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SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge
Steel Euro-Fighter at Nickelodeon Universe, Bloomington, Minnesota. Opened 2008.
- Height
- 75 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 44 mph
- Length
- 1,371 ft
- Inversions
- 3
- Ride time
- 1 min 45 s
- Designer
- Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH
SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge is a steel roller coaster at Nickelodeon Universe, the indoor theme park inside Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. It opened on March 15, 2008, the day the park was completed under its Nickelodeon name.
The ride is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter (model 410) designed by Ing.-Büro Stengel. A vertical chain lift raises each car about 75 feet, and the first drop is steeper than vertical, at 97 degrees. The 1,371-foot course reaches about 44 mph and turns riders upside down three times, through a loop, a cutback and a heartline roll, before a helix. Each car seats eight riders, four across in two rows.
The park's site gives a ride time of 1.75 minutes and a minimum height of 48 inches.
Sources
- rcdb.com/3727.htm (RCDB: operating since March 15, 2008; Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter / 410; designer Ing.-Büro Stengel; length 1,371.4 ft, height 74.5 ft, 43.5 mph, 3 inversions, vertical angle 97 degrees, duration 2:00; vertical chain lift, loop, cutback, heartline roll, helix; single cars of 8 riders; cost 2900000)
- nickelodeonuniverse.com/rides/spongebob-squarepants-rock-bot... (Official: thrill ride with loops, spirals and 90-degree turns; duration 1.75 minutes; height requirement 48 inches)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_Universe (Nickelodeon Universe completed March 15, 2008)
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.