Vortex (Carowinds)
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| Vortex | |
 The vertical loop |
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| Location | Carowinds |
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| Park Section | Carolina Showplace |
| Type | Steel - Stand-up |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | March 14, 1992 |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Designer | Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH |
| Model | Stand-Up Custom |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 90 feet (27.4 m) |
| Length | 2,040 feet (621.8 m) |
| Max speed | 50 mile per hour (80.5 km/h) |
| Inversions | 2 |
| Duration | 2:19 |
| Height Restriction | 54 inches (137.2 cm) |
| Vortex at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Vortex at RCDB | |
Vortex at Carowinds was built during the last year before Paramount bought the park in the year 1992. This extraordinary ride (of its time) officially opened on March 14, 1992.
Vortex was Bolliger & Mabillard's 3rd ride and is a stand-up roller coaster. Although very small, the ride offers one loop and a corkscrew with a helix before returning riders into the station.
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[edit] Ride Layout
Riders depart from the station in a unique standing position ready to ascend a small 90 foot lift. A small dip, characteristic of Bolliger & Mabillard rides, follows the lift hill, preceding the curved drop. A loop follows the drop and is followed-up by a upward and downward banked turn. A helix follows the downwards turn and is followed-up by a corkscrew. After a wide turn the brake run slows the train before it enters the station.
[edit] Ride Elements
[edit] Construction Data
- 109 columns and foundations
- 411,000 pounds of steel
- 931 cubic yards of concrete
[edit] External links
| Roller coasters at Carowinds |
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Borg Assimilator - Carolina Cyclone - Carolina Goldrusher - Fairly Odd Coaster - Flying Super Saturator - Hey Arnold's Taxi Chase - Hurler - Ricochet - Rugrat's Runaway Reptar - Thunder Road - Top Gun: The Jet Coaster - Vortex |
