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| Manufacturer | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc. | ||||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Herbert Paul Schmeck | ||||||||||||
| Type | Wooden | ||||||||||||
| Track layout | Double Out and Back | ||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||
| Height | 78 feet | ||||||||||||
| Drop | 72 feet | ||||||||||||
| Top speed | 45 mph | ||||||||||||
| Length | 3200 feet | ||||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 2:00 | ||||||||||||
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Phoenix is a Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters wooden out and back roller coaster located at Knoebels Amusement Park in Elysburg, Pennsylvania, USA. The ride opened in 1948 as the Rocket at Playland Park in San Antonio, Texas and later found its home in 1985 at Knoebels. At the time of its opening, Phoenix was the largest roller coaster ever moved from one park to another.[1] Phoenix has received the Golden Ticket Award for best wooden roller coaster three times, in 2018, 2019, and 2021.
Design
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Trains
2 trains with 4 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.
Each row of seats has a buzzbar, a lap bar that has 1 fixed location, usually leaving a few inches between the rider's lap and the bar.
Images
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Phoenix first hill climb 09 27 2020 as seen from ride queue
References
- ↑ "History of Knoebels". Knoebels. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
External links
- Phoenix on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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