Status Operating Manufacturer Mack Rides Height 52 m Height restriction 1.3 m | Type Steel – Launched Designer Werner Stengel Max speed 100 km/h Opened 26 April 2014 | |
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Opening date 26 April 2014 (2014-04-26) Cost approx. 239,000,000 SEK (=approx. $30,000,000) Address Liseberg, Örgrytevägen 5, 412 54 Göteborg, Sweden Similar Balder, AtmosFear, Lisebergbanan, Kanonen, Flume Ride | ||
Helix is a steel roller coaster located at Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden. The ride, built by Mack Rides, features two linear synchronous motor launches and has a top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph). It features a 41-metre-tall (135 ft) dual-launch helix. The ride opened on 26 April 2014, Liseberg's opening date for the 2014 season. Helix is the first roller coaster in the world that has a 1-on-1 replica virtual reality experience. This experience is created by ArchiVision, a Dutch 3D studio. During the first two weeks after the premiere visitors could experience the virtual reality replica next to the roller coaster's entrance.
The roller coaster's station building is located where the 3D cinema Maxxima used to be, by the foot of the tower Atmosfear. The 1,381-metre-long (4,531 ft) track follows the hillside in a custom-made track design. The elements during the ride include two corkscrews, a pretzel knot, a top hat, a heartline roll, and a rare Norwegian loop. The estimated cost for the project is about 239,000,000 Swedish kronor, about $30,000,000.
Helix is after California Screamin' the world's second-longest roller coaster with inversions.