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| Manufacturer | Schwarzkopf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product | Jumbo V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Steel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track layout | Figure-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Tire propelled lift | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 16 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed | 54.7 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 529.7 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cannonball Express (formerly known as Enigma) is a steel roller coaster located at Pleasurewood Hills in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK. It is the only Schwarzkopf Jumbo V model ever built.
History
The ride was originally built in 1983 and travelled with the German showman company Kinzler under the name Münchner Super 8 Bahn. The ride then operated at Rotunda Amusement Park in England, where it opened in 1988.[1] The ride was then moved to Pleasurewood Hills.
It reopened as Cannonball Express with a "Runaway Mine Train" theme. In 2005, the theming elements were removed.[2] At this point, the name was changed to Enigma. For the 2017 season, the name was reverted to Cannonball Express.
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The ride has a compact figure eight design with no inversions.
Colour scheme
It opened with brown track and supports at Pleasurewood, later changing to red track with black supports before settling on its current colours, red track and supports. The ride had blue track and white supports when at Rotunda.
Trains
Single train with 2 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 8 riders per train. The ride used to have multiple trains, however now it only operates with one.
Images
- Cannonball Express in 2022
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References
- ↑ "01 Apr 1988, page 26 - Folkestone Herald at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com (in English). Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ Enigma - Unofficial Pleasurewood
External links
- Cannonball Express on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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