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Backyardigans Mission To Mars

Roller coaster in Germany
Watch the on-ride POV
The Backyardigans: Mission To Mars
Movie Park Germany
Location Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Coordinates 51°37′11″N 6°58′34″E / 51.619661°N 6.975985°E / 51.619661; 6.975985
Section Nickland
Status Operating since 1996
Rider height
  • Minimum: 90 cm
  • Min. unaccompanied: 135 cm
Statistics
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
Rocket Rider Rollercoaster in 2005

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

Elements

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.

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