Fahrenheit (roller coaster)

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Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit (Logo).jpg
Fahrenheit's logo and lift hill
Hersheypark
LocationHersheypark
Park sectionPioneer Frontier
Coordinates40°17′28″N 76°39′19″W / 40.291037°N 76.655204°W / 40.291037; -76.655204Coordinates: 40°17′28″N 76°39′19″W / 40.291037°N 76.655204°W / 40.291037; -76.655204
StatusOperating
Opening dateMay 24, 2008 (2008-05-24)
CostUS$12,100,000
General statistics
TypeSteel
ManufacturerIntamin
Lift/launch systemVertical chain lift
Height121 ft (37 m)
Length2,700 ft (820 m)
Speed58 mph (93 km/h)
Inversions6
Duration1:25
Max vertical angle97°
Capacity850 riders per hour
Height restriction54 in (137 cm)
Fahrenheit at RCDB
Pictures of Fahrenheit at RCDB

Fahrenheit is a steel roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Located in the Pioneer Frontier section of the park, the roller coaster opened on May 24, 2008. It features six inversions and became the steepest roller coaster in the world when it opened with its first drop of 97 degrees. Fahrenheit briefly held the record until Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach, which featured a 111-degree drop, opened several weeks later on July 5. It is now the 7th steepest roller coaster in the world.

History[]

Fahrenheit was announced in a Hersheypark press release on September 27, 2007. The ride is the 11th roller coaster and was one of two new attractions for the 2008 season.[citation needed]

Characteristics[]

Described as a "vertical lift inverted loop coaster", Fahrenheit features a 121-foot vertical lift as well as six inversions, airtime hills and high-speed banked curves, cobra roll, including a record-breaking 97-degree drop on the first hill. This record was quickly surpassed by Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach on July 5, 2008.[citation needed]

Ride experience[]

The coaster train exits the station and makes a 135-degree right turn. The train then climbs the vertical lift hill of 121 feet. Cresting the hill riders face down directly at the ground and fall into the 97-degree drop. At the bottom of the drop is an on-ride camera. The train then ascends into a rare Norwegian loop. At entrance into the Norwegian loop, the train rolls to the left and dives through a half loop down to the ground. The train soars up and rolls out to the left as it exits the Norwegian loop. Upon exit, the train dives down and to the left into a two-inversion cobra roll, an element that returns riders in the same direction the train enters. Following the cobra roll, the train rolls into two consecutive corkscrews and a banked turn to the right through the lift hill. Exiting the turn, the train flies over a small airtime hill and through a wide low to the ground left-banked turn up into a slanted downward final brake run. The train then makes another 135-degree turn back into the station, concluding the 85-second ride on Fahrenheit.[1]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Fahrenheit Front Seat on-ride HD POV Hersheypark". CoasterForce. July 5, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2019 – via YouTube.

External links[]

Preceded by
Maverick
95°
World's steepest roller coaster
May 24, 2008 – July 5, 2008
97°
Succeeded by
Steel Hawg
111°
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