It was an indoor roller coaster in the dark with “twists, turns, and sudden drops,” but only for a couple of feet and nothing that kids couldn’t handle. Although I admit that yes, I did scream my head off and walked away with wobbly knees.

So for those who prefer to go at their own speed and avoid the loops and hoops, there’s the Crouching Tiger and Turtle.

The name is obviously a play on the title of the movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. They changed just the right words, I think, because there’s no hidden dragons on this “coaster”, because instead of riding along to crazy speeds and going for the ride of your life, you can instead choose to walk the path of the coaster.

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The walkable roller coaster was brought to life by sculptors Ulrich Genth and Heike Mutter. It’s located in Duisburg, Germany, and is made from steel and zinc. A ticket to walk this one-of-a-kind creation costs 1.7 Euros (or about $2.30), but it’s the plane ticket to Duisburg that’s going to burn a hole in your pocket. But if you happen to be going there for the holidays, then make sure to drop by and give it a whirl run.

[via Dvice]

If you ever get to Abu Dhabi you won’t have to beg a booth babe to let you sit in a Ferrari if you head over to Ferrari World theme park. The park has the coolest roller coaster I have ever seen. The thing has coaster cars that are Ferrari F430′s.

The track looks sort of like a road and I can only imagine it would be a sweet ride. An even cooler coaster is rumored at the theme park though – based on F1 racing. The coaster is said to hit 149mph! That is insane for a coaster, most that I have seen only go about 40-60mph.

[Via Jalopnik]

Ziconic’s SkyCoaster 3D puts a miniature roller coaster simulator inside your iPhone. The application lets you take a ride on countless insanely impossible twisty and turny coasters. Thanks to a procedural track-generation engine, each and every trip is unique. And if you manage to stop hurling your virtual lunch as you ride the rails, you’ll notice that you’re surrounded by beautiful panoramic backdrops. You can also adjust settings to your own ride preferences, tweaking track length, complexity of corkscrews, loops and coaster acceleration among other things.

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Ziconic says their upcoming 1.1 version (due the week of 2/23/2009) will include the ability to ride on suspension coasters, lets you adjust your point-of-view, and adds a nighttime backdrop among other things. Unfortunately, there aren’t any plans to take advantage of the iPhone’s accelerometer, so you’re at the whim of the coaster’s own acceleration and virtual gravity. Stupid laws of physics.

You can find SkyCoaster 3D over at the iTunes App Store for just 99 cents.

That said, check out this awesomely sadistic clip taken from the amusement park sim, Roller Coaster Tycoon.

Thank god for physics engines.

[via Destructoid]