In 17 seconds
My sister Asma rode it before three years, she reached the end line with her mouth moved away in her face with the fear, and my brother in law Jamil reached with his standing hair and blown head, therefore, at this time, they warned me and tried to prevent me from riding it, but I had a strong wish to ride it, to have a challenge and to see what will happen with me.
And there, I climbed aboard unique dragster-style trains that moved slowly forward to the starting line, I whispered to myself: I must not be afraid; I must enjoy it, turning around looking for Asma and Jamil who was focusing his video camera on me.
I kept my arms down, my head back, and hold on, the tree lights countdown to green, launched to speed of 120 mph in less than 4 seconds, rising my hands and climbed 420 feet into the air, crest a massive hill and spiral 270 degrees, felt as if my legs were separated from my body, in this moment I hold on strongly and closed my eyes then opened them to see the earth from this point, oh god…where I am? Then speed towards the finish line rising my hands again, the entire experience was over in 17 seconds. Yes, it was the Top Thrill Dragster; which is one of the tallest and fastest roller coasters on Earth.
I felt with some fear when I was in the air, but it decreased when I believed that there is no bad will affect me and the dragster will reach the end line in a moment, also I didn’t forget that I am in a challenge mode with my sisters, I was cool after being out of dragster and I really loved it and wish if I can ride it again.
Although I didn’t feel with a big fear in dragster, but I have experienced the greatest fear aboard the Millennium Force, where I seated beside my sister, it was more scary than dragster as we climbed the 310-foot-tall lift hill smoothly and quickly to reach the peak and stop for a moment then down towards the earth at an 80-degree angle at speeds of 93 mph! With feeling of being thrown, reached the ground then climbed and twisted and turned, then down, however, I also liked it, and if I were asked to ride again I will do.
We have tried other thrill rides such as maXair, in which our legs were dangled freely, fly in the air with feeling of weightlessness, it was interesting and not frightening.
In this photo jamil who is sitting in the right hand of me, he is very scared since he was thinking that this ride will be frightening.
but it was sooo interesting
That all was in Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio, one of the most interesting places that I have visited during my journey to USA in last august, in accompany with my sister and brother in law.
It is nice to visit such places and enjoy the rides that make you experience the mode of being thinking with self, with fear, excitement and happiness. Especially when you are with accompany of people who have sense of humor, like our friend Raghad and her family who have spent interesting times with us.
Here are my friend Raghad and my sister Asma standing besides me in the entrance of Cedar Point.
I like this kind of trips where I can spend my vacation days away of the work stress and daily routine of life, in spite of the interesting nature around us.
In the last two years, I have spent my vacations traveling in Jordan and Syria, I have visited Syria three times with accompany of my family, I have spent a great times there specially when I have been with my father and my uncle, discovering the nature and traditions of the country, building friendship with its people who insist to host us in their homes.
As well, in this year I will spend my vacation in someplace in the world, but where it will be? It is up to God.
Comments
Hi,Eman nice to meet you,i very happy when i reading your comment ,i wish i lived same like you,you have good family and friend, and you have life is very smug,AM sorry my english not very well.but i want tell you ny veiw
Hi Eman, Nice pictures:))I dare not ride )) Pls come to Turkey this summer,,you are mostly welcomed here. Also,I will visit Syria this summer in June. Take care dear:)
hello,Eman really nice to meet you.its realyy God's present to have family, relatives and friends and we should value it. i like your fotos from vacations,i see you know how to spend your free time usefully and interesting so if you haven't any idea where to spend summer vacation i recommend you my country - Kazakhstan,here over 140 nations with various religion beliefs live together in peace, but majority are muslims its good!!!we are kazakhs are hospitable people,really many foreigners say it! also in 2011 our country organize Winter Asian Olympic games, dont you think that it is good idea to visit my country?! best wishes from Kazakhstan))))
Hi Eman, these rides you showed us must have been pretty scary. It's scary just to look at the pictures. I used to love this kind of amusement when I was younger. Now I'm not as brave as I used to be, but I still like it. It's nice to see that you like to travel. It sure is a great opportunity to meet new people and make new friends. But if we can't travel there's always أغر؟´«أ½ blog to help us meet interesting people like you. Good bye for now. See you later. Have a nice day.
hello,Eman!!!how do you do, really glad to meet you!!! Yes our family,relatives and friend are our presents from GOD and we should value them. from your fotos i noticed that you know how to spend free time usefully and interesting.but you dont know where to spend vacation, i recommend you to visit my country where over 140 nations with various religious beliefs live together in peace.most of them are muslims!!! we have rich history and interesting places,beautiful and colorful nature.in 2011 uor country organize Winter Asian Olympic Games,dont you think it is good reason to visit, so welcome!!! with respect from Kazakhstan!!!
Hi Eman, Thank you for sharing theese bits of your life and experiences, and congratulation too for your command of english, I wish I were as articulate as you. I truly respect traditions in your country and I would behave in the same manner if I were there. But in the same way back, I would recomend you and your relatives to left the headscarf and dressing robe when you are visiting USA, as from my point of view it's a great country which's been fighting for certain rights specially related to freedom.
Hi Eman,it,s very brave of you to play the top thrill dragster.Although I,m a boy,I,m not sure whether I will play it because it calls for lots of courage.By the way,I recommend you to visit china when you are free. We have famous historic sites such as terracotta warriors .We also have amazing natural scenes such as moutain huang and jiuzaigou. We chinese has a famous word-once you have seen the moutain huang,you needn,t to see any the moutains in the world;once you have returned from jiuzaigao,you needn,t to see any waters in the world.
so frightening... I will be very scared if I am on the dragster... I swear I'll nevr try roller coaster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO HORRIBLE!!! As well, I've never been to USA
Hi Eman, Wow! another interesting message and pictures from you. You seem to like travelling a lot. I think it is the best way to enjoy life but unfortunately not everyone can afford such trips especially when you have young family. Time is also another factor. With young family you organise your trip which suits everyone which sometimes become a hectic. Even though I like travelling I never had the chance to travel abroad. Hopefully, sometimes in the future if the time permits and I have enough money, I will definitely visit different places. I also agree with you that you need to go with people who also enjoy travelling. I have experienced some of these rides and there are times when I am really scared but at the same time I enjoy it as well. I would also like to give credit to your Brother in-law for taking such good pictures. They are amazing. Have a nice day. Rabail
wonderful writing Eman..thank to you and your wonderful wrtings ı like very much your country and your clean family life there
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