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Valravn
File:Valravn Layout.jpg
Artist's rendering of Valravn
Cedar Point
LocationCedar Point
StatusUnder construction
Opening dateSpring 2016
General statistics
TypeSteel – Dive Coaster
ManufacturerBolliger & Mabillard
ModelDive Coaster
Height223 ft (68 m)
Drop214 ft (65 m)
Length3,415 ft (1,041 m)
Speed75 mph (121 km/h)
Inversions3
Capacity1200 riders per hour
Height restriction54 in (137 cm)
Trains3 trains with 3 cars. Riders are arranged 8 across in a single row for a total of 24 riders per train.
Valravn at RCDB

Valravn is an upcoming steel roller coaster under construction at Cedar Point. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), it will be the third Dive Coaster to be built in the United States. The ride is themed to the valravn, a supernatural bird from Danish folklore. Touted as the tallest, longest and fastest roller coaster of its kind in the world, Valravn is scheduled to open in 2016.

History

Rumors about an upcoming roller coaster for Cedar Point began circulating in 2014 when park officials trademarked the name "Valravn".[1] Interest grew in 2015 when images for a ride named "Valravn" appeared in the amusement park's smartphone app.[2] At the time, the app was made unavailable and the park responded to the leak by saying all details would be revealed on August 18, 2015. However, after an incident in which a park visitor entered a restricted area underneath Raptor and was killed, park officials chose to postpone the announcement.[1] Soon after, visitors spotted pieces of roller coaster track on the park's property.[3] On September 9, 2015, Cedar Point officially unveiled Valravn.[2]

Valravn is based on the Dive Coaster developed by Bolliger & Mabillard and represents the 100th roller coaster design from the company.[2] The trains will be the first for this model to use a new over-the-shoulder restraint system similar to those used on Cedar Point's GateKeeper, another B&M design.[2] Each train will have three cars, each with a single row holding eight passengers, for a total of 24 riders per train.[2]

Ride experience

Cedar Point revealed the final design of Valravn during its press announcement, including the ride's official colors—copper and silver—and a computer-generated rendering of the ride experience. Upon completion, Valravn will claim records as the longest (3,415 feet or 1,041 metres), tallest (223 feet or 68 metres) and fastest (75 miles per hour or 121 kilometres per hour) dive coaster in the world.[2]

The ride is located near Raptor and Blue Streak. Leaving the station, the train turns to the left and ascends its 223-foot-tall (68 m) lift hill. At the top, the train turns right, facing east, and pauses at the top of the first drop. The train then drops 214 feet (65 m) toward the ground before pulling into a 165 feet (50 m) Immelmann loop before rising into a midcourse brake run. Off the midcourse brakes, the train goes down a 125 feet (38 m) vertical drop. Out of the drop, the train enters a dive loop that leads into its third and final inversion, a 270-degree corkscrew-like roll. The train encounters an airtime hill before turning left and entering the final brake run.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Andy Ouriel (August 14, 2015). "Cedar Point postpones 2016 announcement". sanduskyregister.com. Sandusky Newspaper, Inc. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Melissa Topey (September 9, 2015). "Valravn is Cedar Point's new coaster in 2016". sanduskyregister.com. Sandusky Newspaper, Inc. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  3. ^ Luke Wark (August 19, 2015). "Coaster Tracks in Sandusky". sanduskyregister.com. Sandusky Newspaper, Inc. Retrieved September 9, 2015.