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Tidal Twist
Steel Spinning Coaster at Zoombezi Bay and Rides at Adventure Cove, Powell, Ohio. Opened 2021.
- Height
- 36 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 30 mph
- Length
- 1,066 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Zamperla
Tidal Twist is a steel spinning roller coaster at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, Ohio, in the zoo's ride area beside the Zoombezi Bay water park. It opened in 2021 on the site of the Redwood Falls log flume, which was demolished that winter and spring.
The ride is a Zamperla Twister Coaster, a wild mouse layout with cars that spin as they go. A chain lift takes the cars to the top of the 36-foot structure, and they reach up to 30 mph on 1,066 feet of track, with no inversions. Each of the five cars seats four riders in a single row. According to RCDB, the coaster was first built for a park in India that canceled its order; the zoo bought it and repainted it from pink to green and yellow.
It runs alongside the zoo's older wooden coaster, Sea Dragon. Riders must be 48 inches tall, or 42 inches with a supervising companion.
Sources
- columbuszoo.org/ride/tidal-twist (Zoo ride page: 36 feet tall, up to 30 mph; height requirement 48 inches, or 42 inches with a supervising companion; area listed as Entry Village.)
- rcdb.com/19230.htm (RCDB: operating steel wild mouse with spinning cars at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium; make Zamperla, model Twister Coaster / 325m; length 1,066 ft, height 36 ft, 30 mph, 0 inversions; chain lift; 5 cars of 4 riders; originally built for a park in India that canceled the order, repainted from pink to green and yellow.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rides_At_Adventure_Cove (Tidal Twist, Zamperla, opened 2021, replaced Redwood Falls (log flume 2008 to 2020, demolished winter/spring 2021).)
- zoombezibay.com/blog/new-roller-coaster-tidal-twist (Zoombezi Bay announcement: 36 feet tall, up to 30 mph, located in the zoo's Adventure Cove region, joins the Sea Dragon wooden coaster.)
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.