Park News
Twisted Colossus
Hybrid coaster opens at Magic Mountain The world’s longest hybrid wood-steel rollercoaster is now thrilling guests at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California, a park not short of big coasters. Created at an estimated cost of $15 million (€13.8 million) by Rocky Mountain Construction, the new-look ride represents a radical overhaul of the former Colossus wooden coaster, now with new state-of-the-art “Iron Horse” track, providing added elements such as over-banked turns and inversions. After operating in its later years as Colossus with single trains, the ride is once again a racing coaster. Standing 12ft tall (37m) with a steep new 128ft (39m) set at 80°, Twisted Colossus reaches a top speed of
57mph (92kmh) and boasts a total track length of 4,990ft (1.5km). The dual track coaster features elements including a “Top Gun Stall”, Zero G Roll, two lift hills, 18 airtime moments and the first-ever “High Five” element on a hybrid coaster, where riders can almost high-five passengers in the opposing train. Twisted Colossus is the focal point of a newly themed Screampunk District of the park which also includes
entertainment, a new food venue and a new shopping area. Colossus, originally opened in 1978 for a cost of $6 million, was built by International Amusement Devices. The coaster count at Six Flags Magic Mountain currently stands at 19. More on both Twisted Colossus and Wicked Cyclone in a special feature on Rocky Mountain Construction in the July issue of Park World.
New from Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC), Wicked Cyclone offers an intense new rollercoaster ride experience at Six Flags New England, Agawam, Massachusetts. The attraction represents an $11 million (€10 million) transformation on the same site of the classic 1983 Cyclone wooden coaster into a triple- inversion wood-steel hybrid coaster. Wicked Cyclone’s steel track provides riders
Wicked Cyclone New wheel from the Netherlands
Despite its name, the Dutch agent Used Rides Europe doesn’t just deal in pre- owned rides. The company run by KMG sales director Peter Theunisz has partnered with Lamberink BV to offer a new giant Ferris wheel with impressive portability.
The 33-metre-tall (108ft) tall ride, also
with a smoother ride, but make no mistake it’s still fierce, just in a different way. The structure supporting the track stands 10 storeys (109ft/33m) hill in the sky and riders reaches speeds of up to 55 mph (89kmh) as they race along it. The coaster is the first of its kind to have a 200° stall and two zero-g rolls, plus the world’s only double reversing banked airtime hill. The new-look attraction is the largest capital
investment for Six Flags New England since the park added Batman, a B&M floorless coaster, back in 2002. The Cyclone actually started its life as the $2.5-million Riverside Cyclone at what was then known as Riverside Amusement Park.
available as a park model, can be moved on just on three semi-trailers and set up without a large crane. The wheel has 24 gondolas (6 persons each) and can be supplied with either open structure or tube-style “legs”. LED lighting packages are available, and the ride requires just 380V/100A of power. The first two units are already in
operation in France, and a third will be delivered soon to a showman in the north west of England. A fourth, for an unidentified client, is already in production. A 44m (144ft) version is in development for 2016. Like KMG, Lamberink specialises in high quality, easy to set-up ride systems. Used Rides Europe, meanwhile, supplies attractions to customers as far away as the USA and Australia. “We will provide technical information, arrange transportation and shipping to any country, arrange factory visits and do the design in consultation with the customer,” promises Theunisz. “For anyone wanting a wheel, there are still a few delivery slots available for this year.”
usedrideseurope.com/ newequipment
8 JUNE 2015
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