Hakugei

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Hakugei

Nagashima Spa Land
Location	Nagashima, Kuwana, Mie, Japan
Coordinates	35°01′46″N 136°44′03″E / 35.029329°N 136.734094°E / 35.029329; 136.734094
Status	Operating since March 28, 2019
Cost	¥2.8 billion
Rider height	130 cm minimum
Replaced	White Cyclone

Statistics

Manufacturer

Rocky Mountain Construction

Product

I-Box Track

Type

Steel - Hybrid

Riders per train

24

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Height

55 metres

Top speed

107 km/h

Length

1530 metres

Inversions

3

Drop angle

80°

G-Force

4

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Hakugei is a steel hybrid roller coaster located at Nagashima Spa Land in Nagashima, Kuwana, Mie, Japan. It is a Rocky Mountain Construction I-Box conversion of White Cyclone and opened on March 28, 2019.

History

Hakugei replaced White Cyclone, an Intamin wooden roller coaster that closed on January 28, 2018. The conversion was first announced in October 2017.^[1]

After White Cyclone closed, construction on the ride began with the stripping of the ride's wooden track. White Cyclone's signature helices were then removed before the track began to arrive in June 2018.

On September 24, 2018, Nagashima Spa Land officially revealed that the ride would be named Hakugei. They also revealed that the ride would be 5,019.7 feet long, that it would have an 80 degree first drop and that it would open in March 2019.^[2]

In early March 2019, the track was completed, and testing began shortly after.^[3]^[4]

On March 22, 2019, Nagashima Spa Land announced that the ride would open on March 28, 2019.^[5]

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Double down Zero-g stall Zero-g roll Over-banked curve Hill Zero-g roll

Hakugei is a Rocky Mountain Construction I-Box conversion of Nagashima Spa Land's former White Cyclone wooden roller coaster. It is the first I-Box coaster, as well as the first Rocky Mountain Construction coaster in Asia.

Trains

6 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.

Etymology

Hakugei (白鯨) is Japanese for "White Whale".

References

External links

Hakugei on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Articles on Nagashima Spa Land

Coasters

Present	Acrobat Arashi Children Coaster Corkscrew Hakugei Jet Coaster Looping Star Peter Rabbit Coaster Shuttle Loop Steel Dragon 2000 Ultra Twister Wild Mouse
Former	White Cyclone

Other attractions

Present	Balloon Race Flying Carpet Free Fall Frisbee Frog Hopper Giant Frisbee Giant Wheel Aurora Jumbo Viking Merry-Go-Round Paratrooper Rock & Roll Shoot The Chute Sky and Elephant Space Shot Space Shuttle Star Flyer Swing Around Telecombat Viking Wave Swinger
Former	Top Spin

[1] "HUGE White Cyclone Coaster to become RMC.". http://www.amusementinsider.com/2017/10/huge-white-cyclone-coaster-to-become-rmc.html.

[2] "Hakugei, "White Cyclone" Details Announced, Animated POV". http://www.amusementinsider.com/2018/09/hakugei-white-cyclone-details-announced.html.

[3] "Track nieuwe RMC achtbaan compleet in Nagashima Spa Land". https://themeparkfreaks.eu/2019/03/track-nieuwe-rmc-achtbaan-compleet-in-nagashima-spa-land/.

[4] "RMC laat er geen gras over groeien: Testritten van start in Nagashima Spa Land". https://themeparkfreaks.eu/2019/03/rmc-laat-er-geen-gras-over-groeien-testritten-van-start-in-nagashima-spa-land/.

[5] "Eerste RMC van Azië geopend in Nagashima Spa Land". https://themeparkfreaks.eu/2019/04/eerste-rmc-van-azie-geopend-in-nagashima-spa-land/.

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