Monster
Steel Infinity Coaster at Adventureland, Altoona, Iowa. Opened 2016.
- Height
- 133 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 65 mph
- Length
- 2,500 ft
- Inversions
- 5
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Gerstlauer
Monster is a steel roller coaster at Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa. It was built by Gerstlauer and opened in 2016 as the first Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster in the United States. It stands on the site of the park's former River Rapids log flume.
Cars climb a 133-foot vertical chain lift and drop past vertical, at 101 degrees. The 2,500-foot course reaches 65 mph and has five inversions: a dive loop, a Finnish loop, a second dive loop, an Immelmann and a corkscrew. Each of the three trains has two cars, with four riders across in one row, for eight riders per train.
The park lists a minimum rider height of 48 inches.
Sources
- rcdb.com/12896.htm (Operating; Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster custom; 133 ft, 2,500 ft, 65 mph, 5 inversions, 101 degrees; vertical chain lift, dive loop, Finnish loop, dive loop, Immelmann, corkscrew; 3 trains of 2 cars, 8 riders; replaced log flume)
- adventurelandresort.com/discover-adventureland-resort/rides/... (Park ride page: first infinity coaster, 133-foot vertical hill, five inversions, up to 65 mph, 48 in minimum)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventureland_(Iowa) (Monster, 2016, Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster, replaced River Rapids, first of its kind in the U.S.)
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.