The Roller Coaster
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 The Roller Coaster and the New York-New York Hotel & Casino |
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| Location | New York-New York Hotel & Casino |
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| Type | Steel |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | January 3, 1997 |
| Manufacturer | TOGO |
| Designer | TOGO |
| Model | Sitdown Looping |
| Track layout | custom |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift |
| Height | 203 ft (62 m) |
| Drop | 144 ft (44 m) |
| Length | 4,777 ft (1,456 m) |
| Max speed | 67 mph (108 km/h) |
| Inversions | 2 |
| Duration | 2:40 |
| Max vertical angle | 55° |
| Acceleration | no launch |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 0 in (120 cm) |
| The Roller Coaster at RCDB Pictures of The Roller Coaster at RCDB |
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The Roller Coaster is the name of the roller coaster at New York-New York Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. It first opened in 1997 as the "Manhattan Express". At the time it was one of the tallest and fastest looping roller coasters in the world.[citation needed] The ride's trains are themed to New York taxicabs.
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The ride begins with a 203-foot lift and a 144-foot drop, followed by a hill and another 144-foot drop. The train then traverses two inversions, a standard vertical loop and a twist and dive element, where the train performs a 180 degree spiral and then performs a half-loop maneuver. This element is found on one other coaster: the "Mega Coaster" at Hamanako Pal Pal Park in Japan RCDB link. The rest of the ride is executed on the roof of the casino, and features small hills and a helix. The ride's station is themed to a New York subway station. Built by TOGO, it had a reputation in the past for being a rough, even painful roller coaster.
In 2004 Premier Rides installed magnetic brakes on the ride. In August 2006, Premier also installed new trains to replace the original TOGO trains. Since the Premier train installation, the ride has been noticeably smoother, as opposed to when the TOGO trains were in use.
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