Ride Profile
effects sharp twists and turns to get around the columns.“ The Turbulence experience lasts just short of two minutes,
or 112 seconds including a 45 second load/unload time, which using the two trains delivers an respectable theoretical hourly capacity of 775 (based on a 56 second despatch time). With a height restriction of just 1-metre (3ft 4in), the ride is open to a wide range of Adventureland guests. Installation was not without its challenges thanks to a very
harsh winter with very low temperatures and snow, however the Gentile family and the Mack company pulled together to achieve the earliest possible date to finish the project. "Working with the Mack family has been a wonderful
experience; they've helped make this new coaster process move very smoothly," says Steven Gentile. “For us, as a family-owned company, it’s always great to
work with parks that are also operated by a family,” adds Röser. “The communication between Long Island and our head office in the Black Forrest has been really great. This passion is what we share as manufacturer with the Gentile family.”
Located in Farmingdale, in New York’s Long Island,
Adventureland has been family owned and operated since 1962. Turbulence is the tallest and fastest rollercoaster the park has ever featured. Something tells us it will already be top of many Adventureland guests’ lists.”
Meanwhile in
St Petersburg With the opening of Turbulence, Mack has now completed a total of five spinning coasters, with more on the way in the next 12 months for IMG Worlds of Adventure in Dubai and Busch Gardens Tampa, Florida. But a real hit for the German manufacturer has been its Blue Fire launch coaster, which has clocked up five units in the six years since the original was introduced at Europa-Park in 2009. There’s also a similar ride, but with a standard chain lift instead of a launch, at Etnaland in Italy. The latest such launch coaster
just gone into use as Divo-Ostrov park in St Petersburg, Russia – as pictured above. “We are very proud to have installed the fifth Blue Fire layout,” says Mack Rides’ Maximilian Röser. “The powerful launch, the four inversions and the pacing of the ride attracts many guests. It will be big landmark for Divo-Ostrov.
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