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World's Greatest Roller Coaster Thrills in 3 D [VHS]

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I don't know what video John Elam was watching, but it couldn't have been this one. This video is nothing but coasters, coasters, and more coasters, from every conceivable angle, and then when the ride is over, once again from front car center, from leaving the boarding station to returning to the boarding station. The coasters included are found all over the world, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Niagra Falls, Canada, Cologne, Germany, Blackpool, England, Staffordshire, England, Barcelona, Spain, Sydney, Australia, Queensland, Australia and even the USA. A cute extra feature is hearing the native coaster riders comment about the ride when they get off. I liked the Mexican girl on La Montana Rusa who had to...well, I guess I shouldn't say.

First of all, this video runs in SLP mode. The picture quality is poor. The sound is ok in stereo. The 3d effect works ok. On the good side, you get to see coasters from all over. This is 1998 so you don't get the newest ones, but you do get some unique rides. It was worth the $10 at the video store. Some nit-picks: I want to hear the COASTER, not the music. I want to see the entire lift hill, not just the beginning and at the peak. I want to hear the "click-click".

This is the coolest video on earth...Bying this video is the next best thing to do if you can`t actually travel the world for those loving coaster moments...The narration is superb and the infos on the parks really good.The 3D effects didn`t really worked for me,still I recommend this tape to any coasters fanatic outthere. END

I was prepared to enjoy this title, having wanted something like this for quite some time. There is very little here of interest to me, though. I was looking for first person footage of some interesting coasters. There was a little of this, and the rest was simply set-up and background dribble. I assume most viewers are looking to experience the coasters. Not the parks, not the scenery. Just the thrill of being in the first car.

The other major problem is that the equipment used to shoot this video blacks out for two seconds when going from very dark (a tunnel) to very light (sun) and vice versa. This is the result you or I would get with our home video equipment -- not what you would expect from a professional production. My search for a good, first person coaster video continues. Just the coasters, please!

Dont buy this video. its the worst in the collection. but any of the others.