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| Manufacturer | Vekoma | ||||||||||||
| Product | Junior Coaster (207m) | ||||||||||||
| Type | Steel | ||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 780 | ||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Tyre propelled lift | ||||||||||||
| Area | 27 metres × 45 metres | ||||||||||||
| Height | 8.5 metres | ||||||||||||
| Top speed | 34.9 km/h | ||||||||||||
| Length | 207 metres | ||||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||||
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The Backyardigans: Mission To Mars is a Vekoma roller coaster located at Movie Park Germany in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The ride is themed after the television series The Backyardigans from Nickelodeon. It is part of the Nickland section of the park.
The attraction opened with Warner Bros. Movie World Germany as Coyote und Roadrunner's Actherbahn in 1996, and rebranded as the Rocket Rider Rollercoaster in 2005 following the park's rebranding prior to its 2008 retheme.
Design
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Colour scheme
Red track and white supports. The ride opened with brown track, the supports where hidden in rockwork at this time. It was repainted to blue track and white track when becoming the Backyardigans. It would be repainted to its current scheme in between the 2023 Halloween and Christmas seasons.
Trains
Single train with 8 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in a single row, for a total of 16 riders per train.
Images
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The entrance with the current theme
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External links
- Backyardigans Mission To Mars on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
