GateKeeper

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roller coaster
GateKeeper
Cedar Point Location Sandusky, Ohio, USA Status Operating since May 11, 2013 Cost $25,000,000 Replaced Disaster Transport and Space Spiral
Statistics
Manufacturer	Bolliger & Mabillard
Type	Steel - Winged
Model / product	Custom Wing Coaster
Riders per train	32
Hourly capacity	1,710
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Height170 feet Drop164 feet Top speed67 mph Length4,164 feet Inversions6 Duration2:40
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GateKeeper is a steel winged located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. It is the largest Wing Coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard. Both Disaster Transport and Space Spiral (an Observation Tower) were removed from the park to make room for the ride.

Design

GateKeeper is the tallest, fastest, and longest Bolliger & Mabillard Wing Coaster. The coaster itself is described as a “Front Gate Statement— a roller coaster that flies overhead, rolls and flies back— highly visible above guests entering the park."

Trains

The lead car from one of GateKeeper's trains was on show at B&M's IAAPA booth in 2013.

Ride Experience

The train is hoisted up a 170 foot lift hill at a 40 degree angle. Once riders crest the top of the lift hill, the train will rotate 180 degrees to the right and the train will fall down the 164 foot "Wing Over Drop" reaching speeds of 67 mph. The coaster then rolls through an adjacent immelmann, and then coast over a 105' camelback hill. Followed by a "Giant Flat Spin" and through a Zero-G Roll—which includes two key-hole towers. At the bottom of the zero g roll, the train coasts through an inclined diving loop, then through an inline roll adjacent to the keyhole towers. The train continues through a mid-course brake-run, a camelback drop, a 360° helix, a small bunny-hop and then into the main brakes.

Highest inversion on a roller coaster May 2013–2019
Preceded by Volcano The Blast Coaster	Highest inversion on a roller coaster May 2013–2019	Succeeded by Steel Curtain