Specific Type: Wooden
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Worlds of Fun decided to get back to their coaster building ways in 2009 with the addition of Prowler, a terrain hugging wooden coaster brought to us by the crew at Great Coasters International. Since it’s a wooden GCI creation Prowler is sporting the GCI trademark Millennium Flyer trains. This addition was the first coaster the park had seen since the addition of Patriot in 2006. Standing at just over 100’ tall with a nearly 85’ drop and a top speed of 51 mph Prowler isn’t the tallest or fastest wooden coaster around, but it still can deliver the thrills. Evidence of this is its success in the major rankings and polls in its first year of operation. In 2009 Prowler grabbed the #8 wooden coaster spot in the Golden Tickets and the #6 wooden coaster spot in the heralded Mitch Hawker wooden coaster poll. With such a successful inaugural season the sky is the limit for Prowler as more and more enthusiasts make the trip to Missouri to take a ride on this beast.
Prowler gets its start with a gentle s-turn to left hand turn out the station and up onto the lift hill. After ascending to its maximum height, the train dives back down towards the ground to fall 85’ while twisting to the left. After reaching the ground the track pulls back up and enters a hill while still maintaining its banking to the left. After ascending the hill the track levels out for a moment before the track un-banks and dives back down towards the ground. Next up is another hill that looks like your average airtime hill, but after passing the crest of the hill the track banks to the left hard and enters a turn. The track rises again, but upon reaching the summit it banks back to the right and begins turning that way. This turn is short lived as the track banks to the left once again and progresses through an airtime hill. After the hill the track goes through a turnaround in which the track ends up going back the way it came from. During the turn around the track goes through some vertical changes to give the riders a pop of airtime. After pulling out of the turnaround the track dives into a right turn followed by a quick s-curve to get the track turning back to the left once again. The track falls back down into a right hand turn with a pop of airtime hidden within it before un-banking a set of two straight airtime hills. After descending from the second hill the track turns to the left, makes a small descent, and banks back to the right. While the track is banked it travels through two small hills while turning. After the turn the track heads back to the left and travels through one last turn before heading onto the final brakes and slowing down to a crawl. One more slow left turn and the train is back into the station to begin another trip around its layout. As you can see, Prowler has tons of turns and airtime to make it an excellent wooden coaster despite its low height. This is reflected with its high positions in the polls. Since it is only a year old, Prowler will most likely be around for several years to come. |
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