| Lethal Weapon - The Ride | |
| The entrance to the roller coaster. | |
| Location | Warner Bros. Movie World |
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| Status | Operating |
| Opened | 26 December 1995 |
| Cost | A$16,000,000 |
| Type | Steel - Inverted |
| Manufacturer | Vekoma |
| Designer | Vekoma |
| Model | Suspended Looping Coaster |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 33.3 m (109 ft) |
| Length | 765 m (2,510 ft) |
| Max speed | 88 km/h (55 mph) |
| Inversions | 5 |
| Duration | 1:42 |
| Capacity | 1010 riders per hour |
| Max G force | 4 |
| Height restriction | 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) |
| Trains | 2 trains with 10 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row for a total of 20 riders per train. |
| Lethal Weapon - The Ride at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Lethal Weapon - The Ride at RCDB | |
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Lethal Weapon – The Ride (signed as Ride Lethal Weapon in park) is a Vekoma SLC roller coaster located at Warner Bros. Movie World in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[1] It is based on the Lethal Weapon film series.[2][3]
The ride is also the first steel inverted roller coaster at an Australian Theme Park.
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Riders join in the queue by entering an area of the theme park made up like Chinatown, complete with a variety of facades such as "Lee's Martial Arts School" and various restaurants and sundry shops. The queue starts outdoors, then moves to a movie-theatre like hall where riders can watch sequences of the film while waiting to ride.
Before finally riding, riders progress into an area made up like an auto yard, with cars plied up atop each other and graffiti all over the walls, with the sound of barking Dobermans as well as a seemingly abandoned Shell auto station. After hearing an audio presentation and removing any loose items, riders are strapped in and the ride is dispatched.
The train climbs the 33.3-metre (109 ft) lift hill, before dropping down a steep, curved drop to the right. The train then enters the roll over, followed by a hill with a banked turn to the left. At the bottom of the hill comes a sidewinder (similar to an Immelman loop), followed by a 270 degree turn to the right. Next comes two inline twists. Upon exiting this element riders experience a download 180 degree turn to the right. Unlike most Vekoma Suspended Looping Roller Coasters, Lethal Weapon – The Ride features an additional helix just before the brake run. This element was referred to as the "bayern kurve" by Vekoma and was the first to be installed in any Suspended Looping Roller Coaster.[3][4]
After the ride, guests proceed past an observation deck for the ride, through the gift shop, where they arrive back in Chinatown.
Lethal Weapon – The Ride has 2 trains with 10 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row for a total of 20 riders per train.[2] The two trains are very similar in colour although one features some red elements while the other features blue elements. In 2010, it was reported that the roller coaster is only operating with only one train, featuring parts from both.[5]
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