Status Operating Cost SEK 110 million Type Wood Height 57 m Track length 1,300 m | Opening date June 28, 2016 Replaced The Lion's Of Fury Address Ö, Norrköping, Sweden Max speed 113 km/h Opened 28 June 2016 | |
Manufacturer Rocky Mountain Construction Similar Lost Gravity, Taron, Skyrush, Helix, Lightning Rod | ||
Wildfire is a wooden roller coaster at Kolmården Wildlife Park located in Kolmården, Sweden. Manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction, the roller coaster is both the fastest wooden coaster in Europe, and second tallest wooden coaster in the world. Throughout the 2 minute ride, riders will traverse through 3 inversions, reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) and experience 12 air-time hills.
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HistoryEdit
Wildfire was officially announced via a press release on Kolmården's official website in April 2014. The coaster will be Rocky Mountain Construction's first in Europe, following numerous installations in the United States. Vekoma will manufacture the power and control systems of the ride, whilst the track and trains will be produced by RMC themselves.
On October 28, 2016, the coaster ceased operations due to permit issues with the government and may had to have been demolished due to these issues. However on January 31st, 2017, Wildfire was allowed to continue operation.
Ride experienceEdit
After the train is checked and dispatched, it will make a sharp left hand turn into the 187-foot (57 m) chain lift hill. Once at the crest, it will enter a very large dip or lest just say a gigantic dip into the fastest, right hand banked turn before passing over another crest and into the first drop. The train will here drop 160-foot (49 m), reaching an 83-degree angle and its maximum speed of 71 miles per hour (114 km/h); before banking up into its first element, an inverted zero-G stall. From here the train twists through two airtime hills and two high banked turns before encountering its next inversion, a heartline roll. Following this, the track descends to ground level as it passes through sixteen more strong airtime hills, prior to a second heartline roll. The ride finishes with a ski-slalom style right to left section before hitting the brakes and returning to the station.