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Fantasy Island's Custom SLC
The New Vekoma Hyper SLC
A conversation that allegedly took place between Fantasy Island and Vekoma International:
FI: Hi, is this the company that built our last coaster?
Vekoma: Who is this please?
FI: Fantasy Island, we want a new coaster, we have £25million to spend and we want a big coaster, one that has your legs dangling - tallest in the world please... could you advise us on how we can go about building this ride.
Vekoma: Well, as you know, designing a coaster is no easy feat, it would take at least a few years (for us to get around to designing it) for it to come to fruition...
FI: Well, we want to open it for the Queen's Jubilee in 2002.
Vekoma: Ok, I think we can work something out before then...
FI: Ok, first of all - we want a really tall coaster like Pepsi Max, but we want it like Nemesis please, can you mix those two together please?
Vekoma Employee attempts to find information on said coasters with no luck...
Vekoma: Yeah sure, really tall like Pepsi Max you say (what's a soft drink got to do with this, this guy's a moron!!) and like Nemesis - how so?
FI: With your feet dangling...
Vekoma: You want an SLC? [sounding suprised]
FI: Yeah, like Nemesis.
Vekoma: You want to spend £25million on an SLC?
FI: Yeah - and we want it to be the best coaster in the UK
Vekoma: I'll have to check with the boss...
Vekoma Employee checks with the boss
Vekoma Employee : This crazy guy wants to spend £25million on an SLC!? What the hell are we gonna do?? He wants the best coaster in the UK!!
Boss: Sell...Sell...SELL
Vekoma Employee : Right, ok.
Back onto the Phone
Vekoma: Yeah, we can manage that...
FI: Do any other companies make these Inverter rides?
Vekoma: Inverters? I don't know any companies that make inverters, I've never known of any other company to make inverters, what's an inverter?
FI: Oh ok - just some people at our park told us to go to B&M or something!!?
Vekoma: They're just the public, they know nothing...
FI: Yeah - glad I came back to you!
Vekoma: Yeah, we're the best.
FI: Ok, when can we meet with your designers?
Vekoma: Our designers?
FI: Yeah - we've got some ideas...
Vekoma: Erm, our designers will, erm... be ok with any instructions you can give over the phone...
FI: Ok, heres what we want. We want it really tall say 265ft and we want a big loop, say 200ft tall. then we want a boomerang and some big turns and a twist and a corkscrew please...
Vekoma Employee Scribbles some Numbers onto a Pizza box, knocking at least 80ft of each statistic and lowering the number of inversions by one...
Vekoma: Ok, we've got your order, thanks for shopping with Vekoma International.
FI: When do you want the money?
Vekoma: Now please!
FI: I'll put the check in the mail...
Vekoma: Bye then.
FI: Bye.
Ride Arrives a few years later and Fantasy Island realise for £25million they could have got a coaster bigger than Millennium Force....
The New Vekoma Hyper SLC
A conversation that allegedly took place between Fantasy Island and Vekoma International:
FI: Hi, is this the company that built our last coaster?
Vekoma: Who is this please?
FI: Fantasy Island, we want a new coaster, we have £25million to spend and we want a big coaster, one that has your legs dangling - tallest in the world please... could you advise us on how we can go about building this ride.
Vekoma: Well, as you know, designing a coaster is no easy feat, it would take at least a few years (for us to get around to designing it) for it to come to fruition...
FI: Well, we want to open it for the Queen's Jubilee in 2002.
Vekoma: Ok, I think we can work something out before then...
FI: Ok, first of all - we want a really tall coaster like Pepsi Max, but we want it like Nemesis please, can you mix those two together please?
Vekoma Employee attempts to find information on said coasters with no luck...
Vekoma: Yeah sure, really tall like Pepsi Max you say (what's a soft drink got to do with this, this guy's a moron!!) and like Nemesis - how so?
FI: With your feet dangling...
Vekoma: You want an SLC? [sounding suprised]
FI: Yeah, like Nemesis.
Vekoma: You want to spend £25million on an SLC?
FI: Yeah - and we want it to be the best coaster in the UK
Vekoma: I'll have to check with the boss...
Vekoma Employee checks with the boss
Vekoma Employee : This crazy guy wants to spend £25million on an SLC!? What the hell are we gonna do?? He wants the best coaster in the UK!!
Boss: Sell...Sell...SELL
Vekoma Employee : Right, ok.
Back onto the Phone
Vekoma: Yeah, we can manage that...
FI: Do any other companies make these Inverter rides?
Vekoma: Inverters? I don't know any companies that make inverters, I've never known of any other company to make inverters, what's an inverter?
FI: Oh ok - just some people at our park told us to go to B&M or something!!?
Vekoma: They're just the public, they know nothing...
FI: Yeah - glad I came back to you!
Vekoma: Yeah, we're the best.
FI: Ok, when can we meet with your designers?
Vekoma: Our designers?
FI: Yeah - we've got some ideas...
Vekoma: Erm, our designers will, erm... be ok with any instructions you can give over the phone...
FI: Ok, heres what we want. We want it really tall say 265ft and we want a big loop, say 200ft tall. then we want a boomerang and some big turns and a twist and a corkscrew please...
Vekoma Employee Scribbles some Numbers onto a Pizza box, knocking at least 80ft of each statistic and lowering the number of inversions by one...
Vekoma: Ok, we've got your order, thanks for shopping with Vekoma International.
FI: When do you want the money?
Vekoma: Now please!
FI: I'll put the check in the mail...
Vekoma: Bye then.
FI: Bye.
Ride Arrives a few years later and Fantasy Island realise for £25million they could have got a coaster bigger than Millennium Force....
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