Oakwood Theme Park

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Oakwood Theme Park (formerly Oakwood Leisure Park or Oakwood Coaster Country) is a theme park in Pembrokeshire, Wales which attracts 400,000 visitors each year.

Oakwood opened in the late 1980s as a very small family park with BMXs, a wooden fort, a 3D-style cinema experience show, go-karts and a water chute ride. The park has done well to reach its current position, consistently rated in the top 10 UK theme parks, given that it is in a quiet, rural part of southwest Wales. The park is well-suited to both thrill-seekers and families; it now incorporates 5 large thrill rides: Megafobia (1996), Vertigo (1997), The Bounce (1999), Hydro (2002) and Speed (2006). A new family ride can be expected in 2007/2008, with a major ride probably being installed in 2009/2010.

Oakwood has opened its latest ride to the public: "Speed", a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter rollercoaster with a 97-degree drop. This ride has the steepest drop in the UK and is the tallest of its type in the world.

The 85ft-tall CCI-built wooden roller coaster "Megafobia" is consistently rated among the best in Europe by enthusiasts.

Ride Statistics

  • Speed - Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter (Custom) rollercoaster
    • Height (Total): 36 m (115 ft)
    • Height (Drop): 35 m (110 ft)
    • Drop Angle: 97 degrees
    • Speed: 95 km/h (60 mph)
    • Track length: 600 m (1970 ft)
    • Ride time: 90 s
    • Acceleration: −1.3 to +4.5 g (−13 to 44 m/s²)
    • Elements: 97-degree drop, −1.3g camelback hill, 110-degree overbanked turn, vertical loop, heartline roll, helix
    • Restraints: OTSR (Over-the-Shoulder Restraints)
    • Trains: 4 x 2-section roll-articulated trains, 2 rows of 4 riders each
    • Capacity: 800 riders per hour
    • Opened: 13 April 2006
  • Megafobia - CCI wooden rollercoaster
    • Height (Total): 26 m (85 ft)
    • Height (Drop): 25 m (82 ft)
    • Drop Angle: 55 degrees
    • Speed: quotes vary from 75 km/h (46 mph) to 88 km/h (55 mph); faster in wet weather
    • Track length: 901 m (2956 ft)
    • Ride time: 100 s
    • Acceleration (max): +2.75g (27 m/s²)
    • Trains: 2 x 6-car trains, Philadelphia Toboggan Co., 4 riders per car, total 24 riders per train
    • Restraints: Lap bar and lap belt
    • Opened: 1996
  • The Bounce - HUSS shot-and-drop tower
    • Height: 47 m (154 ft)
    • Speed: 70 km/h (44 mph)
    • Acceleration (max): +4g (39 m/s²)
    • Restraints: OTSR
    • Seats: 24
    • Opened: 1999
  • Vertigo - skycoaster
    • Height: 50 m (164 ft)
    • Speed: 128 km/h (80 mph)
    • Acceleration: 3g (30 m/s²)
    • Opened: 1997
  • Hydro - Intamin River Plunge
    • Height (total): 37 m (121 ft)
    • Height (drop): 36 m (118 ft)
    • Wave Height: 14 m (45 ft)
    • Ride Length: 175 m (581 ft)
    • Speed: 88 km/h (55 mph)
    • Acceleration (max): 4g (40 m/s²)
    • Restraints: OTSR (retrofitted; formerly lap-bar)
    • Boats: 1
    • Opened: 2002
  • Bobsleigh - toboggan ride
  • Treetops Rollercoaster - Zierer Tivoli (Large) family roller coaster
    • Height (total): 8 m (26 ft)
    • Height (drop): 8 m (26 ft)
    • Track length: 360 m (1181 ft)
    • Speed: 35 km/h (22 mph)
    • Ride time: 60 s
    • Opened: 1989
  • Spooky 3-D - ghost-train
  • Brer Rabbit's Burrow
  • Plane Crazy
  • Pirate Ship
  • Snake River Falls
  • Waterfall
  • Boating Lake
  • Clown Coaster - children's roller coaster

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