The word's first vertical drop roller coaster

Oblivion is an experience like no other. Riders get into a sixteen-seater ride car which teeters over the top of a huge chasm for pain staking seconds, before falling 60 meters freefall through a huge hole in the ground. Under forces of 4.5G, you feel as if you've suddely gained four and a half times your own weight. The effect is like having a face lift and your internal organs re-arranged at the same time.

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As difficult as it is to see, here's the six of us on the ride, just about to be dazed and amazed.

Here's a close up of me and Wayne going down. You can see our faces are distorted as if we'd had a face lift by the huge forces.

Now this one's even worse quality, but you'll just have to believe the named captions!

Here's Darren going down, screaming in terror as he sees the black hole billowing smoke below him.