Fahrenheit
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| Manufacturer | Intamin | ||||||||
| Product | Vertical Lift Coaster | ||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||
| Type | Steel | ||||||||
| Riders per train | 12 | ||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 850 | ||||||||
| Propulsion | Vertical Chain Lift hill | ||||||||
| Height | 121 feet | ||||||||
| Drop | 115 feet | ||||||||
| Top speed | 58 mph | ||||||||
| Length | 2700 feet | ||||||||
| Inversions | 6 | ||||||||
| Drop angle | 97° | ||||||||
| Duration | 1:25 | ||||||||
| G-Force | 5 | ||||||||
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Fahrenheit is an Intamin sit-down roller coaster located at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Marketing
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
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Fahrenheit features a vertical lift hill and a beyond vertical drop at an angle of 97 degrees. It is also one of the only three roller coasters in the world to feature a norwegian loop.
Trains
3 trains with 3 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 12 riders per train.
Trivia
- During "Hersheypark in the Dark" Fahrenheit is dubbed Fearenheit.
Images
The double corkscrew
The Norweigan loop
View from the waterpark
Fahrenheit in 2020
The entrance and test seat
The safety sign
The lift hill mechanics
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External links
- Fahrenheit on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
| 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 |
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