Specific Type: Custom Looping Coaster
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One of the most beautiful places on the planet is the Gold Coast of Australia. To add to the beauty of the area, there is also Dreamworld, a theme park that has been entertaining people of all ages since its opening. The park has great family rides and also has a slew of thrill rides that include the relocated coaster known as Cyclone. Cyclone arrived at Dreamworld in 2001 after spending time and being installed at Luna Park in Sydney as the Big Dipper. The roller coaster is still one of the tallest coasters in the Southern Hemisphere. The coaster was originally built in Luna Park by Arrow Dynamics for 8 million Australian dollars. Local residents and businesses complained extensively about the noise of the rides at Luna Park and there was a chance that Luna Park would not last. In 996, the park closed for good and they sold their big coaster to Dreamworld.
Cyclone is a standard Arrow Dynamics steel sit-down roller coaster. The ride has a maximum height of 130 feet and reaches speeds of 53 mph. The coaster spans a track length of 3,000 feet in just over 2 minutes. The ride itself has not had any changes since re-opening, but the queue area has. When the ride opened, the queue area was filled with theming to make you think you were in the middle of a cyclone. The floors would shake and special lighting effects would make it look like a thunderstorm. As of 2008, they are now using the massive wrap around exit queue as the entrance queue and you exit in the former entrance queue. There is one train that features standard OTSR and holds 24 passengers. Come with us now as we take a ride on the fearless Cyclone. After wrapping yourself around the station, you enter the gates and prepare to get on the train. You sit down in the deep well car and pull the OTSR over your body. The ride then takes off and heads toward the lift hill. As you reach the crest of the chain, the train turns to the left down a small hill and then plunges down the big drop at 53 mph. A quick turn to the left and then through the lift hill and then a sudden change of direction turn right and left. The coaster banks to the left and goes into the first inversion, a reverse sidewinder and straight into a vertical loop. After the vertical loop, the coaster hits the final brake run and your ride has come to an end. |
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