Video
A relatively new trend in the industry is on-ride video cameras. On some rides, on-ride videos are recorded by cameras mounted alongside the track, similar to on-ride photo cameras. This provides a third person montage-style of cuts which show the train entering, passing through and then leaving the frame. One such ride using this system is SheiKra at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios Florida.
Using the alternate system, videos are recorded by cameras mounted inside the ride vehicles, usually on the back of the seat in front of the subject. This provides a first-person stream of consciousness-style film, showing the riders' emotions close up from start to finish. One such coaster that uses this system is Thunderhawk at Michigan's Adventure. Volcano, The Blast Coaster at Kings Dominion, FireWhip at Beto Carrero World and Saw: The Ride and The Swarm at Thorpe Park utilize this style, with the camera mounted to the seat backs.
The fastest ride (at 84 miles per hour) using on-ride cameras on the vehicle is the Furius Baco at PortAventura. The same system which is currently installed on Furius Baco is also active on few other European attractions such as "Magic Mountain" rollercoaster and "Raptor" Wing coaster in Gardaland, Italy, "Tami-Tami" Kiddie coaster, "El Diablo " wooden coaster, and the new for 2012 "Shambhala" rollercoaster in PortAventura, Spain.
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