Magnus (Salitre Magico)

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Magnus

Corkscrew at Myrtle Beach Pavilion in 1998
Salitre Magico Location Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia Coordinates 4.669092°N 74.090912°W / 4.669092; -74.090912 Status Operating since 2000 Rider height 135 cm minimum
Myrtle Beach Pavilion Name Corkscrew Location Myrtle Beach, Pavilion, USA Operated 1978 to 6 September 1999 Replaced by Hurricane Magic Harbor Name Corkscrew Location Surfside Beach, South Carolina, United States Operated 1975 to 1977
Statistics
Manufacturer	Arrow Dynamics
Product	Corkscrew
Type	Steel
Riders per train	24
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Height	70 metres
Top speed	40 km/h
Length	1200 metres
Inversions	2
Duration	1:08
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Magnus is a steel roller coaster located at Salitre Magico in Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

History

The ride opened in 1975 as Corkscrew at Magic Harbor, and was later moved and reopened at Myrtle Beach Pavilion in 1978. It closed on 6 September 1999 and moved to Colombia in 2000, opening as Montaña Rusa. It was eventually repainted to green and renamed to Magnus.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Double corkscrew

Color scheme

Salitre Magico

Green track and black supports, used to be red track and white supports and white track and supports when it opened in 2000.

Myrtle Beach Pavilion

Blue track and white supports, used to be white track with blue rails and white supports.

Magic Harbor

White track with blue rails and white supports.

Trains

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

External links

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  Magnus on the Roller Coaster DataBase.