Scorpion Express

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Scorpion Express

Entrance to Scorpion Express

Chessington World of Adventures
Location	Chessington, Greater London, England, UK
Park section	Mexicana
Status	Operating since 1987
Cost	£2million (for 2014 refurbishment)
Height restriction	36 inches (91 cm)

Statistics

Manufacturer

Mack Rides

Product

Powered Coaster - Blauer Enzian

Designer / calculations

John Wardley (original ride)

Type

Steel - Family

Track layout

Figure-8

Riders per train

38

Inversions

0

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Scorpion Express is a Mack Rides steel powered coaster at Chessington World of Adventures in Chessington, Greater London, England, UK. It originally opened in 1987 and was refurbished for the 2014 season. The refurbishment was carried out by Garmendale Engineering.^[1]

Design

Scorpion Express has a standard figure 8 layout.

Elements
Helix

Colour scheme

Brown track and supports.

Trains

Single train with 10 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, except for the front car which has a single row, for a total of 38 riders per train.

References

↑ "Chessington World of Adventures – Rocky Mountain transformed into the Scorpion Express". Garmendale Engineering. Archived from the original on 2021-05-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210521211144/https://www.garmendale.co.uk/case-study/chessington-world-of-adventures-rocky-mountain-transformed-into-the-scorpion-express/. Retrieved 2021-05-21.

External links

Scorpion Express on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Articles on Chessington World of Adventures

Coasters

Present	Dragon's Fury Rattlesnake Scorpion Express Vampire
Former	Clown Coaster

Other attractions

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Former	Black Buccaneer Carousel Big Wheel Chessington Railroad Cyclone Twist Gallopers Gallopers Ghost Train Hurricane Jets Hurricane Jets Jungle Bus Magic Carpet Miniature Railway Peeking Heights Rameses Revenge Rodeo Safari Skyway Samurai Satellite Super Bob Toadie's Crazy Cars Waltzer

[1] "Chessington World of Adventures – Rocky Mountain transformed into the Scorpion Express". Garmendale Engineering. Archived from the original on 2021-05-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210521211144/https://www.garmendale.co.uk/case-study/chessington-world-of-adventures-rocky-mountain-transformed-into-the-scorpion-express/. Retrieved 2021-05-21.

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