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Coney Island Amusement Area in Brooklyn, New York

Like nearly everything else about the Cyclone, the traditional 24-passenger trains use essentially the same design as they have for decades. The low-slung seats do not have headrests, and the only safety restraint is a single-position lap bar. The two-person bench seats do not have dividers, so seatmates need to really like each other. Turns send the passengers on one side of the train slamming--and I mean SLAMMING--into their seatmates. There are six 180-degree turns in all, so there are plenty of lateral G-forces and opportunities for riders to crash into one another.