Wildfire (Kolmården Wildlife Park)
| Wildfire | |
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| Kolmården Wildlife Park | |
| Coordinates | 58°39′55″N 16°27′59″E / 58.66528°N 16.46639°ECoordinates: 58°39′55″N 16°27′59″E / 58.66528°N 16.46639°E |
| Status | SBNO |
| Opening date | June 28, 2016 |
| Closing date | October 28, 2016 (Indefinite) |
| Cost | SEK 110 million |
| Replaced | The Lion's Of Fury |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Wood |
| Manufacturer | Rocky Mountain Construction |
| Designer | Alan Schilke |
| Model | Topper Track - Custom |
| Track layout | Terrain |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 57 m (187 ft) |
| Drop | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Length | 1,300 m (4,300 ft) |
| Speed | 113 km/h (70 mph) |
| Inversions | 3 |
| Duration | 2:00 |
| Max vertical angle | 83° |
| Capacity | 960 riders per hour |
| Trains | 2 trains with 6 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train. |
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Wildfire at RCDB Pictures of Wildfire at RCDB | |
Wildfire is a wooden roller coaster at Kolmården Wildlife Park located in Kolmården, Sweden. Manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction, the roller coaster is both the fastest wooden coaster in Europe, and second tallest wooden coaster in the world.[1][2][3] Throughout the 2 minute ride, riders will traverse through 3 inversions, reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) and experience 12 air-time hills.
History
Wildfire was officially announced via a press release on Kolmården's official website in April 2014. The coaster will be Rocky Mountain Construction's first in Europe, following numerous installations in the United States. Vekoma will manufacture the power and control systems of the ride, whilst the track and trains will be produced by RMC themselves.[3]
On October 28th 2016, The coaster ceased operations due to permit issues with the government and may be demolished due to these issues. Many petitions are being made to save this coaster at this time (October 29, 2016)[4]
Ride experience
After the train is checked and dispatched, it will make a right hand turn into the 187-foot (57 m) chain lift hill. Once at the crest, it will enter a small dip into a slow, right hand banked turn before passing over another crest and into the first drop. The train will here drop 160-foot (49 m), reaching an 83-degree angle and its maximum speed of 70 miles per hour (110 km/h); before banking up into its first element, an inverted zero-G stall. From here the train twists through two airtime hills and two high banked turns before encountering its next inversion, a heartline roll. Following this, the track descends to ground level as it passes through two more strong airtime hills, prior to a second heartline roll. The ride finishes with a ski-slalom style right to left section before hitting the brakes and returning to the station.[5]
Awards
| Golden Ticket Awards: Top wood Roller Coasters | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ranking | 28[6] | |||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Marden, Duane. "Wildfire (Kolmården Wildlife Park)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Wildfire Kolmården minisite". Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- 1 2 "Kolmården bygger världens bästa träberg- och dalbana". Kolmården. Kolmården. April 8, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.screamscape.com/html/small_international_parks.htm#Kolmarden
- ↑ "Wildfire POV Kolmarden Wooden Roller Coaster 2016". Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ "2016 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 20 (6.2): 46–46. September 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.