Disaster transportation
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| Location |
Cedar Point ( Sandusky , Ohio , USA ) |
| Type | Steel bobsleigh track |
| model | Swiss Bob |
| category | Dark roller coaster |
| Drive type | Chain lift hill |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| costs | 7.4 million USD , 4 million USD for renovation |
| opening | May 11, 1985 |
| closure | July 29, 2012 |
| length | 589 m |
| height | 19 m |
| Max. speed | 64 km / h |
| Travel time | 2:32 min |
| capacity | 1800 people per hour |
| dare | 5 cars, 5 rows of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats |
| Inversions | 0 |
Disaster Transport in Cedar Point ( Sandusky , Ohio , USA ) was a steel roller coaster model Swiss Bob from the manufacturer Intamin , which opened on May 11, 1985 as the Avalanche Run . On July 29, 2012, the facility closed and demolition began to make way for the GateKeeper roller coaster , which opened in May 2013.
From 1985 to 1989 she drove outdoors as the Avalanche Run . A building was built around it between the 1989 and 1990 seasons so that it - renamed Disaster Transport - drove in the dark. For this purpose, the train was equipped with special effects and space theming from ITEC Productions . The whole theming amounted to a cost of 4 million US dollars . The train's equipment also included large-screen video projections, simulated lasers and over 150 props , including two lifelike robots .
Trains
Disaster Transport had five cars. Ten people (five rows of two people) could sit in each car.
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Coordinates: 41 ° 28 ′ 52 " N , 82 ° 40 ′ 46" W.