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| Manufacturer | Mack Rides | ||||||||||
| Product | Wild Mouse (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 | ||||||||||
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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.
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