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The Wisp Resort Mountain Coaster Will Make You Scream
Clip: Season 1 Episode 4 | 3m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Lauren and Laurita take a ride on the Wisp Resort Mountain Coaster!
During their trip to Deep Creek Lake, Maryland Laurita and Lauren visit Wisp Resort to take a ride on the Mountain Coaster. The coaster is a hybrid between an alpine slide and roller coaster with 1,300 feet of uphill track, 3,500 feet of downhill track, and a 350-foot vertical drop. Each car is pulled up by a cable and then gravity-fed down a twisting, turning, track. As mom and daughter find out,
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Get Out of Town
The Wisp Resort Mountain Coaster Will Make You Scream
Clip: Season 1 Episode 4 | 3m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
During their trip to Deep Creek Lake, Maryland Laurita and Lauren visit Wisp Resort to take a ride on the Mountain Coaster. The coaster is a hybrid between an alpine slide and roller coaster with 1,300 feet of uphill track, 3,500 feet of downhill track, and a 350-foot vertical drop. Each car is pulled up by a cable and then gravity-fed down a twisting, turning, track. As mom and daughter find out,
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipTRISH: So the mountain coaster is about a five-minute ride.
It's 1,300 feet of uphill track, 3,500 feet of downhill track, and 350 vertical feet, uh, on the eastern side of the mountain here at Wisp Resort.
On the way up to the top, there's a cable that pulls the car all the way up.
On the way down, it's all gravity fed, so you can go as fast as you want.
The car will not come off the track.
You just make sure, of course, safety is top priority, and you don't hit the car in front of you.
ISSAC: Hello.
LAUREN: Hi.
LAURITA: Hello.
ISSAC: How you guys doing?
LAUREN: Good, how are you?
ISSAC: Good.
Have you guys done this before?
LAUREN: We have not.
ISSAC: Awesome.
LAUREN: But we've heard so many good things about it.
ISSAC: So how to operate the car is by these two black levers.
LAUREN: Okay.
ISSAC: With both hands, you want to push them all the way forward to go.
LAUREN: Okay.
LAURITA: Okay.
ISSAC: Back is to slow down.
LAUREN: Got it.
LAURITA: Okay.
ISSAC: This is a thrill ride, so we do encourage you to go as fast as possible as often as possible.
LAUREN: Oh, don't have to tell us twice.
LAURITA: We are ready.
LAUREN: Yeah!
You can go first.
Don't slow down though.
ISSAC: All right.
LAURITA: I'm not slowing.
So where do your feet go?
Just wherever it's comfortable?
ISSAC: Yep.
Have fun.
LAURITA: Thank you.
LAUREN: All right.
LAURITA: Woo-hoo!
LAUREN: So push forward.
ISSAC: So go ahead and push down.
All right, now you can let go.
It's going to be automatic until you reach the top.
Have fun.
LAUREN: Thank you.
Oh, goodness.
This is a steep little hill.
Sheesh.
So right now we are on the mountain coaster.
I'm heading up, um.
This is honestly my least favorite part of the rollercoaster, going up, the anticipation, all of that.
But also this is a very steep hill.
Like just watching this is kind of scary, but it's going to be fun regardless.
My mom is in front, and I'm hoping she doesn't brake at all because I'm trying to go down super fast.
LAURITA: This is the peaceful part of this ride.
I'm going to just relax for a while.
LAUREN: Oh, there's a loop de loop.
Oh, I'm excited!
LAURITA: How you doing back there?
(laughs) Woo!
Hey, Lauren.
LAUREN: Yeah.
LAURITA: Woo!
(laughter) LAUREN: Ooh, here we go.
Woo!
(screaming) Oh my God.
(screaming) Oh my God, oh my God, okay.
LAURITA: Woo-hoo!
Woo-hoo.
LAUREN: Oh my God!
(screaming) LAURITA: Oh!
(laughs) (screaming) LAUREN: Oh snap.
(laughs) LAURITA: Ooh, Lauren.
(laughs) That was so much fun.
We just went on that rollercoaster, and let me tell you, if you don't have to brake, it's a good feeling.
LAUREN: Yeah.
No, that was fast.
That was a lot faster than I expected, but it was really fun.
LAURITA: It was a lot of fun.
LAUREN: Um, the, the going up part was my least favorite though because it was so steep.
It literally looked like you were going straight up the hill.
But it was so fun.
The mountain coaster, ten out of ten, would recommend.
LAURITA: Let's go again.
LAUREN: Let's do it again.
LAURITA: Let's go again.
LAUREN: Let's do it again.
Let's go!
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