Excalibur
Steel Hybrid at Valleyfair, Shakopee, Minnesota. Opened 1989.
- Height
- 100 ft
- Drop
- 105 ft
- Top speed
- 55 mph
- Length
- 2,415 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 1 min 45 s
- Designer
- Arrow Dynamics
Excalibur is a roller coaster near the back of Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota. Arrow Dynamics built it, and it opened in 1989 at a cost of $3 million. The park describes it as part wood and part steel: its tubular steel track is carried on a wooden structure, a combination RCDB classifies as a hybrid.
The ride climbs a 100-foot chain lift hill and drops 105 feet at a maximum angle of 60 degrees, reaching a top speed of 54.5 mph. Its 2,415 feet of track form a figure eight with straight drops and sharply banked turns, and it has no inversions. The park lists the ride time as 105 seconds.
Excalibur runs two trains of five cars each, with riders seated two across in three rows per car, for 30 riders per train. RCDB gives its capacity as 1,200 riders per hour. The park's minimum rider height is 48 inches.
Sources
- valleyfair.enchantedparks.com/rides-and-experiences/attracti... (Park page (via the 2026-11-08 page review): part wood, part steel; tubular steel track in a figure eight; length 2,415 ft; elevation 100 ft; duration 105 sec; minimum height 48 inches.)
- rcdb.com/119.htm (RCDB: operating since 1989; Arrow Dynamics steel hybrid; height 100 ft, drop 105 ft, length 2,415 ft, speed 54.5 mph, 0 inversions, duration 2:17.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_(Valleyfair) (1989 opening; Arrow Dynamics; hybrid coaster with a wooden structure; 100 ft height in infobox, 105 ft drop, 2,415 ft, 54.5 mph, 0 inversions; minimum height 48 inches.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valleyfair (Excalibur, 1989, Arrow Dynamics; coaster with a wooden structure; built outside the river dike.)
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