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Bobsleds
Steel Family at Seabreeze Amusement Park, Rochester, New York. Opened 1954.
- Height
- 31 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 23 mph
- Length
- 1,240 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- George W. Long
Bobsleds is a family roller coaster at Seabreeze Amusement Park in Rochester, New York. It was built by the park's owners, the Long family, and combines a wooden structure with tubular steel track.
History
RCDB dates the ride to 1954, when it opened as the Junior Coaster with angle-iron track and a four-car train. In 1962 the angle iron was replaced with tubular steel track and the ride became the Bobsleds. The park itself gives 1962 as the year the Long family created the Bobsleds; for a time it believed the conversion happened in 1968, until records found in 2015 dated it to 1962.
The track is 1,240 feet long and reaches a height of 31 feet. Riders travel in single four-seat cars, two across in two rows, through a series of dips, hills and tight curves. Riders between 38 and 48 inches tall must ride with a responsible person.
Sources
- seabreeze.com/park-attractions/bobsleds (Park page: created by the Long family in 1962; wood structure with tubular steel track; 1,240 ft long; 31 ft high; 38-inch minimum, 38 to 48 inches with a responsible person.)
- rcdb.com/228.htm (RCDB: operating since 1954; steel sit-down family hybrid; length 1,240 ft; height 31 ft; speed 23 mph; 0 inversions; single 4-rider cars; former name Junior Coaster (1954 to 1961); designer George W. Long; angle-iron track replaced with tubular steel in 1962; conversion once thought to be 1968, documentation found in 2015 dates it to 1962.)
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.