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Manufacturer | Mack Rides | ||||||||||
Type | Steel - Bobsled | ||||||||||
Riders per train | 14 | ||||||||||
Hourly capacity | 420 | ||||||||||
Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
Height | 18 metres | ||||||||||
Top speed | 72.4 km/h | ||||||||||
Length | 445 metres | ||||||||||
Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
Duration | 1:22 | ||||||||||
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Avalanche is a steel bobsled roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. It was built by Mack Rides in 1988 and replaced the Cyclone.
History
Avalanche was officially opened on 22 June 1988 by Michael "Eddie the Eagle" Edwards, who represented the United Kingdom in the 1988 Winter Olympics ski jumping event.[1]
Design
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Colour scheme
White track and green supports.
Trains
3 trains with 7 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged inline in 2 rows, for a total of 14 riders per train.
Images
References
- ↑ "An Avalanche is coming!". UK Theme Park Hall of Fame. https://www.themepark.org.uk/the-carousel/an-avalanche-is-coming/.
External links
- Avalanche on the Roller Coaster DataBase.