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GaleForce
Steel Launched at Playland's Castaway Cove, Ocean City, New Jersey. Opened 2017.
- Height
- 125 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 64 mph
- Length
- 1,269 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 1 min
- Designer
- S&S Worldwide
GaleForce is a launched steel roller coaster at Playland's Castaway Cove on the Ocean City, New Jersey, boardwalk. Built by S&S Worldwide and designed by Joe Draves, it uses linear synchronous motors to launch its single 12-seat car three times, reaching 64 mph. The track climbs to 125 feet and includes a drop steeper than vertical, all on a footprint of about 220 by 40 feet.
The park removed its Python and Flitzer coasters in 2015 to make room for the ride. GaleForce was planned for the 2016 season but was delayed and opened over Memorial Day weekend in 2017. During the following winter the complete track was replaced while the support structure stayed in place.
The ride has no inversions and lasts about one minute. Riders must be at least 48 inches tall.
Sources
- rcdb.com/13346.htm (RCDB: GaleForce, operating; S&S Worldwide LSM Triple Launch Coaster; designer Joe Draves; 1,269 ft; 125 ft; 64 mph; 0 inversions; 1:00; multi-pass LSM launch; one car of 12; 220 x 40 ft; complete track replaced in winter 2017-2018, supports kept.)
- oceancityfun.com/Rides/galeforce-roller-coaster-ocean-city-n... (Official page: 125 ft tall, beyond 90 degree drop, 64 mph launch speed, three launches, 48 in to ride.)
- whyy.org/articles/the-jersey-shores-newest-roller-coasters-f... (June 8, 2017: 125-ft Gale Force, originally slated for the previous summer, opened on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend 2017.)
- ocnjdaily.com/news/2015/nov/21/all-clear-for-new-roller-coas... (November 2015: Python and Flitzer dismantled to make way for the new coaster, then expected for summer 2016.)
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