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Infusion

Pleasure Beach Resort Location Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK Coordinates 53.789872°N 3.057468°W / 53.789872; -3.057468 Status Operating since 2 May 2007 Rider height Minimum: 132 cm Maximum: 200 cm Replaced Drench Falls
Pleasureland Southport Name Traumatizer Location Southport, Merseyside, England, UK Coordinates 53.648056°N 3.019419°W / 53.648056; -3.019419 Operated 1999 to 5 September 2006 Replaced by Storm
Statistics
Manufacturer	Vekoma
Product	SLC (689m Standard)
Type	Steel - Inverted
Riders per train	16
Hourly capacity	832
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Height	33.3 metres
Top speed	80 km/h
Length	689 metres
Inversions	5
Duration	1:23

Infusion is a steel inverted roller coaster located at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. It was formerly located at Pleasureland Southport as Traumatizer.

History

Infusion at its original location.

In 1999, Traumatizer opened to the public at Pleasureland Southport. The attraction originally had a red track and dark blue supports.

After the closure of Pleasureland Southport on 5 September 2006, Traumatizer was transferred to Blackpool Pleasure Beach, which was owned by the same people. The ride reopened on 2 May 2007 under the name Infusion. It was built next to Big One on the spot previously occupied by Drench Falls. The track was repainted blue upon its reopening at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

Infusion was the subject of a large marketing campaign and featured on BBC Newsround, the Daily Star and Daily Express newspapers and GMTV. It has been used in television shows and advertisements. The ride was even featured in a Specsavers advertisement when two elderly people rode the ride after mistaking the ride's train for a park bench.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Roll over Outward banked airtime hill Sidewinder Double in-line twist

Infusion is a Suspended Looping Coaster from Vekoma and the smallest of three in the United Kingdom, with the other two being Kumali and Odyssey. It is the first inverted roller coaster to be built entirely over water. The ride has multiple water features with many fountains and water effects in the queue line.

Trains

2 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in a single row, for a total of 16 riders per train.

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External links

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  Infusion on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
• Photographs of Traumatizer at Scream Machine

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