element. an awesome element if I say so myself with its couple seconds of upsidedown time. After the inversions is a brake block and a few bunny hops and some turns. The final element is a helix was actually pretty forceful and smooth. The coaster hits the brakes soon after and ends with a steep curving tunnel back to the station. The tunnel is decked out with tire drives so riders don'...t get the thrill of zooming down the tunnel!
ME was pretty rough, but not awful. I can'...t imagine what the ride was like back when they had the original Togo trains though. Nice location, nice themeing, nice drops, and a couple nice elements. If you care to spent the $14 on something other than slots or poker, than this is a pretty good choice.
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