Найтмэр (американские горки)
| Найтмер | |
|---|---|
 Найтмер в августе 2010 года | |
| Тематический парк Камелот | |
| Координаты | 53 ° 38'10 "N 2 ° 42'02" W / 53,6362 ° N 2,7006 ° W |
| Статус | Удаленный |
| Дата открытия | июль 2007 г. |
| Дата закрытия | 2 сентября 2012 г. |
| Расходы | £3,000,000 |
| Портопиаленд | |
| Имя | Баварская горная железная дорога |
| Coordinates | 34°39′54″N 135°12′47″E / 34.665°N 135.213°E |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | March 1987 |
| Closing date | 2006 |
| Bavarian Mountain Railroad at Portopialand at RCDB | |
| General statistics | |
| Manufacturer | Zierer |
| Designer | Anton Schwarzkopf |
| Height | 86.9 ft (26.5 m) |
| Length | 2,601.7 ft (793.0 m) |
| Speed | 43.5 mph (70.0 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:56 |
| Capacity | 1,500 riders per hour |
| G-force | 5 |
| Height restriction | 130 cm (4 ft 3 in) |
| Knightmare at RCDB | |
«Найтмэр» представляли собой изготовленные на заказ американские горки в ныне несуществующем тематическом парке «Камелот» в Чорли , Ланкашир, Великобритания. Он был построен Цирером и спроектирован Антоном Шварцкопфом . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
История
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Первоначально он был построен в 1987 году для тематического парка в Кобе , Япония, под названием Портопиаленд (ныне несуществующий) под названием BMRX/Bavarian Mountain Railroad , и представлял собой темный крытый аттракцион с огромной горной тематической структурой, окружающей его. После закрытия Портопиалэнда в марте 2006 года американские горки были приобретены тематическим парком Камелот , разобраны и отправлены в Соединенное Королевство. Строительство американских горок обошлось парку в 3 миллиона фунтов стерлингов.
Путь и поезда прибыли в Камелот в конце 2006 года без горной структуры, которая первоначально окружала его. В начале 2007 года началась реконструкция, и летом 2007 года аттракцион наконец открылся для публики под названием «Найтмэр». [ 3 ] Первоначально на горках было пять поездов разного цвета. После возобновления работы в Камелоте парк отремонтировал три из пяти поездов.
Some of the steam train theming was removed (such as the funnel and headlights) from the front of the trains. The three trains were painted differently with one being partly maroon, one partly purple and the other partly green. The other two trains were placed in storage at the park. Each train had a capacity of 14 people, and the ride had a minimum height restriction of 1.3 metres (4 ft 3 in).
The ride took the train up a semi spiral chain lift to its tallest point at 87 feet (27 m), then dropped the train into an overbanked turn. The ride then took passengers through various sharp turns, multiple helixes and a near-vertical bend (nicknamed "the psycho drop") halfway through where they experienced almost 5 g, reaching speeds of about 40 miles per hour (64 km/h).
The ride was over 0.5 miles (0.80 km) long, and lasted just under two minutes. Knightmare was arguably one of the most intense roller coasters in the United Kingdom, and at the time of opening had the highest g-force of any roller coaster in the United Kingdom.[3]
It was located in the Land of the Brave area of the park, situated on the former sites of Camelot's long defunct flagship roller coasters (The Tower of Terror and The Gauntlet); it was also next to the site of the ride Excalibur 2. Knightmare was one of only three of its kind in the world, the others being Jetline at Gröna Lund (clone) and Lisebergbanan at Liseberg (custom layout).
After having trouble with low visitor numbers, The Story Group and Knights Leisure Limited announced that they were permanently closing Camelot Theme Park in November 2012, after 29 years. The roller coaster remained SBNO (standing but not operating) within the abandoned park from 2012 until 2020.
In recent years, there were incidents regarding safety concerns of urban explorers climbing 80 ft to the top of the roller coaster's lift hill.[4]
In February 2020, Knightmare was dismantled by a demolition company after being left SBNO for nearly eight years.[5]
Rumours
[edit]In March 2015, internet rumours circulated throughout roller coaster forums that Southport Pleasureland were targeting the Knightmare roller coaster as a new addition to the park, though Pleasureland owner Norman Wallis was very vague in addressing these rumours.[6]
In May 2017, the Blackpool Gazette reported the first public sighting of a Knightmare roller coaster train since Camelot's closure, in which the train slipped off the back of a lorry transporting it and fell onto the middle of a road in Thornton, there were no injuries in the incident.[7] The condition of the train itself is still unknown.
In August 2017, Southport Pleasureland denied all rumours of their involvement with Knightmare, despite photographic evidence of the Knightmare trains being seen in park storage, stating in their response to a theme park news website in the United Kingdom, Ride Rater, that "we don't have it".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Knightmare - Camelot Theme Park (Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK)". rcdb.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Zierer - Coasterforce". Coasterforce. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Camelot's New Roller Coaster Hits UK's Highest G Force!". ResponseSource Press Release Wire. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Agency (13 September 2015). "Children climb 80ft to top of abandoned roller coaster at Camelot Theme Park". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Howarth, Rachel (16 February 2020). "Camelot theme park ride dismantled eight years after closure". LancsLive. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Pleasureland Southport targets Knightmare ride | Ride Rater". Ride Rater - UK Theme Park News. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Rollercoaster ride comes to abrupt halt in middle of road". blackpoolgazette.co.uk. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Pleasureland 'doesn't have' Knightmare rollercoaster | Ride Rater". Ride Rater - UK Theme Park News. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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