Status Operating Type Steel Model Infinity Coaster Max speed 105 km/h Opened 4 June 2016 Cost 9 million USD | Replaced River Rapids Log Flume Manufacturer Gerstlauer Height 41 m Height restriction 1.22 m Park Adventureland | |
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Opening date June 4, 2016 (June 4, 2016) Similar Tornado, Dragon, Outlaw, Storm Chaser, Steamin' Demon | ||
The Monster is a Gerstlauer steel roller coaster at Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa. It opened to the public on June 4, 2016 as the first Infinity Coaster in the United States.
Ride History and Layout
The Monster was announced on Adventureland's Facebook page on July 8, 2015. It replaced The Log flume (ride) which had to be removed due to its constant maintenance and the lack of extra parts due to the fact that the manufacturer only made two log flume attractions. The park was looking for a suitable replacement for their beloved River Rapids Log Ride.
The ride, located in the center of the park can be distinguished by its bright green track. The Monster features a straight up 133 foot lift hill and a first drop at a 101 degree angle. At the bottom of the hill you reach a top speed of 65 mph. The next element is a large Overbanked turn where you are redirected into a twist and dive that goes directly into a negative-G stall loop, after which you go into a dive loop that will take you into an air time hill then an Immelmann loop. The car then goes into its last curve, another dive loop, and its final inversion - a Corkscrew (roller coaster element). The ride in total has 2,500 feet of track, five inversions and takes roughly 2 minutes to complete. It is the park's newest coaster in nearly twenty years and has a price tag of $9 million. It joins Adventureland's other coasters - the Tornado, Outlaw, Dragon and the Underground - and is the second steel roller coaster at the park; the other one being the Dragon. It also joins the Dragon as being the only two roller coasters in the state of Iowa with inversions.
The Monster features a unique nighttime LED light display made up of 137 track mounted fixtures - that are synchronized to each of the ride vehicles - and 46 ground lights.
