Orient Express (Worlds of Fun)

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Orient Express
Location	Worlds of Fun
Park Section	Orient
Type	Steel
Status	closed 2003
Opened	1980
Manufacturer	Arrow Dynamics
Designer	Ron Toomer
Model	Custom Looping Coaster
Track layout	Terrain
Lift/launch system	Chain
Height	117 feet (35.7 m)
Drop	115 feet (35.1 m)
Length	3,470 feet (1,057.7 m)
Max speed	65 mile per hour (104.6 km/h)
Inversions	4
Duration	2:15
Capacity	1,800 riders per hour
Max G force	3.5
Height Restriction	48 inches (121.9 cm)
Orient Express at RCDB
Pictures of Orient Express at RCDB

The Orient Express was a roller coaster in the amusement park Worlds of Fun. The Orient Express was introduced to Worlds of Fun in 1980. It was the red-orange track was in between the two entrances of the park. The Orient Express was the second roller coaster to have interlocking loops, The Loch Ness Monster being the first. With the retirement of the Orient Express, the Loch Ness Monster is again the only coaster with this feature.

The Orient Express was the first to have a "Kamikazee Kurve" element, which was later termed a "Boomerang" by Arrow Dynamics. (This element is also called a batwing.) This element consists of a 90 degree dive to the right or left, similar to half of a Corkscrew, which is then followed by a half of a traditional Loop element, then a rising half loop, then a final 90 degree dive sending the track in the same direction it entered the element. This element was later often used on Arrow's larger looping coasters, as well as on Parc Asterix's Goudurix, where it was known as a "Double Sidewinder", and on B&M Inverted coasters, where it is known as a Batwing.

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Number of trains: 3
Number of cars per train: 7
Passengers per car: 4

Current Roller coasters at Worlds of Fun
Boomerang - Mamba - Patriot - Spinning Dragons - Timber Wolf - Wacky Worm
Defunct Roller coasters at Worlds of Fun
Orient Express - Zambezi Zinger - Extremeroller (EXT) / Screamroller - Schussboomer - Silly Serpent / Funicular