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Knott’s Berry Farm to debut Dive Coaster
showcasing inversions, mid-air suspensions and twisting dive tracks. From Gerstlauer Amusement Rides, HangTime will send riders up a vertical lift hill into a
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raised 96º drop, the steepest drop in California. The coaster’s train will come to a halt once the highest peak is reached, and will leave riders suspended at the crest for several seconds at a 60º angle, giving the illusion of a disappearing track. Then the train will suddenly descend in a beyond-vertical drop, through 2,198 feet (670 m) of steel track and five inversions. HangTime will be only the second rollercoaster in the Western Hemisphere (after Monster in Adventureland, Altoona, Iowa) to feature a negative-g stall loop, which gives riders the sensation of floating. “HangTime’s disappearing track creates a memorable illusion of the unknown as riders feel
like they are hanging over a cliff, staring at the ground in nervous anticipation,” said Jon Storbeck, vice president and general manager, Knott’s Berry Farm. “People who crave that adrenaline rush will want to ride this coaster again and again. Introducing a coaster like HangTime firmly positions Knott’s Berry Farm as a must-see attraction among Southern California theme parks, and we look forward to welcoming our guests to this new experience.” HangTime’s ride structure itself will come to life and illuminate the Boardwalk area with
colorful nighttime track chase lighting that will accompany the coaster train’s travels across the smooth steel track. The coaster continues Knott’s legacy in rollercoaster innovation and industry firsts; the park introduced the very first corkscrew inversion rollercoaster with Corkscrew, and the first flywheel launch coaster with Montezuma’s Revenge.
nott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park, California, will welcome HangTime, a brand new steel rollercoaster and the only dive coaster on the West Coast, to the theme park in the 2018 summer season. HangTime will tower 150 feet (46 m) over the Boardwalk area,
Two new additions to Funland Hayling Island
The owners of Funland Hayling Island are continuing on their path to provide affordable family rides at their UK seaside park with two new additions. When Pleasure Island Family Theme
Park Cleethorpes closed in late 2016, Marshall Hill, a director at Funland, enquired as to what rides could be purchased. He came away with a Tilt a Whirl and a junior paratrooper style ride. As is the case with Funland they invested significantly in refurbishing and rejuvenating the rides before opening them to the public. The Tilt a Whirl with its seashell themed gondolas now features a
Neptune statue in the centre, with the control booth themed to look like a pirate ship, and the ride named Neptune’s Fury. The junior paratrooper was completely sand blasted and repainted, but it didn’t last long at the park. The directors felt it looked too small and decided to find something bigger to replace it, and quick. After contacting Interlink, the team from Funland soon found
themselves at Liseberg in Sweden. They came home having purchased the parks Preston and Barbieri Carousel, which within a few short weeks was open in its new home on Hayling Island. Marshall Hill was very impressed with Interlink, describing the process as “the easiest second hand purchase we’ve ever made, we’ll definitely use Interlink to buy rides again in the future.”
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