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Kong
Steel Inverted at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo, California. Opened 1998.
- Height
- 109 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 50 mph
- Length
- 2,261 ft
- Inversions
- 5
- Ride time
- 1 min 36 s
- Designer
- Vekoma
Kong is a steel inverted roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California. It is a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC), the standard 689-meter model designed by Peter Clerx, with riders seated in cars that hang below the track.
The park describes an eleven-story climb, a height of 109 feet and speeds up to 50 mph. RCDB lists a 2,261-foot track, five inversions (a roll over, a sidewinder and a double in-line twist) and a ride time of 1 minute 36 seconds. Two trains of ten cars each carry 20 riders.
The coaster first operated as Hangman at Opryland USA in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1995 to 1997. After that park closed it was rebuilt in Vallejo and opened as Kong in May 1998, when the park was called The New Marine World Theme Park.
Sources
- sixflags.com/discoverykingdom/attractions/kong (Park page: Kong, suspended looping coaster in Oasis Plaza; 109 ft, eleven stories, speeds up to 50 mph; introduced 1998; manufacturer Vekoma; 52 in. minimum, 78 in. maximum height.)
- rcdb.com/163.htm (RCDB: Kong at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, operating since May 1998; Vekoma SLC / 689m Standard; length 2,260.5 ft, height 109.3 ft, 49.7 mph, 5 inversions (roll over, sidewinder, double in-line twist), duration 1:36; 2 trains of 10 cars, 20 riders each; relocated from Opryland USA, where it was Hangman; designer Peter Clerx.)
- rcdb.com/162.htm (RCDB: Hangman at Opryland USA, operated 1995-05-01 to 1997, relocated to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as Kong.)
- rcdb.com/4711.htm (RCDB park page: park named New Marine World Theme Park in 1998.)
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