Fahrenheit
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| Fahrenheit's 97° drop | |||||||||
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| Manufacturer | Intamin | ||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||
| Type | Steel | ||||||||
| Riders per train | 12 | ||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 850 | ||||||||
| Propulsion | Vertical Chain Lift hill | ||||||||
Height121 feet
Top speed58 mph Length2,700 feet Inversions6 Steepest drop97° Duration1:25
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Fahrenheit is an Intamin sit-down roller coaster located at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Marketing[edit | edit source]
The ride's marketing campaign started as a post on the roller coaster website, ThrillNetwork regarding the sight of businessmen in the general area of where Fahrenheit was going to be built. The post included a link to the website, Nantimi.com. [1]
Over the course of the next few months. Hersheypark revealed more details in the form of e-mails, forum posts, and the Nantimi website.
Design[edit | edit source]
Fahrenheit features a vertical lift hill and a beyond vertical drop at an angle of 97 degrees. It is also one of only three roller coasters in the world to feature a norwegian loop.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- During "Hersheypark in the Dark" Fahrenheit is dubbed Fearenheit
Photo Gallery[edit | edit source]
Corkscrew
| Steepest roller coaster tied with Vild-Svinet Typhoon Speed Rage SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge May - July 2008 | ||
| Preceded by Diving Machine G5 |
Steepest roller coaster tied with Vild-Svinet Typhoon Speed Rage SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge May - July 2008 |
Succeeded by Steel Hawg |
| Roller coasters at Hersheypark | |||||||||
| Present | Cocoa Cruiser • Comet • Fahrenheit • Great Bear • Laff Trakk • Lightning Racer • Sidewinder • Skyrush • SooperDooperLooper • Storm Runner • Trailblazer • Wildcat • Wild Mouse • unknown | ||||||||
| Former | Roller Soaker • Mini-Comet • Twin Toboggans • Wild Cat | ||||||||
| Cancelled | Turbulence | ||||||||