This post came too late as the Edge Coaster adventure happened in December 2008. Yes, I persuaded myself into getting into that edge-of-the-seat ride - literally - just to get a feeling of the spectacle.
True enough, I felt that I was being thrown into nothingness, into the void that every Cebuano knows to be MacDonald’s Jones. My uncle is a member of Club Ultima so the ride was basically free.
Rates include 390 for entrance fee (good for two people, with free snacks) and 500 for the ride itself (good for two people). Basically, you need to spend 500 pesos each for the whole experience.
Prior to the ride, the attendant puts in the safety device (which is basically a T-shaped iron placed in between your legs and meant to hold your abdomen. The rest is free-flowing!! Meaning, you need to hold on to your seat if you don’t trust that safety device. As I am slender (my friend calls me the Skeletal System), I felt that the device was not able to securely hold me in place. So I just have to hold the side of the seat, for added security. Then, you have manual control over the tilt of your seat. You just have to press it forward and backward. Both of you have the said controls. The best part is, there will be an automatic tilt as soon as the ride starts.
So, we’re all set..GO!
The tilt! I am afraid of heights so all I could say was “SH@T!” Now, I can feel how water feels when it is being poured out of a pitcher. Worse, I felt that the device that’s meant to hold me in my seat is loose. For what seemed like an eternity, my aunt and I just shouted our hearts out never knowing what to do.
Then it occurred to her, “Day, we can flatten our seat.” And she did.
The rest of the ride was a combination of laughter and tears. I was laughing because of excitement and I was crying because of fright. My 5- and 8-year old cousins kept on calling me and asking me if I was alright.. or if it was scary. All I could say was “very scary.” I think I just died!
The Edge Coaster is only a 4-minute ride. At the Entrance, my aunt and I said: 4 minutes ra? way challenge! But as we rode at the edge of the 38th floor of Club Ultima, we felt as if that was the longest four minutes of our lives!
We only experienced one tilt. The automatic tilt. After that, it was all a flat ride. Come picture taking, the photographer motioned us to make a tilt. I firmly said: wa’y tilt-tilt. Sakto ra ni! My aunt and I just laughed.
As we approached the end of the ride, our heart rates are slowly going back to normal. And the consolation prize after the ride? A certificate that says: I Survived the Edge Coaster.
Whew!
Photographs have to be bought, of course. It costs us P790 - soft copies of 8 pictures burned in a CD.
Another whew!
Truly, the Edge Coaster brought me to the edge of my seat. It was a fun experience for me and my aunt!
Tags: Edge Coaster, Family Time
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:27 am
loos scary out there.. my goodie!!
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February 2nd, 2009 at 9:30 pm
whoaa..looks like fun…hehehe! it has been awhile narin na dko nakasakay ng roller coaster…thanks for the visit nga pala!
February 19th, 2009 at 9:30 am
oh my…i don’t think i can handle this. the roller coaster i can, coz i guess it is fast. hehe
February 24th, 2009 at 10:57 am
erkkkkkkkk….i wont try it…really me is scary guy…hahahaha
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 am
Berns, where can I find this Coaster?
I was in Cebu last month. Ü