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| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||
| Product | Inverted Coaster (Batman) | ||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||
| Onsite construction | Martin & Vleminckx | ||||||||
| Type | Steel - Inverted | ||||||||
| Riders per train | 28 | ||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1400 | ||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||
| Height | 32 metres | ||||||||
| Top speed | 80.5 km/h | ||||||||
| Length | 823 metres | ||||||||
| Inversions | 5 | ||||||||
| G-Force | 4 | ||||||||
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Le Vampire, or Vampire, is a steel inverted roller coaster of Bolliger & Mabillard built in 2002 located in La Ronde, Montréal, Québec, Canada. The onsite construction of the ride was done by Martin & Vleminckx.[1] It is also a mirrored Batman clone.
History
In February 2002, La Ronde announced that they would be spending $16.7 million on new attractions, such as Vampire.[2]
Vampire opened on 18 May 2002.
Design
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After climbing the chain lift hill, the train goes into a vertical loop, a zero-g roll, another vertical loop, a helix, and two corkscrews before entering into the brakes section.
Color scheme
Le Vampire has a yellow track and purple supports.
Trains
2 trains with 7 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row, for a total of 28 riders per train.
Incident
A 67-year-old park employee was struck and killed by the ride in July 2012 after entering a restricted area.[4]
Images
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The ride's entrance
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The second vertical loop
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References
- ↑ Attraction Installation - Martin & Vleminckx
- ↑ "La Ronde Announces $17 Million In Park Improvements". Ultimate Rollercoaster.
- ↑ "La Ronde to get backwards with Le Vampire backwards and new family area in 2016". Thrill Geek.
- ↑ "Roller-coaster hits and kills worker at Montreal's La Ronde". CBC News. 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
External links
- Le Vampire on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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