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Riders secured in steel, rubber-encased harnesses - capacity in the long train of purple and yellow cars is 24 - begin to rock forward and backward, pendulum style. The ride begins with an electronic groan. “As the ride takes you up and over and you start spinning around in the circle, you can feel the positive and negative effects,” Gilbert said, “as you’re near the apex, you really feel that weightlessness, leaning onto your restraint.” Gilbert loves the ride, with its positive and negative gravity gimmicks. “It also gives our tourists who come to our area and our region something new to look forward.” “What it does is allows us to stay relevant, it allows us to have that new news which invigorates and excites our season pass holders,” Gilbert said. “For this, this is a significant investment into our property and really into the guest experience, which is what we’re really trying to capture.” “This ride is a great new addition to our thrill elements of the park that will appeal to the tweens as well as the young adults and teenagers,” said Great Escape president Eric Gilbert. For the opener, a rock band played oldies from the 1950s and 1960s, but the guys missed a couple - like “Dizzy” from Tommy Roe, “Rock Me” from Steppenwolf and “Journey to the Center of the Mind” from the Amboy Dukes. The “Flashback” coaster and “Thunder Alley” miniature car rides are the other attractions in the area. The “Lightnin’” ride, part of Great Escape’s new “Hot Rod USA” section, fits the section’s 1950s theme.