GateKeeper
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Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||||
Type | Steel - Winged - Out and Back | ||||||||||
Product | Wing Coaster | ||||||||||
Riders per train | 32 | ||||||||||
Hourly capacity | 1710 | ||||||||||
Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
Height | 170 feet | ||||||||||
Drop | 164 feet | ||||||||||
Top speed | 67 mph | ||||||||||
Length | 4164 feet | ||||||||||
Inversions | 6 | ||||||||||
Duration | 2:40 | ||||||||||
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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.
History
GateKeeper was officially announced on August 13, 2012[1], shortly after the demolition of Disaster Transport commenced.
The lead car from one of GateKeeper's trains was on show at Bolliger & Mabillard's IAAPA booth in 2013.
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."
There are two "keyhole" elements — narrow slots which the coaster passes through — which form part of the entrance to Cedar Point.
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.
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 a 140 foot adjacent Immelmann, and then coasts over a 125 foot camelback hill.[2] 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.
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Highest inversion on a roller coaster May 11, 2013 – May 3, 2019 | ||
Preceded by Volcano The Blast Coaster |
Highest inversion on a roller coaster May 11, 2013 – May 3, 2019 |
Succeeded by Yukon Striker |
External links
- GateKeeper on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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