Adrenaline Peak
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| Adrenaline Peak | |
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| Oaks Amusement Park | |
| Location | Oaks Amusement Park |
| Park section | South End |
| Coordinates | 45°28′18″N 122°39′44″W / 45.471589°N 122.662314°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | March 24, 2018 |
| Cost | $5,000,000 |
| Replaced | Looping Thunder |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Euro-Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Gerstlauer |
| Model | 320 |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Drop | 70 ft (21 m) |
| Length | 1,050 ft (320 m) |
| Speed | 45 mph (72 km/h) |
| Inversions | 3 |
| Max vertical angle | 97° |
| Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
| Trains | 3 trains with a single car. Riders are arranged 4 across in 2 rows for a total of 8 riders per train. |
| Adrenaline Peak at RCDB | |
Adrenaline Peak is a steel roller coaster at Oaks Amusement Park, just south of Portland, Oregon. The ride replaced the Pinfari Looping Thunder coaster in the park's South End, which closed after the 2017 season. The coaster was manufactured by Gerstlauer and is one of their Euro-Fighter coasters, containing three inversions and a vertical lift hill.[1][2]
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On August 17, 2017, Oaks Amusement Park announced that they would open a brand new coaster for the 2018 season, revealing the ride layout and announcing a naming contest to determine the attraction's new name, with entries being accepted through to December 1, 2017.[3] To make way for the unnamed new coaster, the Looping Thunder coaster was set to be removed, and offered its last rides on September 24, 2017.[4] Looping Thunder was a common Zyklon looping coaster from former Italian manufacturer Pinfari, and had opened in 1996.[5] The coaster was dismantled by Seattle-based firm WBF Construction Services in November.[6]
Site preparation began in the winter of 2017/2018. WBF Construction Services was once again contracted to erect the coaster, in conjunction with Maryland-based Ride Entertainment Group, who currently handles all of coaster manufacturer Gerstlauer's operations in the Western Hemisphere. The Union Ironworkers construction crew completed ride construction in a record 11 days time, finishing on February 16, 2018, which would lead to the process being declared as a world record for the fastest construction timeline on a major coaster.[7] On February 15, 2018, Oaks revealed that the new name of the coaster would be Adrenaline Peak. The name was submitted by William Phillips of Clackamas County, Oregon, who was rewarded with a $500 park gift card.[8] Adrenaline Peak opened to the public on March 24, 2018.[9]
Ride experience
The coaster makes a left-hand 90° turn out of the loading platform and engages with the lift chain. The chain mechanism activates, and the coaster car climbs up the 72-foot (22 m) tall vertical lift hill. Upon cresting the top, the ride is released into a 97° drop and into a Vertical loop - a homage to the old Looping Thunder coaster - and a cutback inversion. The cars rocket up into a high-profile turnaround, followed by a Heartline roll. A final sweeping turnaround pops riders up into the brake run, and the coaster cars make a 90° left turn back onto the station platform. The relatively short ride experience lasts about a minute.
