Spin Bullet
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| Manufacturer | Masago Industrial | ||||||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Sega AM5 Family Entertainment (Spin Bullet renovation) | ||||||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Enclosed - Dark ride | ||||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Spin Bullet (Japanese: スピンバレット) is a steel spinning roller coaster located at Tokyo Joypolis in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.[1] It was located on Floor 3.[2]
History
The attraction originally opened with the park as Rail Chase: The Ride (Japanese: レールチェイス ザ ライド) on 12 July 1996. Despite being named after the Rail Chase game and utilizing the same shooting mechanic as its counterpart at Yokohama, it featured a completely different track layout and a change in theming.
The ride closed with the rest of Tokyo Joypolis in September 2000 as part of the park's remodeling. The attraction reopened as Speed Boarder (Japanese: スピードボーダー) on December 2[3] with a new story and format.
Eventually, the ride was closed once again for a major refurbishment to prepare for the park's tenth anniversary, and was revamped as Spin Bullet with brand new ride cars. The coaster began its first tests on 11 July 2006 of which the coaster frequently broke down[4] leading to a second test run the following day[5] being cancelled.[6] The ride opened as planned on 15 July 2006 but closed the following month for repairs and was planned to reopen in September, but did not reopen until December.[7]
The coaster was dismantled shortly after Tokyo Joypolis closed for its second major remodeling on 9 January 2012. It was replaced with a new roller coaster named Veil of Dark, later named Gekion Live Coaster.
Ride Experience
As Rail Chase: The Ride, the coaster's storyline involves a fire occurring in the Tokyo Joypolis boiler room which the riders would have to put it out using two-seater trolley cars equipped with water cannons. The coaster would begin its route, at one point going through a windowed area overviewing Odaiba. The shooting game portion where guests attempt to put out the fire would occur during the elevator portion of the ride, and depending on if the players put out the fire they would win a prize to take home. Following the elevator portion, the cars go backwards on the rest of the route and rotate to normal on a turntable near the station.[8]
When the coaster reopened as Speed Boarder, the attraction's theme was changed to a seaside surfing race, with the coaster's humps forming as the "waves" as the cars turned around. The ride cars were now themed to surfboards and were altered to face anticlockwise. The ride's elevator lift and turntable were removed entirely.
As Spin Bullet, the ride cars were changed again to allow free-range spinning and were more in the shape of cars seen in standard Spinning Wild Mouse-type coasters. The ride course was unaltered from Speed Boarder.
Design
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Trains
5 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row, for a total of 2 riders per car.
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060901021743/http://sega.jp/joypolis/attraction/a_sbullet_tjp.html
- ↑ "Tokyo Joypolis Guide Map". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010413163547/http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/atc/sp_border.html
- ↑ http://blog.livedoor.jp/youkaiteikoku/archives/50264735.html
- ↑ https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0606/28/news079.html
- ↑ http://blog.livedoor.jp/youkaiteikoku/archives/50264735.html
- ↑ https://ameblo.jp/yoshiki19870903/entry-12748581994.html
- ↑ https://ameblo.jp/yoshiki19870903/entry-12748581994.html
External links
- Spin Bullet on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
