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Hornet
Steel Family at Wonderland Amusement Park, Amarillo, Texas. Opened 2009.
- Height
- 28 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
- 1,148 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Vekoma
Hornet is a steel family roller coaster in the West End of Wonderland Amusement Park in Amarillo, Texas. The park describes it as a family coaster with more than 1,000 feet of track.
Vekoma built the ride, a custom MK-700 model designed by Ing.-Buro Stengel. RCDB lists it at 28 feet tall with 1,148 feet of track and no inversions. Booster wheels lift the single 12-car train, which seats 24 riders.
The coaster had two earlier homes: it ran as Nightmare at Boblo Island and as Mayan Mindbender at Six Flags AstroWorld, and RCDB also records a period in storage. It opened at Wonderland in 2009. Riders must be 42 inches tall with an adult or 48 inches to ride alone.
Sources
- wonderlandpark.com/coasters-thrill-rides (Official: Hornet, family-friendly West End coaster, over 1,000 ft of track; 42 in with an adult, 48 in alone)
- rcdb.com/3513.htm (RCDB: Hornet, Wonderland Amusement Park; make Vekoma, custom MK-700; designer Ing.-Buro Stengel GmbH; length 1,148.3 ft, height 27.9 ft, 0 inversions; booster wheel lift; one train of 12 cars, 24 riders; formerly Nightmare at Boblo Island and Mayan Mindbender at Six Flags AstroWorld; former status in storage)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderland_Park_(Texas) (Hornet, 2009, custom MK-700, Vekoma)
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.