Spinning Coaster (Gerstlauer product)

Product
Spinning Coaster
Status In Production
Introduced 2004
Number built 16
First built Timberland Twister (15 March 2004)
Latest built Shredder (2 November 2019)
Statistics
Manufacturer Gerstlauer
Type Steel - Spinning - Wild Mouse
Riders per train 4
Propulsion Chain lift hill
Tyre propelled launch
Elevator lift
Spiral lift
Top speed 55 km/h

The Spinning Coaster is a steel spinning wild mouse roller coaster product manufactured by Gerstlauer. They have relatively mild layouts and spinning cars that seat four riders facing each other. The first one to be built was Timberland Twister at Camp Snoopy in 2004.

Layouts

380m 405m 420m 700m
Length 380 metres 404 metres 412 metres 700 metres
Height 16 metres 17 metres 16.5 metres 28 metres
Speed 50 km/h 51 km/h 50 km/h 56 km/h
No. build 2 1 6 1
Status In production In production Discontinued In production

Notes

  • The Six Flags installations use a variation of the 420m track layout, with the location of the station being different.
  • 380m is the same as the 380m layout on Gerstlauer's Bobsled model.

Installations

Name Park Country Layout Opened Status
Fairly Odd Coaster Nickelodeon Universe
USA
420 March 15, 2004 Operating
Spinning Dragons Worlds of Fun
USA
420 April 17, 2004 Operating
Pandemonium Six Flags New England
USA
420 April 16, 2005 Operating
Pandemonium Six Flags Fiesta Texas
USA
420 March 10, 2007 Operating
Pandemonium Six Flags St. Louis
USA
420 April 10, 2007 Operating
Han-Katten BonBon-Land
Denmark
380 July 7, 2007 Operating
Galaxy Orbiter Galaxyland Amusement Park
Canada
Custom July 17, 2007 Operating
Pandemonium Six Flags Over Texas
USA
420 May 18, 2008 Operating
Dubai Drone Play DXB
UAE
Custom 2009 Operating
Spinning Coaster Infunity
Kuwait
Custom 2010 Operating
Vicky The Ride Plopsa Coo
Belgium
405 June 25, 2011 Operating
Gekion Live Coaster Tokyo Joypolis
Japan
Custom July 14, 2012 Operating
Joker
Formerly Pandemonium
Six Flags Mexico
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Mexico
USA
380 March 6, 2013
23 May 2008
Operating
Closed 2012
Maskerade Prater
Austria
Custom May 1, 2015 Operating
Spin Runway Yomiuriland
Japan
Custom March 18, 2016 Operating
Shredder Nickelodeon Universe
USA
700 November 2, 2019 Operating

External links

Spinning Coaster on Gerstlauer's website


Gerstlauer products