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| Manufacturer | Rauerhorst Corporation | ||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | International Amusement Devices | ||||||||||
| Type | Wooden | ||||||||||
| Track layout | L-Shaped Out and Back | ||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1,150 | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
| Height | 70 feet | ||||||||||
| Top speed | 47 mph | ||||||||||
| Length | 2982 feet | ||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1:45 | ||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | International Amusement Devices | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 24 | ||||||||||
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High Roller is a wooden roller coaster located at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota, USA. It is the oldest roller coaster at the park, being built in 1976 when the park first opened. There is a common misconception that High Roller is really the Cyclone from nearby Excelsior Amusement Park, which closed a few years before Valleyfair opened. However, this is not the case. While High Roller bears some similarities to Cyclone, it was a brand new ride in 1976, and Cyclone was demolished when the Excelsior park closed.[1]
High Roller was the only roller coaster by the Opus Group (at the time named the Rauenhorst Corporation). They were behind much of the early construction of Valleyfair.
History
High Roller was repainted for the 2022 season.[2]
Design
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Color scheme
Trains
2 trains with 4 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.
They were built by International Amusement Devices
Images
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High Roller at sunset -
The station
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References
- ↑ "A Blast From The Past - High Roller At Valleyfair!". NewsPlusNotes.
- ↑ "Valleyfair Repainting High Roller Wooden Coaster for 2022". Coaster101. April 29, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
External links
- High Roller on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
- High Roller on Coaster-Count.
- High Roller on the parks website
