Roller Coaster (Killarney Springs)

Roller Coaster

Cyclone at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, in 1979
Killarney Springs Family Park Location Bude, Cornwall, England, UK Status Defunct Operated 2005 to 2006
Grove Land (loan) Location St. Clears, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK Operated During 2004 Replaced Thunderbolt Replaced by Cyber Space Canvey Island Amusement Park Location Canvey Island, Essex, England, UK Operated During 2002 Billing Aquadrome (loan) Name Roller Coaster Location Great Billing, Northamptonshire, England, UK Operated During 2000 Frontierland Family Theme Park Name Stampede Location Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK Operated 1988 to 1998 Blackpool Pleasure Beach Name Cyclone Location Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK Operated 1974 to 1987 Replaced by Avalanche
Statistics
Manufacturer	Pinfari
Product	Z40
Type	Steel
Track layout	Zyklon 40m layout
Riders per train	4
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Inversions	0
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Roller Coaster was a steel roller coaster built by Italian manufacturer Pinfari that was previously located at Killarney Springs Family Park in Bude, Cornwall, England, UK.

History

The coaster originally opened as Cyclone at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 1974. It closed after the 1987 season to make way for Avalanche. It was relocated to Frontierland Family Theme Park, also owned by the Thompson family. The ride operated until 1998, when it closed with the back section of the park.

In 2002, the coaster operated at Canvey Island Amusement Park, under the ownership of the Wilson family. It spent the 2004 season at Grove Land in Wales. It opened at Killarney Springs Family Park in 2005 and operated until 2006, when the local council ordered it to be removed as the park had not applied for planning permission to install it.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Helix

Colour scheme

Red track and yellow supports.

Trains

Single cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 4 riders per car.

External links

• Images of the ride on NFCA Digital.
• Photograph of the coaster at Canvey Island

• 

  Roller Coaster on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

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