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The Gauntlet
Steel Inverted at Magic Springs Theme and Water Park, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Opened 2004.
- Height
- 109 ft
- Drop
- 110 ft
- Top speed
- 50 mph
- Length
- 2,200 ft
- Inversions
- 5
- Ride time
- 1 min 36 s
- Designer
- Vekoma
The Gauntlet is an inverted roller coaster at Magic Springs Theme and Water Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is a Vekoma SLC (Suspended Looping Coaster), the 689-meter standard model, and opened on April 10, 2004. Riders sit in trains that hang below the track.
The park lists a 110-foot drop, five inversions, about 2,200 feet of track and a top speed of 50 mph. RCDB gives a height of 109 feet and a ride time of 1 minute 36 seconds. The layout uses a chain lift hill followed by a roll-over, a sidewinder and a double in-line twist.
RCDB notes that the coaster was originally built for Jazzland in New Orleans, but that sale was never completed and the ride went to Magic Springs instead. It was the first Vekoma SLC with a redesigned wheel assembly meant to give a smoother ride.
Sources
- magicsprings.com/rides-thrill (110-foot drop, five inverted loops, 2,200 feet of track, 50 mph.)
- rcdb.com/2421.htm (Operating since 2004-04-10; Vekoma SLC / 689m Standard; height 109 ft; length 2,260.5 ft; 49.7 mph; 5 inversions; duration 1:36; roll over, sidewinder, double in-line twist; built for Jazzland, sale not completed; first SLC with redesigned wheel assembly.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Springs (The Gauntlet, Vekoma suspended looping coaster, opened 2004.)
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