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Avatar Airbender
Steel Shuttle at Nickelodeon Universe, Bloomington, Minnesota. Opened 2008.
- Height
- 70 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
- n/a
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 45 s
- Designer
- Intamin Amusement Rides
Avatar Airbender is a shuttle roller coaster at Nickelodeon Universe, the indoor theme park inside Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, themed to Avatar: The Last Airbender. It opened on March 15, 2008, when the park was completed under its Nickelodeon name.
The ride is an Intamin Surfrider (20 m model) designed by Ing.-Büro Stengel. A single spinning car rides back and forth along a U-shaped track, launched on several passes by linear synchronous motors, and reaches a height of 70 feet. There are no inversions. A ride lasts about 45 seconds.
The park lists it among its thrill rides, with a minimum height of 48 inches and over-the-shoulder harnesses.
Sources
- rcdb.com/4094.htm (RCDB: operating since March 15, 2008; steel U-shuttle with spinning car, indoor; Intamin Surfrider / 20m; designer Ing.-Büro Stengel; height 70 ft; 0 inversions; LSM launch (multi-pass); 1 car)
- nickelodeonuniverse.com/rides/avatar-airbender (Official: thrill ride rocking back and forth to heights of 70 feet; duration 45 seconds; spinning, side-to-side pendulum motion; over-the-shoulder harness; height requirement 48 inches; page links to Avatar: The Last Airbender merchandise)
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