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The Iron Shark Roller Coaster at Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Galveston, Texas

From the cutback all Iron Shark has for you before sending you into the row of magnetic brakes is the incline loop.

The Iron Shark Roller Coaster at Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Galveston, Texas

It is pretty easy to describe an incline loop.

The Iron Shark Roller Coaster at Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Galveston, Texas

..take your normal loop and tilt it on its side.

The Iron Shark Roller Coaster at Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Galveston, Texas

It makes for a fun way to go upside down while engineering wise keeping a lot of the structure together fir such a compact ride.

The Iron Shark Roller Coaster at Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, Galveston, Texas

One of the things that I really like about coasters like Iron Shark is how the squeeze so much height and length into a plot of land like the additional lot we have next to our house.  There are so many twists, turns, flips and head choppers that you are never quite sure what is going to come next.  That keeping the rider off balance is what makes a great coaster.



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