Leviathan (Canada's Wonderland)

Roller coaster in Canada
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Leviathan
Canada's Wonderland
Location Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 43°50′40″N 79°32′32″W / 43.844518°N 79.542351°W / 43.844518; -79.542351
Status Operating since 6 May 2012
Cost $28,000,000 USD
Rider height
  • Minimum: 137.2 cm
  • Maximum: 203.2 cm
Statistics
Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
Product Hyper Coaster
Designer / calculations Werner Stengel
Type Steel - Giga
Riders per train 32
Propulsion Chain lift hill
Height 93.3 metres
Drop 93.3 metres
Top speed 148.1 km/h
Length 1672.1 metres
Inversions 0
Drop angle 80°
Duration 3:28
G-Force 4.5
HELP

Leviathan is a steel giga roller coaster located at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is the first Bolliger & Mabillard roller coaster to be taller than 300 feet. The ride opened on 6 May 2012 as the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada.[1] It was designed by Werner Stengel and built by Bolliger & Mabillard.[2]

History

In the early planning stages of Leviathan, had Bolliger & Mabillard declined to make a roller coaster over 91.5 metres (300 ft), the park would have gotten another manufacturer to design the roller coaster. Walter Bolliger admitted that he "owed" the park, as an inverted roller coaster could not be built several years earlier because of an exclusivity clause with Cedar Point.

Speculation about a new roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland began in early 2011, when construction work started around the Dragon Fyre ride and the Go Karts. On 3 July 2011, Canada's Wonderland launched a teaser website featuring a countdown clock to 18 August 2011, 7:00 AM accessible through the park's Facebook page. The website also featured quotations from online theme park reporters and Cedar Fair's CEO.

Leviathan was announced on 18 August 2011.[3] It opened on 6 May 2012.[4]

Name

Leviathan is a sea monster mentioned in the Bible as one of the seven princes of Hell.

Design

Elements

The ride features a bent out and back layout that contains eight drops.

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. The trains have lap-bar restraints.

Images

References

  1. "Wonderland unleashes Leviathan".
  2. Hook, Patrick (2019). Ticket to Ride. USA: Chartwell Books. p. 36. ISBN 9780785835776.
  3. News Release :: Leviathan - New for 2012 :: Canada's Wonderland (Wayback archive)
  4. "Canada's largest roller coaster debuts in Toronto".

External links


Articles on Canada's Wonderland