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Corkscrew
Alton Towers · Looping Coaster · 1980
The ride that started Alton Towers as a proper theme park. Two rattly corkscrews, endless queues, and a farewell in 2008 that thoosies still talk about.
✏️ Who designed it
- Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbHEngineering / layout
Confidence: Verified · Source: RCDB
🎢 Quick Facts
- Park
- Alton Towers
- Opened
- 1980
- Manufacturer
- Vekoma
- Type
- Looping Coaster
- Height
- 75.5 ft
- Track Length
- 683 m (2,241 ft)
- Top speed
- 40 mph
- Inversions
- 2
- Launch
- No
- Duration
- 1:15
- Minimum height
- 120 cm
- Original build cost
- £1.25m (Known)
- Status
- Retired
Published/reported figure.
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