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Thrill Rides: Manhattan Express
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  • jag17
  • Updated By jag17 on June 21, 2005
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  • Hold On - Las Vegas
    Hold On
    by jag17
    For those looking for a thrill, take a ride on the Manhattan Express. The roller coaster leaves the loading dock from the 2nd floor of the NY-NY Hotel. Featuring a "heartline" twist and dive, the Manhattan Express is a wild ride. Reaching heights of 203', and speeds of 67mph, you drop down 75' just in time for the 55 degree, 144' second drop. A series of turns, hills, loops (yes, upside down) leads into the finale heartline twist and dive. If you are still able to breathe and walk, the casino bar is just an elevator ride away!

    As of June 2005, it was $12.50 to ride!

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  • Address: New York-New York Hotel
  • Phone: (866) 815-4365
  • Directions: South Strip
  • Website: www.nynyhotelcasino.com
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    Thrill Rides: rollar coaster ride!!!!!
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  • stevo666
  • Updated By stevo666 on February 14, 2006
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  • hold on to your pants!!!! - Las Vegas
    hold on to your pants!!!!
    by stevo666
    well first time id ever been on a rollar coaster, so dont know any diffrent or if it was good or bad to others , but it scared the pants off me ! in a good way :) you go to the top of the hotel at the end of the main street and it travel round the hotel and through some parts! well worth ago only costs a few dollars

  • Address: end of main strip in/out hotel-excalibur hotel
  • Directions: end of main strip
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    Thrill Rides: Roller Coaster
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  • canadacutey
  • By canadacutey on December 22, 2003
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  • Thrill Rides - Las Vegas
    by canadacutey
    The huge outdoor coaster wrapping in and out of the buildings of New York, is awsome! I am a roller coaster nut,and this ranks as a great coaster. Worth the money.

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  • Address: 3790 Las Vegas Blvd
  • Phone: (800) 693-6763
  • Directions: Las Vegas Strip
  • Website: http://www.nynyhotelcasino.com/pages/index_flash.asp
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    Thrill Rides: NASCAR Entertainment Center's Pit Pass Arcade
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  • Yaqui
  • By Yaqui on March 22, 2009
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  • Thrill Rides - Las Vegas
    by Yaqui
    Located in Sahara Hotel & Casino , this is a great place to take the kids or the kid in ever adult especially if your a racecar fan. This is a state-of-the-art arcade is packed with more than 120 player stations, redemption and standard video games. All games accept tokens only. The arcade is conveniently located on the first floor of the NASCAR Entertainment Center, near the buffet escalator, musueum, gift shop, and cafe.

    Hours of operation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

    Regulations prohibit children under the age of 18 from being present without a parent, legal guardian, or responsible adult over the age of 21 after 10 p.m.

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  • Address: 2535 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV 89109
  • Phone: 702-737-2111
  • Directions: On the corner on Sahara Blvd and Las Vegas Blvd.
  • Website: http://www.saharavegas.com/NASCAR/pit-pass-arcade
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    Thrill Rides: Stratosphere Swinging Chairs.....wow
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  • Martin_S.
  • Updated By Martin_S. on February 6, 2006
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  • Stratosphere
    Stratosphere "Swinging Chairs"
    the beginning
    by Martin_S., 4 more photos
    When you get on this ride, it looks innocent enough, you walk out onto the deck and get into a chair with your partner and the chair is ON THE BUILDING. But soon you are strapped into the chair and it lifts up off the floor and then all of a sudden you notice that the guard rail seperating you from the edge of the 100 story building has fallen over....then you also notice that the chair you are sitting in is beginning to move TOWARD that edge....and then goes OVER THE EDGE and you are sitting in a chair suspended 100 stories above Las Vegas, but the FUN (??) does not stop there. After you have been swung out over the abyss and even before you can jump back to safety they begin to rotate the chairs, and as the speed picks up the centrifugal force begins to make your chair swing back up and out which in effect leaves you looking straight DOWN !!!!
    Have fun.
    (PS: Yes that is my teenage daughter on the chair, and YES, I did stand there and let her go on this ride, and YES, I did laugh as she was asking to be let OFF after it swung out off the building, after all it was HER IDEA in the first place.....horrible father aren't I ;O)))

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    Thrill Rides: Ride the Roller Coaster
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  • soccergrrl
  • By soccergrrl on May 30, 2003
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  • Looping the Loop - Las Vegas
    Looping the Loop
    by soccergrrl
    New York New York has its own roller coaster, called the Manhattan Express, that twists, turns, climbs, dives, and loops all around the "city." We rode at night, and it was tons of fun. I was terrified, screamed my head off, but had a blast. My husband nearly split his gut laughing at me. You'll need to leave any bags, cameras, or other similar accessories at the platform -- there are lockers (50 cents, I think) to hold your stuff.

    This was my favorite "architecture" of the hotels and casinos -- it's built to look like the Manhattan skyline, and they even have a miniature Brooklyn Bridge. The casino and shops inside are meant to make you feel as if you are strolling a New York neighborhood.

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  • Address: New York New York is at the south end of the Strip
  • Website: http://www.nynyhotelcasino.com/pages/ent_coaster.a
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    Thrill Rides: SPEED - The Ride
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  • toontown
  • By toontown on July 10, 2006
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  • Speed - the Ride, halfway through - Las Vegas
    Speed - the Ride, halfway
    through
    by toontown,
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    Wow! Not for the faint of heart. This ride starts inside the Sarah, at the Nascar Cafe, but I don't recommend eating before you go! The acceleration at the beginning is so fast you have no time to catch your breath or psyche yourself up for the corkscrews and loops. I admit it - I screamed my head off and then closed my eyes. I only opened my eyes when it eventually stopped - only to find myself looking straight up into the sky, hanging at a 90 degree angle 224 feet in the air. After what seemed like an eternity in that position the ride rocketed us backward at the same speed the way we came (accompanied by more screaming). Apparently the ride goes along the strip. You are warned before you go off to remove all lose items, bags, etc. before getting on the ride. There are even 50 cent lockers for the purpose. My husband got on the ride and was told to remove his glasses. He complained that he wouldn't be able to see properly without them but after the ride started he soon realized that seeing the strip while on the ride wasn't really possible due to the speed (up to 70 m.p.h.).

    Open from at least noon until 9 pm each day, some extended hours on weekends. It costs $10 a ride or you can get a pass for $19.95 which entitles you to go on as much as you want (once was enough for me) on both Speed The Ride and the Cyber Speedway, which was quite fun.

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  • Address: Sahara Hotel & Casino
  • Phone: 737-2471
  • Directions: Top of the Strip, accessible by monorail.
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    Thrill Rides: Ride on the Manhattan Express!!
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  • Royal63
  • By Royal63 on January 3, 2007
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  • Part of the roller coaster ride - Las Vegas
    Part of the roller coaster
    ride
    by Royal63
    Wherever you are staying, get on the monorail and walk into the New York New York hotel. Follow the easy directions to the roller coaster and have a great ride! With heights of 203 feet, drops of 144 feet and speeds up to 67 MPH, this attraction adds new meaning to the phrase "let it ride!" It features the world's first "heartline" twist and dive maneuver, allowing riders to experience the thrilling force of negative g's! Simulating a barrel-roll in a jet fighter, it rolls 180 degrees, hangs 86 feet in the air, then dives back under itself- promising dizzying excitement and white-knuckle thrills!
    You will NOT regret it.

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  • Address: New York New York hotel on the strip
  • Directions: Ride the Monorail to the New York New York hotel. You walk into the casino area, turn left, walk up stairs, then follow the path on the floor to the front of the line. If I can find it, YOU can find it.
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    Thrill Rides: Speed The Ride
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  • Martinewezel
  • By Martinewezel on December 11, 2005
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  • Las Vegas
    Las Vegas "Speed the Ride"
    by Martinewezel, 2 more photos
    Height: 224 feet
    Top speed: 70 mph
    2 loopings

    - Try to sit in the front seats. A great experience when you'll be launched out of the
    building! You'll make first the whole ride foreward, then backwards.
    - 10$/ ride
    - You need to be 54 inches tall to ride!

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  • Directions: Nascar Café in the Sahara hotel/casino
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    Thrill Rides: Manhattan Express
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  • Martinewezel
  • By Martinewezel on December 9, 2005
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  • Las vegas - Las Vegas
    Las vegas
    by Martinewezel
    Where? Hotel New York!
    A fantastic thrill ride where you can experience the force of negative "G's". (12,50 $)
    No queues, no stress!

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  • Directions: On the second level inside the New York-New York hotel-casino at the south end of the Strip where Las Vegas Boulevard meets Tropicana Avenue.
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