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Tidal Wave
Steel Boomerang at Trimper's Rides, Ocean City, Maryland. Opened 1986.
- Height
- 117 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 47 mph
- Length
- 935 ft
- Inversions
- 3
- Ride time
- 1 min 48 s
- Designer
- Vekoma
Tidal Wave is a steel shuttle roller coaster at Trimper's Rides in Ocean City, Maryland. It is a Vekoma Boomerang and has operated at the park since 1986. The park calls it Ocean City's largest roller coaster.
A catch car pulls the train up a lift hill and releases it through a cobra roll and a loop and up a second lift hill, after which the train runs the course again in reverse. RCDB lists the track at 935 feet long and 116.5 feet tall, with a top speed of 47 mph and a ride time of 1 minute 48 seconds. The park counts six inversions, since each of the three is taken twice, and gives forces of up to 5.2 G.
The single train has seven cars and carries 28 riders. Riders must be at least 48 inches tall.
Sources
- trimperrides.com/rides/page/4 (Official ride page: Tidal Wave, Ocean City's largest roller coaster; six inversions, 47 mph, up to 5.2 G; 48-inch minimum height.)
- rcdb.com/300.htm (RCDB: Tidal Wave, Trimper Rides, operating since 1986; steel sit-down shuttle; make Vekoma, model Boomerang; length 935 ft, height 116.5 ft, speed 47 mph, 3 inversions, duration 1:48, G-force 5.2; catch car lift, cobra roll, loop, chain lift hill; single train of 7 cars, 28 riders; built by Arrow Dynamics.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vekoma_roller_coasters (Wikipedia: Tidal Wave, Boomerang, Trimper's Rides, 1986, operating.)
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.