Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon
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| Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon | |
 Building exterior and entrance to the Nightmare. |
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| Location | The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom |
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| Park Section | Ghosttown |
| Type | Steel - Enclosed |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | 1999 |
| Manufacturer | Anton Schwarzkopf |
| Model | Twister roller coaster |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 44 feet (13.4 m) |
| Length | 1,765 feet (538 m) |
| Max speed | 31 mile per hour (49.9 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Height Restriction | 48 inches (121.9 cm) |
| Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon at RCDB | |
Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon is a steel roller coaster of twister design currently in use at The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom. This simple steel coaster is enclosed in a warehouse-like building and the cars run in the dark giving a heightened sense of disorientation as the cars go around the sharp curves of the track.
The trains are single cars with a capacity of two riders, one in each row. The coaster is placed in the park’s Ghosttown area and is appropriately themed with Old West decoration. Due to the small number of riders allowed on the Nightmare because of the car design, wait periods are often lengthy; signs are posted in the queue line, listing times up to two and a half hours. To remedy this, a new Flash Pass system (named for the Flash, a licensed DC Comics character) was introduced in 2006. Riders arriving at the Nightmare are now given a ticket and asked to return at a designated time, when lines are noticeably shorter.
In 2006 it is highly speculated that the Nightmare is going to be taken out of the Great Escape and relocated to a new park, due to budget reasons and room for the latest roller coaster, Serial Thriller, debuting at the Great Escape possibly in 2007.
Before coming to Great Escape, the Nightmare was located at Beech Bend Park and Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom as Starchaser, and Six Flags Darien Lake as Nightmare at Phantom Cave.
| Roller coasters at The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom |
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Alpine Bobsled – Boomerang: Coast to Coaster – Canyon Blaster – Comet – Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon – Road Runner Express – Steamin' Demon |
