Comet (Six Flags Great Escape)

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Comet

Six Flags Great Escape
Location	Queensbury, New York, USA
Coordinates	43°21′05″N 73°41′06″W / 43.351432°N 73.685128°W / 43.351432; -73.685128
Status	Operating since June 25, 1994
Rider height	48 inch minimum

Crystal Beach
Location	Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada
Operated	May 22, 1948 to September 4, 1989
Cost	$125,000.00 USD
Replaced	Cyclone

Statistics

Manufacturer

Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.

Designer / calculations

Herbert Paul Schmeck

Type

Wooden - Hybrid

Track layout

Double Out and Back

Riders per train

24

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Serial number

112

Height

95 feet

Drop

87 feet

Top speed

55 mph

Length

4197 feet

Inversions

0

Duration

2:00

Comet is a wooden roller coaster currently located at Six Flags Great Escape in Queensbury, New York, USA. Originally, the ride operated at Crystal Beach from 1948 to 1989.^[1]

Design

Trains

2 trains with 4 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.

Images

The ACE Coaster Landmark Plaque
The station

References

↑ "A Blast From The Past - The Crystal Beach Comet". NewsPlusNotes.

External links

Comet on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Tallest roller coaster drop 1965 - April 10, 1976
Preceded by Wildcat (Rocky Springs Park)	Tallest roller coaster drop 1965 - April 10, 1976	Succeeded by Screamin' Eagle

Present

Coasters

The Bobcat Canyon Blaster Comet Flashback Frankie's Mine Train Steamin' Demon

Former

Coasters

Alpine Bobsled Italian Roller Coaster Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon

Attractions

Astro Wheel Bucky's Shore Patrol Flying Trapeze Giant Wheel Jumbo Rainbow Rotor Screamer Sea Dragon Skylab Tornado Trabant Trabant

Former

Coasters

Comet Cyclone

Attractions

Antique Cars Ferris Wheel Sawmill River

[BlastFromThePast-NPN-1] "A Blast From The Past - The Crystal Beach Comet". NewsPlusNotes.

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