Park section Ghosttown Opening date 1999 Opening date 1996 Height 13 m Opened 1999 Park Great Escape | Status Closed Closing date 2006 Closed 2006 Max speed 50 km/h Height restriction 1.22 m | |
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Status Relocated to Great Escape Similar Boomerang: Coast to Coaster, Canyon Blaster, Alpine Bobsled, Steamin' Demon, Frankie’s Mine Train | ||
Rollercoaster nightmare at crack axle canyon 2
Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon was a steel roller coaster of twister at Great Escape in Queensbury, New York. This simple steel coaster was enclosed in a warehouse-like building allowing the cars to run in the dark giving a heightened sense of disorientation as the cars go around the sharp curves of the track.
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The coaster was placed in the park’s Ghosttown area and was appropriately themed with Old West decoration.
HistoryEdit
Before coming to The Great Escape, Nightmare was located at Beech Bend Park and Kentucky Kingdom as Starchaser, and Darien Lake (formerly Six Flags Darien Lake) as Nightmare at Phantom Cave. The 2006 season was the last season that the roller coaster was open at The Great Escape. The park has confirmed in the past the coaster is no longer and has been scrapped. It is presumed the coaster was scrapped shortly after its 2006 closure. In 2013, at The Great Escape during Fright Fest (Halloween event) the building is used for a haunted house.
Capacity issuesEdit
The trains consisted of single cars that accommodated four passengers, with the option for two individuals per row. The limited seating capacity of the Nightmare and the design of the cars resulted in prolonged waiting times, with queue line signs indicating waits of up to two and a half hours. In response to these lengthy wait times, the park introduced the Flash Pass system in 2006, inspired by the Flash, a character from DC Comics. This system provided riders with a ticket specifying a return time to the Nightmare, allowing for significantly reduced waiting periods.
