Fury 325
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| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Giga | ||||||||||
| Product | Hyper Coaster | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
| Height | 325 feet | ||||||||||
| Drop | 320 feet | ||||||||||
| Top speed | 95 mph | ||||||||||
| Length | 6602 feet | ||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Drop angle | 81° | ||||||||||
| Duration | 3:25 | ||||||||||
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Fury 325 is a steel giga roller coaster located at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The ride officially opened on March 28, 2015.
History
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Carowinds officially announced the addition of Fury 325 on August 21, 2014.[1]
On February 23, 2015, a lighting package was installed in the station and on the lift hill.
Seats on the first three trains were auctioned to raise money for charity. The media day was held on March 25, 2015 (or "3/25" in shorthand).[2] Fury 325 then opened on March 28.
Design
Fury 325 passes over and under two walkways from the parking lot to the park entrance. During the construction of Fury 325, the park entrance was rebuilt.[2] It was built at a cost of $30 million.[3]
Trains
3 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row, for a total of 32 riders per train. The front car from one of the trains was on show at B&M's booth during IAAPA 2015.
Significance
Fury 325 is the tallest roller coaster with a traditional lift hill, standing 325 feet tall. It is the seventh fastest, fifth longest and fifth tallest roller coaster in the world. It is the tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard.
Trivia
- Like its sister giga coaster Millennium Force at Cedar Point, the amusement park sim game Planet Coaster has a B&M-type giga coaster called Rage inspired by Fury 325.
Images
References
- ↑ "Carowinds Announces Fury 325 B&M Giga Coaster for 2015". Coaster101. August 21, 2014. https://www.coaster101.com/2014/08/21/carowinds-announces-fury-325-for-2015/. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stilwell, Andrew (March 26, 2015). "Fury 325 Media Day Report". Coaster101. https://www.coaster101.com/2015/03/26/fury-325-media-day-report/. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ↑ Macdonald, Brady (2014-10-29). "Carowinds’ Fury 325 joins an elite club of world’s tallest coasters". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/travel/themeparks/la-trb-fury-325-carowinds-20141027-story.html. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
External links
- Fury 325 on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
- Official mini-site
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