Status Operating Cost US$6,000,000 Designer Larry Bill Height 15 m Opened 21 May 2000 | Opening date May 21, 2000 Max speed 97 km/h Height restriction 1.22 m Track length 1,424 m | |
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Similar Zoomerang, Wildcat, El Toro, The Voyage, Ravine Flyer II | ||
Boulder Dash is a wooden roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. It first opened in 2000 and was built by Custom Coasters International. The ride's structure was built with Southern Yellow Pine wood and the track is made of Douglas Fir wood.
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This ride has been ranked the #1 Wooden Roller Coaster in the World by the Golden Ticket Awards since 2013.
The trains were built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters.
Statistics and additional information
This 4,672 foot wooden roller coaster uses the Lake Compounce's natural mountainous terrain, complete with trees and boulders within close proximity of the track. The lift climbs the mountainside and then disappears from view. When it reappears, it has completed its first drop of 115 feet and is traveling sixty miles per hour as it crosses over itself and flies over the station. Much of the first half of the ride is hidden as the train climbs and drops along the mountainside. On the last drop, on-ride photos are taken and can be viewed and bought at the photo booth at the end of the exit line. Most of the ride was retracked during the 2007 off season and during the 2008 off season the remainder was retracked. Lake Compounce bought PTC trains from Hersheypark's Wildcat for the 2008 season.
Its layout was inspired by the Rollo Coaster, a small wooden coaster at Idlewild Park (both parks are owned by the same company, Parques Reunidos).
Awards and rankings
Boulder Dash was voted the world's number one wooden roller coaster in 2001 and 2004 by the National Amusement Park Historical Association, and it took the top spot in Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Awards for Best Wood Coaster four times since 2004. It is the longest wooden coaster on the East Coast.
