Oblivion: The Black Hole
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| Oblivion: The Black hole | |
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| Gardaland | |
| Location | Gardaland |
| Park section | Space |
| Coordinates | 45°27′30″N 10°42′40″E / 45.4582°N 10.7111°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | March 28, 2015 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Dive Coaster |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Model | Dive Coaster |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 139.4 ft (42.5 m) |
| Length | 1,856.9 ft (566.0 m) |
| Speed | 62.2 mph (100.1 km/h) |
| Inversions | 2 |
| Duration | 1:40 |
| Max vertical angle | 87° |
| Capacity | 1890 riders per hour |
| Height restriction | 140–195 cm (4 ft 7 in – 6 ft 5 in) |
| Trains | 4 trains with 3 cars. Riders are arranged 6 across in a single row for a total of 18 riders per train. |
| Oblivion: The Black hole at RCDB | |
Oblivion: The Black Hole is a roller coaster at Gardaland, close to Lake of Garda. The ride is one of many Dive Coaster models to be manufactured by Swiss roller coaster manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. Upon its opening, it became the first vertical drop roller coaster in Italy.[1] The ride is considered the 'sister' to the Oblivion roller coaster at the also Merlin owned Alton Towers. The ride also (possibly unintentionally) shares part of its name with The Black Hole, a Jet star 2 rollercoaster that operated in the X-Sector section of Alton Towers on the current site of The Smiler.
The theme and marketing campaign of the ride share many similarities to Oblivion, the world's first vertical drop roller coaster situated at fellow Merlin Entertainments park, Alton Towers. The ride also shares the same 'ultimate rollercoaster' slogan that was used originally for Thirteen also at Alton Towers.
