| Opening Date: | 1991 |
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| Length of Track: | 3000 feet |
| Designer: | Arrow Dynamics (concept by Harry W. Henninger, Jr) |
| Builder: | Rich Henry, Fred Weber & Dave Moll/Kennywood |
| Description: | This 3000 foot steel coaster from Arrow Dynamics is unlike any other. The ride features a 160 foot high lift and a second drop of a hair-raising 225 feet, right over the side of a ravine and through the middle of Thunderbolt (bringing the train to a world record speed of 80 miles per hour). The second drop is followed by a heart-pounding (some say head-pounding) four inversions (a vertical loop, a boomerang and a corkscrew). All of this is just a minute and forty five seconds long. (Although some accuse this ride of being rather rough, I think that one needs to "learn" how to ride it before completely enjoying the pure arenaline rush from this beast -- and, yes, after a half dozen or more rides I did end up with a bruise on my shoulder) |
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