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After taking her on the River King Mine Train, her first Arrow Dynamics mine train coaster off we had to get Charlotte her credit with a ride on Ninja.



Ninja has a weird parentage as Arrow Dynamics began the work on it but went bankrupt half the way through building it for the Expo '86 in Vancouver.  As a result Vekoma picked up the pieces and finished the ride. 



After the fair it was moved to Six Flags St. Louis.  Being an old school 1980's Arrow/Vekoma looping coaster there is a bit of head banging to be expected which is why I pretty much avoid the ride.  I wish Six Flags would retrofit it with either a lap bar or have the rubber vests like Vekoma uses on their newer rides because the head chopper as the train dips barely under the chain return is worth the ride.



Oh my Bond is actually smiling while riding Ninja.



The smile might be more due to the fact that he is riding a coaster with Charlotte.
 


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