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Wild Mouse
Steel Wild Mouse at Idlewild & SoakZone, Ligonier, Pennsylvania. Opened 1993.
- Height
- 56 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 30 mph
- Length
- 1,640 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Vekoma
Wild Mouse is a steel wild mouse roller coaster at Idlewild & SoakZone in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, and the park's only steel coaster in operation. It was built by Vekoma and designed by Peter Clerx with Ing.-Buro Stengel. Riders sit in small mouse-shaped cars that seat up to four guests, climb a chain lift and then follow a track of sharp turns, dips and short hills.
The ride did not start at Idlewild. It first operated at the Prater in Vienna, Austria, as Speeedy Gonzales from 1985 to 1987, then at Alton Towers in England as Alton Mouse from 1988 to 1991. It opened at Idlewild on May 15, 1993.
RCDB lists the coaster at 56 feet tall with 1,640 feet of track and no inversions, and Wikipedia gives a top speed of 30 mph. The park lists a minimum height of 48 inches.
Sources
- rcdb.com/271.htm (Wild Mouse, Idlewild & SoakZone: operating; make Vekoma; steel sit-down; height 56 ft; length 1,640.4 ft; 0 inversions; chain lift; six 4-rider cars; designers Peter Clerx and Ing.-Buro Stengel; formerly Speeedy Gonzales at Wiener Prater and Alton Mouse at Alton Towers)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Mouse_(Idlewild) (Opened at Idlewild May 15, 1993; Vekoma; previously Speeedy Gonzalez at the Prater 1985-1987 and Alton Mouse at Alton Towers 1988-1991; height 56 ft, length 1,640 ft, speed 30 mph)
- idlewild.com/experiences/rides/wild-mouse (Park page: minimum height 48 inches; mouse-shaped cars seating up to four guests; lift hill, sudden turns, rolling dips and short hills (seen via search results; page returned 403 to automated fetch))
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