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| Manufacturer | Pinfari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product | Zyklon ZL42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Steel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 42.6 metres × 18.6 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 11 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 365 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inversions | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Storm is a steel roller coaster built by Italian manufacturer Pinfari currently locatead at Luna Park Sunny Beach in Sunny Beach, Burgas, Bulgaria.
History
The ride is first known to have operated at Butlin's Ayr (now Craig Tara Holiday Camp), where it was new in 1987.[1] It had red track, green supports and the loop was painted yellow. It also had red and white trains. The coaster was removed along with all of the park's amusement rides at the end of the 1998 season. It was sold to Dreamland Margate where it opened in 1999.[2] It had white supports, black track and blue trains. The ride only lasted two seasons before being closing. Another Looping Star took its place in 2001.
The ride was relocated to Camelot Theme Park, where it opened in 2001 as The Gauntlet. It was partially built on the former site of Tower of Terror, which was removed the previous year.[3][4]
After leaving Camelot Theme Park after 2006 to make room for Knightmare in 2007, it received new trains (the same type as those on the former Looping Star at Sauble Beach Fun World) and a new paint scheme: red track and blue trains and supports.
The ride opened as Storm at New Pleasureland Southport on the former spot of Traumatizer. It operated from Easter 2008 to October 2008. It was subsequently taken down and sold.
It operated at Playground Varna in Bulgaria from 2009 to 2011 or 2012. It is now located at Luna Park Sunny Beach.
Design
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Trains
3 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 12 riders per train.
Notes
A Dreamland map from the 1999 season lists this roller coaster as "The Loop". It hasn't been determined if the ride was really once called The Loop or if the park map was inaccurate.
Incident
On 22 October 2001, a 59-year-old employee was struck and killed by a train while greasing the track.[5] The train was carrying five children and three adults at the time. In 2003, following an investigation, Camelot Theme Park was fined £40,000 and ordered to pay a further £20,000 in costs as the company admitted it had "failed to ensure employees were not exposed to risk".[6]
References
- ↑ "31 Jan 1987, page 9 - Daily Mirror at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ↑ "25 Mar 1999, page 25 - Whitstable Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ↑ "Theme Parks a Big Hit in 2001". Joyland Books.
- ↑ "Worker killed in accident at Camelot". The Bolton News. 25 October 2001.
- ↑ "Death at theme park". BBC News. 22 October 2001. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ↑ "Theme park fined over ride death". BBC News. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
External links
- Pictures of The Storm on UK Rides (Wayback Archive)
- Picture of the ride at Wonderwest World