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Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||||||
Product | Hyper Coaster | ||||||||||||
Designer / calculations | Werner Stengel | ||||||||||||
Type | Steel - Giga | ||||||||||||
Riders per train | 32 | ||||||||||||
Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||
Height | 93.3 metres | ||||||||||||
Drop | 93.3 metres | ||||||||||||
Top speed | 148.1 km/h | ||||||||||||
Length | 1672.1 metres | ||||||||||||
Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||||
Drop angle | 80° | ||||||||||||
Duration | 3:28 | ||||||||||||
G-Force | 4.5 | ||||||||||||
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Leviathan is a steel giga roller coaster located at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is the first Bolliger & Mabillard roller coaster to be taller than 300 feet. The ride opened on 6 May 2012 as the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada.[1] It was designed by Werner Stengel and built by Bolliger & Mabillard.[2]
History
In the early planning stages of Leviathan, had Bolliger & Mabillard declined to make a roller coaster over 91.5 metres (300 ft), the park would have gotten another manufacturer to design the roller coaster. Walter Bolliger admitted that he "owed" the park, as an inverted roller coaster could not be built several years earlier because of an exclusivity clause with Cedar Point.
Speculation about a new roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland began in early 2011, when construction work started around the Dragon Fyre ride and the Go Karts. On 3 July 2011, Canada's Wonderland launched a teaser website featuring a countdown clock to 18 August 2011, 7:00 AM accessible through the park's Facebook page. The website also featured quotations from online theme park reporters and Cedar Fair's CEO.
Leviathan was announced on 18 August 2011.[3] It opened on 6 May 2012.[4]
Name
Leviathan is a sea monster mentioned in the Bible as one of the seven princes of Hell.
Design
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The ride features a bent out and back layout that contains eight drops.
Trains
3 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row, for a total of 32 riders per train. The trains have lap-bar restraints.
Images
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The entrance and test seat
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The queue line
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The station
References
- ↑ "Wonderland unleashes Leviathan".
- ↑ Hook, Patrick (2019). Ticket to Ride. USA: Chartwell Books. p. 36. ISBN 9780785835776.
- ↑ News Release :: Leviathan - New for 2012 :: Canada's Wonderland (Wayback archive)
- ↑ "Canada's largest roller coaster debuts in Toronto".
External links
- Leviathan on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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