All of you adrenaline junkies had best start booking your flights now.
3,625 feet long.
223 feet high.
Reaching speeds of 130km per hour.
A 90-degree drop into an underwater tunnel.
Yep, we want to go to there.
The Yukon Striker is set to open in Canada’s Wonderland theme park, and in the process will be breaking multiple world records.
It even comes with its own history, as per the park’s website:
“It’s 1897 and a flood of men and women are venturing into the untamed wilderness of northwestern Canada, fueled by little more than rumour of limitless gold. The headwaters of the Yukon spread beyond an unforgiving landscape, tempting newcomers with the promise of riches that lay buried in ice-cold riverbeds throughout the Klondike.
“Most prospectors are doomed to fail. The journey is treacherous along the Chilkoot Trail, a steep and punishing climb high into the coastal mountain range. The seasons are extreme and the backcountry, for all its raw beauty, is unyielding.
“Among the lawless boom towns and outposts, only a few will succeed in this quest for glory. A Golden Eagle soars high on the winds watching the perilous hunt. Who will endure the longest journey? Who will conquer the tallest mountain pass, the treacherous terrain and rise worthy of the name YUKON STRIKER…”
Ooooh.
Yep, we want to go to there, and here is what you can come to expect, when it opens fully in 2019 (after a brief preview this Christmas…)
Clip via Canada’s Wonderland
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