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16 jun 2012

Goliath

Goliath is a steel roller coaster located at the Walibi Holland theme park in BiddinghuizenDronten in the Netherlands. It is described as "the fastest, highest and longest coaster in the Benelux". It was mainland Europe's second Intamin "Mini Hyper Rollercoaster", so named as the ride is styled on the larger (generally over 200 feet (61 m)) ride, but with a lower maximum height of 153 feet (47 m). The train travels at speeds of up to 66 miles per hour (106 km/h) along 3,982 feet (1,214 m) of track.After climbing out of the station, the train is released from the catch car at the top of the lift hill and accelerates down the 152-foot (46 m) first drop and runs over a large hill. After dropping for the second time, it ascends a hill called a Stengel Dive, the top being overbanked to around 100° to the right, before dropping down into a 270° downward helix. After medium-sized curved hill, it negotiates a 380° upwards helix and a bend to take the track parallel to the lift hill. Before entering the brake run, riders experience considerable air-time on three bunny hops.





6 jun 2012

Skyrush


Skyrush is an Intamin hyper roller coaster with winged seating at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It opened to the general public on May 26th, 2012. Skyrush is Hersheypark's 12th roller coaster, and its third coaster made by Intamin. Skyrush features a 212-foot (65 m) lift (measured to the creek floor), with a cable lift that brings the train up at 17-mile-per-hour (27 km/h). Skyrush has yellow track and light blue support columns. Skyrush's trains are the first of their type in the world. Each train weighs 13 tons. Two seats are regular, over-the-track seats, and two seats are hanging to the sides of the track, which is why Skyrush's motto is "Ride the Edge". Skyrush's top speed is 76-mile-per-hour (122 km/h). The ride's top g-force is 5 g's just at the bottom of the first drop. The ride's highest negative g-force is -2 g's which occurs on the second airtime hill.



5 jun 2012

Boulder Dash

Boulder Dash is a wooden roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. It first opened in 2000 and was built by Custom Coasters International. The ride's structure was built with Southern Yellow Pine wood and the track is made of Douglas Fir wood.This 4,672 foot wooden roller coaster uses the Lake Compounce's natural mountainous terrain, complete with trees and boulders within close proximity of the track.The lift climbs the mountainside and then disappears from view. When it reappears, it has completed its first drop of 115 feet and is traveling sixty miles per hour as it crosses over itself and flies over the station. Much of the first half of the ride is hidden as the train climbs and drops along the mountainside. On the last drop, on-ride photos are taken and can be viewed and bought at the photo booth at the end of the exit line. Most of the ride was retracked during the 2007 off season and during the 2008 off season the remainder was retracked. Lake Compounce bought PTC trains from Hersheyparks Wildcat and is expected to run them on the Boulder Dash for the 2008 season.






Raging Bull

The Raging Bull is a Bolliger & Mabillard hyper-twister steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. It was built in 1999, and features a 208-foot (63 m) first drop and top speed of 73 miles per hour (117 km/h), and is currently one of the most popular rides at Six Flags Great America.At 5,057 feet (1,541 m) in length, it is the longest roller coaster at Six Flags Great America. Raging Bull is the world's second "hyper-twister" roller coaster, after Fujiyama at Fuji-Q Highland, built by TOGO, a Japanese coaster company. It is also B&M's 2nd hypercoaster. It max vertical angle is 65 grades.






31 may 2012

Apollos Chariot

Apollo's Chariot is the first Bolliger & Mabillard hypercoaster, located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, in James City County, Virginia .Apollo's Chariot is the first roller coaster to incorporate the "T-shaped" clamshell harness design, which is a type of tight lap restraint rather than an over the shoulder harness, or the traditional "U-shaped" lap bar. This allows the rider to experience more freedom and movement of the body. Opened in 1999, it soon became a favorite roller coaster of many enthusiasts and riders. The roller coaster uses an out and back design with a helix. Notably, the first drop is actually longer than height of the lift, the drop being 210 feet, and the height of the roller coaster 170 feet high. t goes up to 73 mph. It is located at Busch Gardens Williamsburgh.








30 may 2012

Dragon Challenge

Dragon Challenge is a pair of intertwined inverted roller coasters in the The Wizarding World of Harry Potter area of Universal StudiosIslands of Adventure. The ride is themed to two dragons, one side being Chinese Fireball and the other Hungarian Horntail. It features a layout in which the two trains share adjacent lift hills but then traverse two unique courses. The ride was designed by Bolliger & Mabillard of Switzerland. The Chinese Fireball dragon reaches a top speed of 60 mph, and the Hungarian Horntail dragon reaches a top speed of 55 mph. Each layout includes five inversions and takes about two minutes and 25 seconds to ride.  The height is the same in both coasters(125 ft (38.1 m) but the height of the drop is different(Chinese fireball: 115 ft (35.1 m) but in the Hungarian is 95 ft (29 m).







Manta

Manta is a steel family launched roller coaster at SeaWorld San Diego in San Diego, California, USA. The ride was manufactured by MACK Rides and opened to the public on May 26, 2012. It utilizes the same ride system that was used in Blue Fire which opened in 2009 at Europa Park. The total height in this coaster is 30 ft and it reaches 43 mph. This coater have between 4 and 3 g-forces.