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Saw — The Ride
Thorpe Park · Euro-Fighter · 2009
The world's first horror-movie themed coaster, with a beyond-vertical drop of 100 degrees. Short, sharp, and absolutely relentless.
✏️ Who designed it
- John WardleyLayout design / consultancy
Confidence: Verified · Source: RCDB
Contemporary material describes Wardley as involved in the ride's development; specialist databases credit him with the design/layout. Gerstlauer engineered and built the coaster.
🎢 Quick Facts
- Park
- Thorpe Park
- Opened
- 2009
- Manufacturer
- Gerstlauer
- Type
- Euro-Fighter
- Height
- 100 ft
- Track Length
- 700 m (2,297 ft)
- Top speed
- 55 mph
- Inversions
- 3
- Launch
- No
- Duration
- 1:40
- Minimum height
- 140 cm
- Original build cost
- £13.5m (Known)
- Status
- Operating
Published/reported figure.
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