Wildfire (Kolmården)

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Wildfire

Kolmården
Location	Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden
Coordinates	58°39′41″N 16°26′55″E / 58.661511°N 16.448676°E / 58.661511; 16.448676
Status	Operating since 28 June 2016
Cost	SEK110,000,000

Statistics

Manufacturer

Rocky Mountain Construction

Product

Topper Track

Designer / calculations

Alan Schilke

Type

Wooden

Riders per train

24

Hourly capacity

960

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Height

56 metres

Drop

49 metres

Top speed

115 km/h

Length

1265 metres

Inversions

3

Drop angle

83°

Duration

2:00

G-Force

4

Wildfire is a wooden roller coaster located at Kolmården in Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden.

History

The ride was announced in April 2014, but construction was delayed due to problems with planning permission.^[1]

Wildfire's media day was on 17 June 2016 however the official opening was delayed due to a potential fault affecting cylinders in the trains. While the fault was not experienced on Wildfire itself, it was closed as a precaution until the parts were replaced. It finally opened on June 28, 10 days after its original opening date.

In October 2016, the attraction was closed as it had its operating permits revoked by the Swedish government due to the lack of a detailed plan. Rumors began to spread that the ride would be demolished.^[2] Due to this, Wildfire was standing but not operating until April 2017, when the park announced that it would reopen with the park that season. The ride reopened in June 2017.^[3]

Design

Elements
183.8 foot tall chain lift hill with a 160.8 foot drop at 83° Zero-g stall Tunnel Over-banked curve Zero-g roll (variant) Zero-g roll (variant)

Trains

2 trains with 6 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.

Images

References

External links

Wildfire on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Tallest wooden roller coaster tied with T Express June 2016–present
Preceded by Son of Beast	Tallest wooden roller coaster tied with T Express June 2016–present	Succeeded by None

Present

Coasters

Delfinexpressen Godiståget Wildfire

Attractions

Bamses Flygande Matta Safari Sjörövarskeppet Skalmans Bilar

[1] "New Rocky Mountain Coaster "Wildfire" Set to Burn New Records at Kolmården".

[2] "Hoe staat de toekomst van Wildfire er nu echt voor?".

[3] "Sweden: Kolmården's Wildfire Is Up and Running Again".

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