Le Monstre
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| Location | La Ronde |
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| Type | - Wooden |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | July 20, 1985 |
| Manufacturer | William Cobb & Associates |
| Model | Twin |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 130.9 ft (39.9 m) |
| Length | 3,996.1 ft (1,218.0 m) |
| Max speed | 59.7 mph (96.1 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 2 - 3 minutes |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 4 in (130 cm) |
| Le Monstre (The Monster) at RCDB Pictures of Le Monstre (The Monster) at RCDB |
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Le Monstre is a wooden roller coaster at La Ronde amusement park in Montreal, Canada. Le Monstre is the largest wooden roller coaster in Canada (beating the Mighty Canadian Minebuster at Canada's Wonderland by about 40 feet), and is also the tallest two-track wooden roller coaster in the world.
Being only 39.9 meters tall, it does not surpass the height of the newest attraction at La Ronde, The Goliath, but is still taller than all of their other roller coasters. Having a top speed of 59.7 miles per hour, it takes riders for a ride that will thrill them in their seat. Over a hard first drop, a helix, and airtime hills, this ride definitely is a classic.
The first track of the ride opened in 1985, but a second track was built for the 1986 season. This newer track does not run parallel to the first, and instead gives a different ride experience. La Ronde once replaced the seats for new seats with safety belts, but were removed to classic bars at the request of riders. The seats have one lapbar for each row, as well as an individual seatbelt that attaches to the seat divider instead of the seat. This allows riders to "float" during airtime because the seatbelt does not come down to the seat even when fully tightened.
[edit] Requirements and the ride
Riders must be over 1.32 m to ride the coaster. Riders are seated 2 across in 2 rows spanning 7 cars, for a total of 28 riders per train. Le Monstre has four trains, 2 in each track.
