Fact
Sheet
RIDE TYPE: Worlds
largest inverted steel roller coaster
THEME: A mysterious
snowbeast takes Alpine skiers on the most chilling ride of their lives as six staggering
inversions turn an innocent ski lift into a blizzard of fright. This eerie creature is now
stalking the hamlets of Busch Gardens Europe, just as it did in the German and
French Alps of long ago.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
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Worlds tallest fastest, most twisted hanging roller coaster,
towering 195 feet
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Worlds largest inverted vertical loop at 106 feet
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Worlds fastest inverted roller coaster at 67 mph
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Worlds largest drop on an inverted roller coaster at 170 feet
INVERSION ELEMENTS:
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The "Immelman," an inverse diving loop named for a WWI
German fighter pilot
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106-foot vertical loop half-buried in an isolated ravine
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"Cobra Roll," boomerang-style inversion over the Rhine
River
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"Zero-G-Roll," provides a sensation of weightlessness while
completing a 360-degree roll
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"Flat Spin," similar to flipping a pancake, flies among
snow and ice-covered rocks
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"High-Speed Spiral," resembles a horizontal loop
TRACK LENGTH: 3,828
feet
SPEED: 67 mph
MAXIMUM G-FORCE:
3.7 Gs during the "Cobra Roll" at 58 mph
RIDE TIME: Three
minutes, 10 seconds
RIDE CAPACITY:
1,820 passengers per hour
HEIGHT: 195 feet
MAXIMUM DROP: 170
feet, or 17 stories
CARS: Three trains
of eight cars each. Each car accommodates four passengers across, for a total of 32
passengers per train.
OPENING: Spring
1997
LOCATION: Entrance
is located in Busch Gardens Rhinefeld hamlet. Ride spans four of the parks
nine hamlets (Rhinefeld, Oktoberfest, Aquitaine and New France), one-third of which drifts
over the scenic Rhine River.
ARCHITECT: Peckham
Guyton Albers & Viets, Inc.; St. Louis, Mo.
THEMING DESIGN:
Suzanne Sessions, Inc.; St. Louis, Mo.
MANUFACTURER:
Bolliger & Mabillard; Monthey, Switzerland
GENERAL CONTRACTOR:
Armada Hoffler Inc.; Chesapeake, Va.
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