Orient Express (Worlds of Fun)
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| Orient Express | |
| Location | Worlds of Fun |
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| Park section | Orient |
| Type | Steel |
| Status | Demolished |
| Opened | 1980 |
| Closed | 2003 |
| Manufacturer | Arrow Dynamics |
| Designer | Ron Toomer |
| Model | Custom Looping Coaster |
| Track layout | Terrain |
| Lift/launch system | Chain |
| Height | 117 ft (36 m) |
| Drop | 115 ft (35 m) |
| Length | 3,470 ft (1,060 m) |
| Max speed | 65 mph (105 km/h) |
| Inversions | 4 |
| Duration | 2:15 |
| Capacity | 1,800 riders per hour |
| Max g-force | 3.5 |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 0 in (120 cm) |
| Orient Express at RCDB Pictures of Orient Express at RCDB |
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The Orient Express was a steel roller coaster at the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri. The Orient Express was introduced to Worlds of Fun in 1980. The red-orange track was in between the two entrances of the park.
The Orient Express was the first coaster ever to have a "Kamikaze Curve" element, which was later termed a "boomerang" by Arrow Dynamics and a "batwing" by Bolliger & Mabillard. This element consists of a 90-degree dive to the right or left (similar to half a corkscrew), 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 Astérix's Goudurix, where it was known as a "Double Sidewinder", and on B&M's inverted roller coasters.
The Orient Express was also 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.
[edit] Other info
Number of trains: 3
Number of cars per train: 7
Passengers per car: 4
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