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| Manufacturer | Coaster Works, Inc. | ||||||||||
| Type | Wooden | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
| Height | 100 feet | ||||||||||
| Top speed | 50 mph | ||||||||||
| Length | 3200 feet | ||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1:50 | ||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | Philadelphia Toboggan Company | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 30 | ||||||||||
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Dania Beach Hurricane was a wooden roller coaster located at Boomers in Dania Beach, Florida, USA.
History
Park founder Jules Ross first planned to add a roller coaster in 1996. When he sold the park in 1996, he leased three acres of land adjacent to the park to the new owner, Festival Fun Parks, to allow the coaster to be built.[2] Ross intended for Dania Beach Hurricane to be the first in a series of five wooden roller coasters, but the other attractions never came to fruition.[3]
The roller coaster's construction triggered a series of lawsuits, including from McKinley Steel and Supply, Anchor Petroleum, Professional Foundations of Pompano Beach, and C&C Concrete Pumping Inc. Ross faulted manufacturer Coaster Works, Inc. for the issues and said that the company could not finish the construction project within its budget and had to come up with an additional $350,000 to finish the project.[4]
It operated from 2000 to 2011. It was demolished in 2016.[5]
Design
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The layout was modeled after the Predator at Six Flags Darien Lake.[1]
Trains
2 trains with 5 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 30 riders per train.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rhodes, Ana (November 1, 2000). "Wild ride in the forecast for Hurricane's first patrons". The Miami Herald. p. 202. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- ↑ Rhodes, Ana (November 9, 2000). "Fun park entrepreneur on roller-coaster ride of his thrilling life". The Miami Herald. p. 545. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- ↑ Monnay, Thomas (2000-08-24). "Wooden roller coaster going up fast". The Stuart News. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ↑ Ferrechio, Susan (2000-12-30). "Rough ride in Dania". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ↑ Owers, Paul (March 16, 2016). "Demolition begins for Hurricane roller coaster in Dania Beach - South Florida Sun Sentinel - South Florida Sun-Sentinel". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on November 5, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
External links
- Dania Beach Hurricane on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
