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| Ricochet in 2009 | |||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | Mack Rides | ||||||||||
| Product | Wilde Maus (compact park) | ||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Wild Mouse | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 4 | ||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1,120 | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
| Area | 144.3 feet × 62.3 feet | ||||||||||
| Height | 45.9 feet | ||||||||||
| Top speed | 28 mph | ||||||||||
| Length | 1213.9 feet | ||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1:50 | ||||||||||
Ricochet is a Mack Rides Wild Mouse roller coaster located at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
History
Ricochet was announced on October 23, 2001[1]
The ride opened on March 23, 2002.
Design
Color scheme
Ricochet originally had yellow track with blue supports. For the 2014 season, the track was painted green and the supports blue and teal.[2]
Trains
8 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 4 riders per car. The colors of the cars were changed for 2020.[3]
Images
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Ricochet in 2014
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References
- ↑ Carowinds 11th Roller Coaster To Highlight Park's 30th Anniversary - Ultimate Rollercoaster
- ↑ "Carowinds- New Coat of Paint for Two Coasters". Insanity lurks inside. 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ↑ Stilwell, Andrew (2020-03-05). "Carowinds Off-Season Maintenance Update". Coaster101. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
External links
- Ricochet on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
Present
Coasters
Attractions
Air RacersAir WalkerBoo Blasters On Boo HillCamp BusCarolina SkytowerCharlie Brown's River Raft BlastDo-Si-DoElectro SpinFlying Ace Balloon RaceGear SpinGrand CarouselGyro ForceKite Eating TreeMountain GlidersPeanuts PiratesPig-Pen's Mud BuggiesRip Roarin' RapidsRipCordScramblerSlingShotSnoopy's JunctionWindSeekerWoodstock's WhirlybirdsZephyr
Former
Attractions
Black WidowCarolina SternwheelerCarolina TurnpikeCarowinds and Carolina RailroadDo-Se-DoDrop Tower: Scream ZoneFlying DutchmanGrand CarouselHillbilly JalopiesJoe Cool's Driving SchoolMonorailOaken BucketScrappy's SkytowerScream WeaverSkywaySnoopy's GR8 SK8Southern StarSurferWagon WheelWhirling DervishWhitewater FallsWild BullWild Thornberry's River AdventureWoodstock WhirlybirdsYo Yo