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Specific Type: Inverted Coasters
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When Ohio's Cedar Point decided to build a new inverted coaster, they knew that it had to be record breaking. So the park soon contracted Swiss coaster designers Bolliger and Mabillard to construct what was then the planet's tallest, fastest, longest, most inverting inverted coaster. Raptor soon spread it's wings and caught it's first prey in May of 1994 and was recieved to rave reviews from coaster enthusiasts across the world. Twisting through six inversions along the twisting course of nearly 4,000 feet of twisting bright green Bolliger and Mabillard-manufactured box track, Raptor curves and loops along a tightly-intertwined layout built above Cedar Point's main midway.
After boarding one of three trains, the near 4,000-foot long course begins with a 180-degree curve and 14-story climb into the sky. Then, a near 13 story plummet sends you swinging towards the midway and facing the sky inverting in the coaster's vertical loop. A Zero-G Roll inverts riders while providing negitive g's and twisting 360 degrees before diving back to the ground. A short straightaway next leads into the ride's most innovative element for an inverted scream machine - the Cobra Roll - the first of it's kind on any inverted ride to flip the train skyward twice and send riders back in the same direction from which they came. After an upward spiraling helix, a short set of block brakes follows and then a second downward twist. The first of two corkscrews flips you upside-down like a pancake before a banked curve and second corkscrew maneuver follows directly into a positive-g-packed helix and final banked turn. With six inversions, the second most twisted inverted coaster track and a great combination of elements, Raptor rules the sky at Cedar Point. |
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