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 | SBNO |
| Opened | 1999 |
| Manufacturer | Anton Schwarzkopf |
| Model | Twister roller coaster |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 44 ft (13 m) |
| Length | 1,765 ft (538 m) |
| Max speed | 31 mph (50 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 0 in (120 cm) |
| Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon at RCDB Pictures of Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon at RCDB |
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Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon was a steel roller coaster of twister at The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom in Queensbury, New York. This simple steel coaster was enclosed in a warehouse-like building allowing the cars to run in the dark giving a heightened sense of disorientation as the cars go around the sharp curves of the track.
The coaster was placed in the park’s Ghosttown area and was appropriately themed with Old West decoration.
[edit] History
Before coming to The Great Escape, Nightmare was located at Beech Bend Park and Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom as Starchaser, and The Darien Lake Theme Park Resort (formerly Six Flags Darien Lake) as Nightmare at Phantom Cave. The 2007 season was the last season that the roller coaster was open at The Great Escape. The coaster is currently in SBNO (standing but not operating) status.
[edit] Capacity issues
The trains were single cars with a capacity of four riders, there could be up to two in each row. Due to the small number of riders allowed on the Nightmare and the car design, wait periods were often lengthy; signs were posted in the queue line, listing times up to two and a half hours. To remedy this, the new Flash Pass system (named for the Flash, a licensed DC Comics character) was introduced in 2006. Riders arriving at the Nightmare were given a ticket and asked to return at a designated time, when lines were noticeably shorter.
[edit] Ride photos
Due to the ride being in the dark, there have not been many photographs taken of the actual ride itself. This was true until October of 2007, when TGE Source was granted exclusive access to the building to take photographs. The photos an be found in the sites October 27th, 2007 update.
