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| Manufacturer | Setpoint | ||||||||||
| Product | Swing Thing[1] | ||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Suspended | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 4 | ||||||||||
| Height | 70 feet | ||||||||||
| Top speed | 20.5 mph | ||||||||||
| Length | 1300 feet | ||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
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Roller Soaker was a Setpoint suspended roller coaster located at the Boardwalk (formerly at Midway America) at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. It was Hersheypark's first (and so far only) interactive coaster and the second of its kind.
History
On August 8, 2001, Hersheypark announced that Roller Soaker would be added for the 2002 season.[2]
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The park announced in December 2012 that Roller Soaker would be removed to make way for a waterpark expansion.[3] It was subsequently scrapped.
General Information
Riders sat back-to-back in suspended cars of four. Each seat had a bucket of 4 gallons of water under it that could be emptied on guests below by pulling a lever. These buckets were refilled while riders load at the station. In addition, many water cannons on the ground may be operated by guests for the purpose of shooting the riders above. The course itself was made up of gentle drops and turns along with a few areas where riders were splashed with water from buckets, fountains, etc.
Images
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The safety sign
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References
External links
- Roller Soaker on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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