Wild Thing (Valleyfair)

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Wild Thing

Valleyfair
Location	Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
Coordinates	44°47′55″N 93°27′32″W / 44.798578°N 93.458761°W / 44.798578; -93.458761
Status	Operating since May 11, 1996
Cost	$10,000,000 USD
Rider height	48 inch minimum

Statistics

Manufacturer

Morgan

Designer / calculations

Steve Okamoto

Type

Steel - Hyper

Track layout

Out and Back

Riders per train

36

Hourly capacity

1700

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Height

207 feet

Drop

196 feet

Top speed

74 mph

Length

5460 feet

Inversions

0

Drop angle

60°

Duration

3:00

G-Force

4.1

Wild Thing is a steel hyper roller coaster located at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota, USA. It was the first coaster built by Morgan, opening on May 11, 1996. The ride's success led to the opening of Steel Force at Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania the following year and Mamba at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri in 1998.

History

Wild Thing opened on May 11, 1996.^[1]

Design

Elements
207 foot tall Chain lift hill Hill Block brakes Hill Hill Tunnel Hill Hill

The ride has an out and back layout with a large turnaround.

Color scheme

Light green track and dark green supports.

Trains

3 trains with 6 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 36 riders per train.

Incident

Eighteen riders were injured on Sunday, May 21, 2006 when the final car separated from the rest of the train and came to a halt partially tipped over.^[2] The subsequent investigation was unable to determine the cause of the incident, and Wild Thing reopened on June 1.^[3]