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The Wave (formerly Shockwave)
Drayton Manor · Sit-Down Looping Coaster · 1994
Originally the stand-up Shockwave, this Intamin coaster reopened in 2024 with seated trains and retains its four inversions.
✏️ Who designed it
- Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbHEngineering / layout
Confidence: Verified · Source: RCDB
Originally Shockwave. The 2024 conversion to sit-down trains does not change the original design credit.
🎢 Quick Facts
- Park
- Drayton Manor
- Opened
- 1994
- Manufacturer
- Intamin
- Type
- Sit-Down Looping Coaster
- Height
- 120 ft
- Track Length
- 500 m (1,640 ft)
- Top speed
- 53 mph
- Inversions
- 4
- Launch
- No
- Duration
- 1:36
- Minimum height
- 120 cm
- Original build cost
- £4.2m (Known)
- Status
- Operating
Published/reported figure. The Wave, formerly Shockwave.
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