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| Manufacturer | Intamin | ||||||
| Product | Mega Coaster | ||||||
| Type | Steel - Hyper | ||||||
| Riders per train | 24 | ||||||
| Propulsion | Cable lift hill | ||||||
| Height | 80 metres | ||||||
| Drop | 66.5 metres | ||||||
| Top speed | 130 km/h | ||||||
| Length | 1066.8 metres | ||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||
| Drop angle | 80° | ||||||
| Duration | 1:30 | ||||||
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Thunder Dolphin is an Intamin hyper roller coaster located at Tokyo Dome City in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. Thunder Dolphin's 3,500 feet long course passes through both a hole in the LaQua building, as well as through the Big O, the world's first hubless ferris wheel. The ride opened in 2003 and is currently one of the park's two roller coasters. It is the tallest roller coaster to be classified as a hyper roller coaster (200 - 299 feet).
Design
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Trains
6 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.
Incident
On 5 December 2010, a 25 cm bolt fell from the ride and injured a 9-year-old girl. Following this incident, Thunder Dolphin remained closed until 1 August 2013, nearly 3 years after the incident.
Images
The ride's entrance
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External links
- Thunder Dolphin on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
