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Offline trapeze

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Latest In Cruise Ship Excursions: The Jetpack Experience
« on: June 28, 2011, 10:19:09 PM »
Saw this at the FNC site. They have the embedded video that shows these things in action.

$249 for an hour and a half which seems a bit pricey since only 30 minutes of it is actual jet pack experience. I think I would probably wait for the price to come down as more place offer it. And it must be very loud.

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Re: Latest In Cruise Ship Excursions: The Jetpack Experience
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2011, 11:08:26 PM »
Does sound kind of pricey. Looks pretty neat, but boring after a while. I like to travel and being tethered would limit travel. At least if you just have to stay in sight of the mothership.
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Re: Latest In Cruise Ship Excursions: The Jetpack Experience
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2011, 11:40:10 PM »
Since they're powered by seawater, they pretty much have to be tethered.  The original jetpacks from the 1960s could only carry enough fuel for about a minute of flight.
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Re: Latest In Cruise Ship Excursions: The Jetpack Experience
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2011, 12:02:39 AM »
That looks pretty darn cool. It looks to me like the little boats just follow you around wherever you go. I'd bet the actual unit you're riding in is so loud and intense, you probably don't feel the thing dragging behind you. I'd also bet that 1/2 hour is probably about 15 minutes too long for most people, based on the capability and maneuverability as demonstrated in the video. Looks to me like you bob up and down for a while, go high, go low, do a few turns, go forward, go backward, and then rinse and repeat. I'd try it for a hundo.
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Re: Latest In Cruise Ship Excursions: The Jetpack Experience
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2011, 12:48:34 AM »
Right about now I would settle for just being on a cruise ship. Best vacation ever.
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Re: Latest In Cruise Ship Excursions: The Jetpack Experience
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2011, 05:53:49 AM »
Quote from: trapeze on June 29, 2011, 12:48:34 AM
Right about now I would settle for just being on a cruise ship. Best vacation ever.

If you really want to get away and rest, cruising is the way to go. Be prepared to gain about 5 lbs., though.
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Re: Latest In Cruise Ship Excursions: The Jetpack Experience
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2011, 06:14:36 AM »
I went parasailing, tethered to a speedboat.  Once.  Looking down, the water appeared as green cement.

I'll stay down here and hold y'alls pocketbooks.
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Re: Latest In Cruise Ship Excursions: The Jetpack Experience
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2011, 07:38:26 AM »
Hold my pocketbook Pan...

...hey, wait, what did I just do?!

 ;D

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Re: Latest In Cruise Ship Excursions: The Jetpack Experience
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2011, 07:51:30 AM »
Quote from: Libertas on June 29, 2011, 07:38:26 AM
Hold my pocketbook Pan...

...hey, wait, what did I just do?!

 ;D

 ::exitstageleft::

Heh.  Okay; I'll hold your pistole instead.

When I was young/er, one of us who didn't care to indulge in the amusement park rides -- roller coaster and such -- stayed behind and held the stuff ya didn't want to take on with you; then, it was mostly other girls' purses.  That "one of us" was usually me.  I don't know if it was a common practice everywhere at the time or not.
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Re: Latest In Cruise Ship Excursions: The Jetpack Experience
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2011, 11:53:35 AM »
Quote from: Pandora on June 29, 2011, 07:51:30 AM
Quote from: Libertas on June 29, 2011, 07:38:26 AM
Hold my pocketbook Pan...

...hey, wait, what did I just do?!

 ;D

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Heh.  Okay; I'll hold your pistole instead.

When I was young/er, one of us who didn't care to indulge in the amusement park rides -- roller coaster and such -- stayed behind and held the stuff ya didn't want to take on with you; then, it was mostly other girls' purses.  That "one of us" was usually me.  I don't know if it was a common practice everywhere at the time or not.

Yeah, well I do that too now with the little nephews...I'm too old to be going on anything more vigorous than a ferris wheel!  But I still like a high dive at a pool if available!

Hold my beer, I'll be back in a sec...

Cannonball!

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