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| Builder | Dinn Corporation | ||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Curtis D. Summers | ||||||||||
| Type | Wooden | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
| Height | 95 feet | ||||||||||
| Drop | 87 feet | ||||||||||
| Top speed | 50 mph | ||||||||||
| Length | 3400 feet | ||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1:50 | ||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 24 | ||||||||||
Predator is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Darien Lake in Darien Center, New York, USA.
History
Predator opened on May 25, 1990.[1]
Six Flags Darien Lake shared imagery of Predator with Titan Track, from Great Coasters International and Skyline Attractions, on May 12, 2022.[2][3] Approximately 250 feet of Titan Track was added in 2022.[4] An additional 200 feet and 360 feet of track were added in 2023 and 2024, respectively.[5] 230 feet more of track was replaced in 2025.[6]
Design
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Since its inception, Predator has been known as perhaps one of the roughest roller coasters around. This has led to a series of construction projects that sought to ease the roughness of the track in many areas. In 2006, a major retracking was completed. For the 2010 season, Predator received new rolling stock by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.[7][8]
Titan Track
For the 2022 season, GCI was contracted to install new steel Titan Track on a section of Predator that was known to be extremely rough on riders as well as the track itself. The section, commonly referred to as the "death turn" due to its rattling effects on guests was the only section retracked in Titan Track.[7] Additional Titan Track was installed in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Trains
2 trains with 6 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train. This was the last roller coaster to use trailered Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc. trains. One of the ride's trains used to operate on The Voyage at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari.
Trivia
- The ride used to have an on-ride photo system where riders could buy a photo of themselves on the ride at the exit, but the feature is now discontinued.
Images
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Predator in 1993 -
Predator in 2019
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References
- ↑ "Predator Opens at Darien Lake Part 1".
- ↑ "Darien Lake's Predator Receives New GCI Steel Titan Track". NewsPlusNotes.
- ↑ "👀 #predator". Twitter. Six Flags Darien Lake. 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ↑ "Titan Track installed on Six Flags Darien Lake's Predator for 2022 season". Skyline Attractions. 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "Predator Titan Track". Skyline Attractions. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ↑ "[SFDL] Predator got another 230 feet of Titan Track this offseason!". Reddit. jmwhit04. 2025-04-28. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Rivers, Nik (July 2, 2022). "Review of the New Titan Track on Predator at Six Flags Darien Lake". 92.9 WBUF. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- ↑ Pendino, Julie (July 16, 1997). "Out of the Mouth of a Denture Wearer". Newspapers.com. Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
External links
- Predator on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
