| Watch the on-ride POV |
|---|
_2007_01.jpg)
| |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||
| Manufacturer | Doppelmayr | ||||||||||
| Product | Mountain Glider | ||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Suspended - Single rail | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Elevator lift | ||||||||||
| Height | 54.9 metres | ||||||||||
| Top speed | 60 km/h | ||||||||||
| Length | 721.8 metres | ||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Drop angle | 20° | ||||||||||
| Duration | 1:34 | ||||||||||
| G-Force | 3 | ||||||||||
| HELP | |||||||||||
Vertigo was a short-lived steel suspended roller coaster located at Walibi Belgium in Wavre, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a prototype Mountain Glider coaster made by Doppelmayr. The ride only operated for two seasons.
History
In April 2006, Vertigo was announced. It was going to open that year, but it had mechanical problems. Due to this, the opening was delayed to 14 June 2007.
Since it was a prototype, the coaster would suffer from constant downtime. The ride vehicles would often stop and a maintenance car would travel on the track. This led to brief existence resulting in sporadic operation.
During the 2007-2008 off-season, the track was removed and the ride was being reworked by Doppelmayr.
On 8 May 2008, Vertigo had a grand opening with lots of media and an appearance by Jean-Claude Van Damme. However, it still suffered maintenance issues. On 19 May 2008, 11 days after the grand opening, the coaster was broken down. At that point, the problem was far too expensive and complicated to fix. So on 9 October 2008, Walibi Belgium announced that Vertigo would not reopen for the 2009 season. Demolition would start in December of that year.
Design
Trains
8 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row, for a total of 4 riders per car.
Images
-
Vertigo undergoing maintenance
_2006_01.jpg)
External links
- Vertigo on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
| Articles on Walibi Belgium | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | |||||||||
| Former | |||||||||