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Park:   Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino (travel info)
Ride Type:   Steel Coaster
Status:   Operating since 1994
Category:   Hyper/Giga/Strata Coaster
Designer:   Ron Toomer
Builder:   Arrow Dynamics
Length:   5843'
Height:   209'
Drop Height:   225'
Drop Angle:   60°
Max Speed:   80 mph
Duration:   2:43
Arrangement:   Three 5-car trains that hold 30 riders/train.
Restraints:   Individual ratcheting lap-bar with seat-belt
Visits:   137
Rating:   This Ride's Rating Is: 4
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Ride Restrictions:
Minimum height restriction:   48 in.

Structure:
Loading platform is inside casino, with the lift-hill emerging from the casino building through an opening in the rooftop.

Features:
155' tall spiraling second drop.


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McMonkey

Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 32

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This coaster is fantastic, if it were only a smoother ride. The transitions between valleys and hills were extremely painful, but the tunnel in the valley of the first drop made for a really cool effect.

8-31-04 23:37:05
RLLrCoastrLover

Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 1059

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This coaster makes me want to build a miniture around my house and at watch it operate from my bedroom

9-22-04 17:27:38
CHILLERLC1

Joined: May 2001
Posts: 7643

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I loved the straight tunnel. The transitions no doubt spelled it was an Arrow. I wish it was smoother in doing so. I loved the near-end helix.

2-22-06 1:08:26
Chris L

Joined: May 2001
Posts: 7363

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This ride is HORRIBLE. I rerode it again for the second time on the way back to Los Angeles today from Vegas. It's been years since I've been on it and figured why not ride it again to see if it was still as bad as it was the first time I rode it.

It WAS and then some. Transitions are TERRIBLE -- slamming riders hard into the side of the non-padded seats at every turn. The vehicles jack-hammer up and down the track and shuffle side to side and made me feel sick. It felt as if the ride had not been maintained properly for the past few years. It is incredibly painful (and I have a tolerance for pain) and is NOT worth the $7 to ride.

There was only airtime in one or two spots, but the way the hills are designed, it launches you into the lapbar VERY forcefully. The airtime hurt more than it was thrilling. ONLY redeeming quality of this coaster is the first drop. THAT'S IT.

2-12-07 0:36:09
Yellowbird88

Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 163

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Great place to stop on the way to Vegas from LA (along with the Mad Greek)...with the great airtime and desert wind, I almost lost my shirt. (sorry for the stupid vegas pun)

10-12-07 14:46:49
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