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 - Out and Back
Model / product	Wing Coaster
Riders per train	32
Hourly capacity	1710
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Height170 feet Drop164 feet Top speed67 mph Length4164 feet Inversions6 Duration2:40
HELP

Elements
Chain lift hill Dive drop 140 foot tall immelmann 125 foot tall hill 113 foot tall corkscrew 97 foot tall zero-g roll 72 foot tall inclined dive loop 88 foot tall in-line twist Block brake Helix

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 was the fastest and tallest Bolliger & Mabillard Wing Coaster when it opened. 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 Bolliger & Mabillard'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 drop, reaching speeds of 67 mph. The roller coaster then rolls through an adjacent Immelmann, and then coasts over a 125 foot 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.

Photo Gallery

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  The building

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  Keyholes

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  The hill and helix

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  The block brake

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  The dive drop and immelmann

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  The queue line

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  The safety sign

Highest inversion on a roller coaster May 11, 2013 – June 29, 2019
Preceded by Volcano The Blast Coaster	Highest inversion on a roller coaster May 11, 2013 – June 29, 2019	Succeeded by Falcon

External links

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  GateKeeper on the Roller Coaster DataBase.