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| Builder | Charles Paige | ||||||||||||||
| Type | Wooden | ||||||||||||||
| Track layout | L-Shaped Out and Back | ||||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 18.6 metres | ||||||||||||||
| Top speed | 56.3 km/h | ||||||||||||||
| Length | 698.9 metres | ||||||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1:44 | ||||||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (2011-present) Unknown (1933-2010) | ||||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 24 | ||||||||||||||
Nickelodeon Streak is a wooden roller coaster located at Pleasure Beach Resort, in Blackpool, England. It was built in 1933 by Charles Paige and uses the lift hill of the former Velvet Coaster, which was removed in 1932. A train from the Velvet Coaster was preserved in the station until the ride's re-theming as Nickelodeon Streak. It is currently the second tallest wooden coaster out of the five at the park.
History
The ride opened in 1933, simply named Roller Coaster. Its original colour scheme was white supports with red track and blue rails. It used the lift hill and various other parts of the former Velvet Coaster.
In 2006, the trains were replaced with rolling stock from the Big Dipper. Before then, the trains had no restraints, but the new trains have lap-bar restraints.
In 2007, a brand new train was built for the ride.
On 27 July 2010, Pleasure Beach Blackpool unveiled plans for the creation of Nickelodeon Land which will open in time for 2011 season. Roller Coaster has been "extensively re-themed" and now operates full-time as the "Nickelodeon Streak". As well as the major re-theme and modernization, it has been repainted orange to fit the new Nickelodeon Land area.[1]
Design
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The ride has a unique storage system with what appears to be an individual short track for each of the three cars of the train. The transfer table used to access the storage tracks is one car-length long. Photographs have shown the train uncoupled with the front car on one storage track and the two other cars parked on a storage track and the transfer table.
Colour scheme
Orange track and supports, used to be unpainted track with white track.
Trains
Single train with 3 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 4 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.
Images
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A photograph taken while on Nickelodeon Streak, when it was called Roller Coaster. The roller coaster in close proximity is the Zipper Dipper (now Blue Flyer) -
Roller Coaster in 1984
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References
External links
- Nickelodeon Streak on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
