Moonsault Scramble

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Moonsault Scramble

The pretzel knot

Fuji-Q Highland
Location	Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan
Status	Defunct
Operated	24 June 1983 to April 2000
Cost	1,500,000,000 JPY^[1]
Replaced by	Do-Dodonpa

Statistics

Manufacturer

Meisho Amusement Machines

Builder

Okamoto

Type

Steel - Shuttle

Riders per train

28

Hourly capacity

560

Propulsion

Catch car lift hill

Area

180 metres × 90 metres

Power consumption

175 KW

Height

70 metres

Top speed

90 km/h

Length

460 metres

Track inversions

2

Rider inversions

4

G-Force

6.5

Moonsault Scramble (Japanese: ムーンサルト・スクランブル) was a Meisho shuttle roller coaster located at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.^[2] The ride was the first roller coaster to surpass 61 metres in height, but is not considered a hyper coaster as it is not full-circuit. It is the third-tallest roller coaster which has closed, behind Kingda Ka and Tower of Terror II at Dreamworld. The front car from Moonsault Scramble was kept and put on display in the park in 2019.

Design

Elements
Catch car lift hill Pretzel knot Vertical rollback

Moonsault Scramble featured the first pretzel knot, a double-inversion that is similar to a batwing which crosses over itself. The only other roller coaster to have a pretzel knot is the Banshee at Kings Island.

The ride began with a 70 metres tall reverse-inclined lift hill before dropping backwards through the station into the 20.5 metres tall pretzel knot. After the forceful inversions, the train traveled up the second hill, and dropped forwards through the design, and into the station.