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Rollo Coaster
Wood Out-and-Back at Idlewild & SoakZone, Ligonier, Pennsylvania. Opened 1938.
- Height
- 27 ft
- Drop
- 25 ft
- Top speed
- 25 mph
- Length
- 900 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 1 min 15 s
- Designer
- Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
Rollo Coaster is a small wooden roller coaster at Idlewild & SoakZone in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1938 by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters and designed by Herbert Paul Schmeck. The park describes it as a junior out-and-back wooden coaster, and the track runs over a hillside in the Olde Idlewild section.
According to RCDB, the coaster is 27 feet tall with 900 feet of track and no inversions. Wikipedia gives a 25-foot drop, a top speed of 25 mph and a ride time of about 1 minute 15 seconds. The train climbs a chain lift, and the ride is stopped with manually operated skid brakes.
The coaster originally ran trains with only a grab bar. After a child fell from the ride in August 2016, it stayed closed through the 2017 season and reopened in 2018 with a new Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters train fitted with seat belts and lap bars. The park lists a minimum height of 42 inches, with an adult companion required.
Sources
- rcdb.com/272.htm (Rollo Coaster, Idlewild & SoakZone: operating; make Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters; designer Herbert Paul Schmeck; wood sit-down; height 27 ft; length 900 ft; 0 inversions; new single train for 2018)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo_Coaster (Opened 1938; PTC; designer Schmeck; out-and-back terrain coaster with chain lift and manual skid brakes; height 27 ft, drop 25 ft, length 900 ft, speed 25 mph, 0 inversions, duration 1:15; August 2016 incident, closed through 2017, reopened 2018 with seat belts and lap bars)
- idlewild.com/discover-the-park/attractions/rollo-coaster (Park page: junior out-and-back wooden coaster built in 1938 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company; updated PTC train added in 2018; minimum height 42 inches, adult companion required (seen via search results; page returned 403 to automated fetch))
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