Twist Coaster Robin | |
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Yomiuriland | |
Location | Yomiuriland |
Coordinates | 35°37′31″N 139°31′10″E / 35.625317°N 139.519394°E |
Status | Removed |
Opening date | 19 March 2014 |
Closing date | 19 March 2014 |
Cost | ¥450 million |
Replaced by | Hashibiro GO! |
General statistics | |
Type | Steel |
Manufacturer | Sansei Technologies |
Designer | S&S Worldwide |
Model | El Loco |
Height | 62.3 ft (19.0 m) |
Length | 1,026.9 ft (313.0 m) |
Speed | 38.5 mph (62.0 km/h) |
Inversions | 2 |
Max vertical angle | 93° |
G-force | 3.9 |
Trains | a single car. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 4 riders per train. |
Twist Coaster Robin at RCDB |
Twist Coaster Robin ( Japanese: ツイストコースター ロビン) was a steel roller coaster at Yomiuriland amusement park near Tokyo, Japan. The coaster was noteworthy for its steeper-than-vertical first drop of 93 degrees. [1] It is also one of two S&S coasters to have run for less than a week, the other being Ring Racer.
Twist Coaster Robin was a custom installation of the El Loco roller coaster model. [2] The coaster was built by a collaboration between Sansei Technologies [1] and S&S Worldwide (the usual manufacturer of El Loco coasters, and of whom Sansei Technologies is a majority owner). [2] [3] The coaster featured two inversions: an inline twist and a dive loop. [1] In addition, the coaster had a helix and an unusual element known as a "reverse-cant curve", intended to give riders the feeling that they will be thrown off of the coaster. Park guests could see the Shinjuku skyline when riding Twist Coaster Robin. [4] The coaster had single-car trains, each of which had four riders in two rows of two. [1]
The construction of Twist Coaster Robin cost a total of 450 million yen, which a Yomiuriland spokesperson called "the largest investment on a single attraction (in the park) since 1997". [4] The grand opening for Twist Coaster Robin occurred on 19 March 2014—the 50th anniversary of Yomiuriland's opening. [5]
On the same day that Twist Coaster Robin opened, two coaster cars collided. Although no riders were hurt, the park suspended operation of the coaster. [6] Roller Coaster DataBase notes that the coaster only operated in March 2014. It was removed from the park in 2016. [1]
Twist Coaster Robin | |
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Yomiuriland | |
Location | Yomiuriland |
Coordinates | 35°37′31″N 139°31′10″E / 35.625317°N 139.519394°E |
Status | Removed |
Opening date | 19 March 2014 |
Closing date | 19 March 2014 |
Cost | ¥450 million |
Replaced by | Hashibiro GO! |
General statistics | |
Type | Steel |
Manufacturer | Sansei Technologies |
Designer | S&S Worldwide |
Model | El Loco |
Height | 62.3 ft (19.0 m) |
Length | 1,026.9 ft (313.0 m) |
Speed | 38.5 mph (62.0 km/h) |
Inversions | 2 |
Max vertical angle | 93° |
G-force | 3.9 |
Trains | a single car. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 4 riders per train. |
Twist Coaster Robin at RCDB |
Twist Coaster Robin ( Japanese: ツイストコースター ロビン) was a steel roller coaster at Yomiuriland amusement park near Tokyo, Japan. The coaster was noteworthy for its steeper-than-vertical first drop of 93 degrees. [1] It is also one of two S&S coasters to have run for less than a week, the other being Ring Racer.
Twist Coaster Robin was a custom installation of the El Loco roller coaster model. [2] The coaster was built by a collaboration between Sansei Technologies [1] and S&S Worldwide (the usual manufacturer of El Loco coasters, and of whom Sansei Technologies is a majority owner). [2] [3] The coaster featured two inversions: an inline twist and a dive loop. [1] In addition, the coaster had a helix and an unusual element known as a "reverse-cant curve", intended to give riders the feeling that they will be thrown off of the coaster. Park guests could see the Shinjuku skyline when riding Twist Coaster Robin. [4] The coaster had single-car trains, each of which had four riders in two rows of two. [1]
The construction of Twist Coaster Robin cost a total of 450 million yen, which a Yomiuriland spokesperson called "the largest investment on a single attraction (in the park) since 1997". [4] The grand opening for Twist Coaster Robin occurred on 19 March 2014—the 50th anniversary of Yomiuriland's opening. [5]
On the same day that Twist Coaster Robin opened, two coaster cars collided. Although no riders were hurt, the park suspended operation of the coaster. [6] Roller Coaster DataBase notes that the coaster only operated in March 2014. It was removed from the park in 2016. [1]