The interactive Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle thrill ride debuting at Minnesota's Nickelodeon Universe will send riders spinning through the air like high-flying martial artists.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Shell Shock, a first of its kind ride in the U.S., is scheduled to open on March 17 at the indoor amusement park inside the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN.
The Gerstlauer Sky Fly tower will lift riders 70 feet in the air aboard single-seat gondolas at the end of a cantilevered arm rotating around a central tower at 25 mph.
Riders will control the pitch of the gondola's wings with their hands -- choosing to simply sit and spin, gently teeter-totter like a see-saw or wildly rotate like a plane propeller.
Sky Fly is based on an existing tower ride by German manufacturer known as the Sky Roller, which premiered at Belantis Leipzig in
Germany.
The debut of the Shell Shock ride coincides with the scheduled launch of Nickelodeon's new "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" animated television series this fall.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shell Shock ride replaces Tak Attack, a Zamperla Rotoshake thrill ride that closed in November at Nickelodeon Universe.
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