Desperado (roller coaster)

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Desperado

Location	Buffalo Bill's
Type	Steel
Status	Operating
Opened	1994
Manufacturer	Arrow Dynamics
Designer	Ron Toomer
Model	Hypercoaster
Height	209 ft (63.7 m)
Drop	225 ft (68.6 m)
Length	5843 ft (1780.9 m)
Max speed	80 mph (128.7 km/h)
Inversions	0
Duration	2:43
Max Vertical Angle	60 degrees
Capacity	1700 riders per hour
Max G force	4
Height Restriction	48 in (121.9 cm)
Desperado at RCDB
Pictures of Desperado at RCDB

Desperado is a hypercoaster located in Primm, Nevada in the Buffalo Bill's hotel.

According to the roller coaster database, Desperado is one of the tallest roller coasters in the world with a 60-degree, 225 foot drop; a 209 foot lift hill; and top speeds around 80 mph. On the 2 minute, 43 second ride, riders will experience almost 4 Gs.^[1] Then a portion of the ride runs through the interior of the hotel.

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At opening, the coster held three Guinness World Records for roller coasters. It was listed as the world's tallest, fastest, and steepest coaster.

Magician Lance Burton once staged a death-defying escape in a stunt where he was tied to the rollercoaster's track and had to break out of handcuffs in order to escape.