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Cedar Level’s curler coaster Siren’s Curse has handled just a few points since debuting in late June.
The journey is a “tilt” curler coaster. It encompasses a 160-foot carry hill, a 90-degree drop, two inversions, and a tilting observe factor. The journey, which opened to the general public on the Six Flags-owned Ohio theme park on June 28, acquired caught on two separate events, in line with native media experiences.
“In both cases, the ride experienced a delay that paused the ride’s operation and its safety system performed as designed,” Tony Clark, a Six Flags regional supervisor of public relations, informed FOX Enterprise. “This is comparable to a check engine light on your car.”
The primary “temporary closure” of Siren’s Curse occurred on June 28, the identical day the theme park opened to the general public.
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The journey “was restarted, and guests continued their ride,” Clark mentioned of the June 28 cease, including that the curler coaster “reopened shortly after and all guests exited the ride safely.”
Siren’s Curse unexpectedly stopped whereas horizontal on its carry hill through the different time on July 2, in line with the Detroit Free Press.
The journey “could not be restarted” in that occasion however visitors “were safely escorted” off the curler coaster, in line with Clark.
As of Sunday, Siren’s Curse has been open for simply over two weeks.
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The curler coaster has “13 weightless airtime moments, two 360-degree, zero-gravity barrel rolls and a high-speed ‘triple-down’ element with twisted and overbanked track,” in line with a press launch.
It’s best identified for the part of the journey the place Cedar Level mentioned it tilts from horizontal to a “90-degree vertical position” whereas locked in place earlier than plunging downward to proceed the remainder of the journey.
Total, the journey lasts about two minutes. These using the curler coaster attain a most pace of 58 mph.
The doorway of Cedar Level with the Gatekeeper journey excessive on Aug. 20, 2021, in Sandusky, Ohio. (Joe Hendrickson / Getty Photos)
Cedar Level has 19 curler coasters, and is dwelling to almost 70 rides in complete, in line with its web site.
One in all Cedar Level’s different curler coasters, Millennium Drive, was dubbed the “favorite steel roller coaster” within the nation for 2024 within the Nationwide Amusement Park Historic Affiliation’s Amusement Park Sights Survey launched in early Might.
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