GhostRider (roller coaster)

Ghost Rider is a wooden roller coaster at Knott 's Berry Farm ( Buena Park, CA, USA ) of the manufacturer Custom Coasters International with the serial number 30, which was opened on 8 December 1998.

It is located in the ghost town theme area of ​​the park and is considered the longest wooden coaster on the West Coast.

Facts

The height of Ghost Rider is 36 m and the first exit has a height of 33 m, where they reach a maximum speed of 90 km / hr. The 1382 meter long track has 14 hills, ten crossings and three bridges.

Ghost Rider has three trains of the Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters manufacturer, each with seven cars. In each car four people can (two rows of two people) take place. Passengers must be at least 1.22 m tall to ride allowed. Each train has a different color. A train is gold, a silver and the last is bronzes. It can be used at the same time a maximum of two trains, the third is always in a "renewal". Normally, a car has a year out through this system.

Trivia

• At night, the trail is glowing orange.
• The construction of the railway was so rapid that it was completely roadworthy six months before the planned opening.
• The first departure is a metal roof because the residents complained that it was always so loud because of the screams.
• The history of the Ghost Rider says that a miner has entered an abandoned mine, and was never seen again since therefore. Now he will strip as Ghost Rider in the USA.