Status Operating Height 29 m Opened May 1990 Duration 1 minute 50 seconds | Opening date May 1990 Length 3,400 ft (1,000 m) Max speed 80 km/h Height restriction 1.22 m Park Darien Lake | |
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Similar Viper, Moto Coaster, Superman – Ride of Steel, Mind Eraser, Hoot N Holler | ||
Predator is a wooden roller coaster located at Darien Lake. It was designed by Curtis D. Summers and built by Dinn Corporation and opened in 1990.
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Design
The coaster is a double out-and-back design, and does so in a fairly confined space. The main section of the coaster runs along the lake to its north.
Renovations and upgrades
At the end of the summer of 2006, the last year of Darien Lake being owned by Six Flags, a major re-tracking took place and some wood was replaced on the ride to help make it more enjoyable for guests. In 2001, during an earlier tracking job, part of the queue line was removed to make way for an expanded seating area for the nearby food stand.
In 2010, Darien Lake purchased 12 PTC articulated cars from Holiday World, where they were used on The Voyage. These trains replaced the original PTC trailer-style trains which were known to have an extremely rough ride. With the closure of Raging Wolf Bobs at the defunct Geauga Lake in 2007 with the demolition in spring 2011 to 2014, The Predator is the last roller coaster to operate with PTC trailered trains.
