Beaver Land Mine Ride
Steel Family at Geauga Lake, Aurora, Ohio. Opened 2000, closed 2007.
This ride has closed. It last operated at Geauga Lake in 2007.
- Height
- 26 ft
- Drop
- 25 ft
- Top speed
- 22 mph
- Length
- 1,181 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Zierer
The coaster opened in 2000 as Road Runner Express, was renamed Beaver Land Mine Ride after Cedar Fair bought the park in 2004, and last operated at Geauga Lake on September 16, 2007. It reopened at Papéa Parc in France in 2009 as Roller Coaster.
Beaver Land Mine Ride was a steel family roller coaster at Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio. It was a large Tivoli model built by the German manufacturer Zierer and designed by Werner Stengel's engineering firm. The double figure-eight layout had about 1,181 feet of track, a height of about 26 feet and a top speed of about 22 mph, with no inversions. Booster wheels pulled a single 20-car train, seating 40 riders, up the lift.
History
The coaster opened on May 5, 2000, as Road Runner Express, when the park was called Six Flags Ohio; the park became Six Flags Worlds of Adventure in 2001. Cedar Fair bought the park in 2004 and restored the Geauga Lake name. Because Cedar Fair did not hold the license for the Looney Tunes characters, the theming was removed and the ride was renamed Beaver Land Mine Ride.
In September 2007 Cedar Fair announced that Geauga Lake's amusement park would close, and the ride last operated there on September 16, 2007. It was sold to Papéa Parc in Yvré-l'Évêque, France, where it reopened in 2009 under the name Roller Coaster.
Sources
- rcdb.com/634.htm (RCDB: Beaver Land Mine Ride, Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom, removed; operated May 5, 2000 to September 16, 2007; Zierer Tivoli / Large, double figure eight; designer Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH; length 1,181.1 ft; height 26.3 ft; speed 22.4 mph; 0 inversions; booster wheel lift; one 20-car, 40-rider train; former name Roadrunner Express (2000 to 2003); relocated to Papéa Parc as Roller Coaster.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_Coaster_(Pap%C3%A9a_Parc) (Wikipedia: opened May 5, 2000 as Road Runner Express; renamed in 2004; last day September 16, 2007; reopened at Papéa Parc in 2009; 25 ft drop.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominator_(roller_coaster) (Six Flags Ohio renamed Six Flags Worlds of Adventure in 2001; Cedar Fair bought the park in March 2004 and restored the Geauga Lake name; September 2007 announcement that the amusement park would close.)
Numbers are from the ride's manufacturer and park where published; "n/a" means we have not confirmed that number yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.