Back Yard Roller Coaster - Bruceville, IN
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DnRseekers
N 38° 46.904 W 087° 27.996
16S E 459472 N 4292659
Just a few hundred yards south of a giant peach sits Indiana's most famous homemade roller coaster.
Waymark Code: WMFH22
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2012
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John Iver built the Blue Flash in 2001 and recently added Blue Too in 2006. The ride only lasts 10 seconds but that is plenty long enough. You're immediately tossed sideways, then thrown into a 360 degree corkscrew loop, then wrenched in the opposite direction through a helix before rolling back to the chain lift to start all over again!
From Roadsideamerica.com :
"I'm not engineer educated," John said. "A lot of it was trial and error. I just thought one day, 'Man, a roller coaster coming down the side of that shed would be pretty neat." John said that the project was simply, "something fun in the backyard for the kids," but it's pretty clear that the person who enjoys it most is John Ivers."
"John has lost count of how many people have come to ride his roller coasters. He and Sharon are gracious hosts, but they also have ground rules: weekends only, call ahead to make an appointment, and be polite. Don't just show up. Maximum weight for a rider is 200 pounds and there are no rides in cold weather. "Even big, fancy coasters don't operate in the cold," said John. "They'd just snap like pretzels." "
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
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