Maverick

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Maverick

Cedar Point Location Sandusky, Ohio, USA Status Operating since May 26, 2007 Cost $21,000,000 USD Replaced White Water Landing
Statistics
Manufacturer	Intamin
Product	LSM Launch Coaster
Designer / calculations	Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Type	Steel - Launched
Riders per train	12
Hourly capacity	1200
Propulsion	LSM lift hill and LSM launch (rolling)
Height	105 feet
Drop	100 feet
Top speed	70 mph
Length	4450 feet
Inversions	2
Drop angle	95°
Duration	2:30
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Maverick is an Intamin launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. Opened in 2007, it was manufactured by Intamin and was the 500th roller coaster designed by German engineer Werner Stengel. The ride is the first LSM Launch Coaster produced by the company. Maverick includes a "beyond vertical" 95° drop and the world's first twisted horseshoe roll - two 360 degree barrel rolls separated by a 180-degree turn.

History

White Water Landing, a log flume ride at Cedar Point, was retired on October 30, 2005 to make way for the park's newest roller coaster. Cedar Point had the name Maverick filed for a trademark, heightening speculation for another roller coaster. During the 2006 season, supports for the new ride began to arrive at Cedar Point and the park gave up hiding their new roller coaster. More details were revealed in September 2006.

The former heartline roll.

On May 8, 2007, Cedar Point announced that the ride's planned opening on May 12 would be delayed until June as three sections of track had to be replaced. This was due to higher-than-expected stresses on the track and trains and included the replacement of a heartline roll with an s-curve. Maverick officially opened on May 26 following completion of the work.

In 2018, the tunnel halfway through the ride was refurbished.

Design

Maverick's track layout with defunct heartline roll.

Ride experience

Two trains are loaded and dispatched simultaneously. One train is launched while the other sits at the bottom of the lift hill. Once the first train has reached the tunnel, the second train is launched. The ride starts out with a 105 foot tall LSM lift hill at 20 degrees. At the top of the hill, the train drops 100 feet at a 95 degree angle. The train reaches a speed of 57 mph then goes through a series of banked turns. First, the train turns to the right. Then it turns to the left through a canyon then another turn to the right. It then goes over a 74 foot airtime hill followed by a turn to the right into the twisted horseshoe roll which features two mirrored 360-degree corkscrew rolls, back-to-back, with a 180-degree banked curve between the two inversions. The train then makes a turn to the right into the tunnel where it is launched 400 feet at 70 mph under the station. The tunnel features special effects such as blue LED strips. At the end of the tunnel, it goes up a hill with trim brakes going up it, followed by a high-banked curve. The train then goes through a turn to the right into a canyon with an S-curve (original heartline roll location). Water cannons shoot off as the train enters the canyon. The train then passes under the lift hill through an over banked turn at 92 degrees. It then turns to the right into another over-banked turn followed by an airtime hill. The train then turns to the right into the final brake run.

Elements
105 foot tall LSM lift hill with a 100 foot drop at 95° 74 foot tall hill Twisted horseshoe roll 400 foot long tunnel LSM launch (rolling) from 0-70 mph in 3.0 seconds Over-banked curve Over-banked curve Hill

Color scheme

Maverick has a red track and tan supports.

Trains

3 trains with 3 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 12 riders per train.

Images

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  The LSM lift hill

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  The 95° drop

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  View of the queue line

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  Maverick's indoor queue line

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  The transfer track

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  The twisted horseshoe roll

External links

The category Maverick contains additional media.

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  Maverick on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

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