NEWS: Splish Splash announces Bootlegger’s Run

[jedimaster1227]

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10345004.htm

 

Bootlegger’s Run will be the first ever water ride in the state of New York featuring new generation hydromagnetic technology. “Imagine a cross between a whitewater raft ride and a roller coaster,” general manager Mike Bengtson explained. “Bootlegger’s Run is like a roller coaster that races on water instead of rails.”

 

Bootlegger’s Run will a take four-person raft uphill, just like a theme park coaster, for a series of breathtaking drops, including one from nearly five stories high.

 

“The ride begins with an ascent of 235 feet, then rockets into an exhilarating rush of drops, rapids and slingshot climbs, racing to speeds of 30 mph, all experienced in the spray of splashing water,” Bengtson said. “This is beyond anything experienced before at a waterpark or a theme park.”

 

The breakthrough hydromagnetic technology uses linear induction motors to generate powerful electromagnetic fields that propel the steel-bottomed rafts uphill.

 

This new ride will be the largest single investment Splish Splash has ever made and is one of only a handful of such rides in the nation.

 

“We feel Bootlegger’s Run will immediately become the most popular ride at the park,” Bengtson added.Splish Splash is already one of America’s greatest waterparks…and it just got better.”

 

Splish Splash opens the 2013 season on Memorial Day weekend.

 

http://www.splishsplashlongisland.com/_site/attractions.html

 

Key Facts

• New York’s first ever hydromagnetic water coaster.
  
• Features new generation hydromagnetic technology.
  
• It’s a water ride with rafts that go uphill, just like a roller coaster.
  
• Total ride length is 983 feet – over three football fields long.
  
• Ride course is punctuated by three uphill peaks and three steep drops.
  
• Rafts ascend to an apex of 47 feet, nearly five stories tall.
  
• First downhill drop is at a 45 degree angle from height of 40 feet.
  
• Rafts race to speeds of 30 mph.
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• our completely enclosed hair pin turns.
  
• Covers almost two acres and lasts nearly two minutes from start to finish.
  
• Linear induction motors (LIMs) create a travelling magnetic field to propel specially built rafts with metal plates in their undersides. The LIMs push the rafts rapidly and smoothly uphill.
  
• Rafts hold four riders with individual seatbacks and toboggan-style seating.
  
• Riders must be at least 42” tall. Riders 42” - 48” tall must be accompanied by an adult. Weight limit is 800 lbs. per raft.
  
• Opens Memorial Day weekend, 2013.

Edited January 26, 2013 by jedimaster1227

[jedimaster1227]

http://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2013/01/37641/water-coaster-coming-to-splish-splash-this-summer/

 

Ever wonder what it would be like to ride a roller coaster at a water park? This summer, you’ll sort of have your chance.

 

The northeast’s first hydro-magnetic water coaster is currently being constructed at Splish Splash, according to park general manager Mike Bengston. The ride will be available when the park reopens Memorial Day weekend.

 

“The rafts are propelled by magnets, located on the raft and the slide itself,” Mr. Bengston said of the company’s multi-million dollar investment. ”Using linear induction motors, the ride will pull the raft back uphill again after going downhill. It will be almost like a roller coaster. There are rides that use water to propel rafts back uphill, which makes for a bumpy, uncomfortable ride. This will be a much smoother ride. You don’t feel yourself being pulled back uphill and it gets you back up to a high point much quicker.”

 

The general manager said the new ride, which will be located between Hollywood Stunt Rider and Dr. VonDark’s Tunnel of Terror, will be called Bootlegger’s Run, which he said gives a clue to its theme.

 

It is the single biggest investment the park has made, according to Mr. Bengston, and will be the seventh hydromagnetic water coaster built in the United States.

 

“There are several others worldwide, but there’s no others in the State of New York or in the entire Northeast,” he said. “There are a couple other facilities, such as the Great Wharf Lodge in the Poconos, that have ones using conveyor belts, but it’s entirely different technology.”

 

Bootlegger’s Run was built by the Canadian company Proslide, who have patented hydromagnetic technology, according to Mr. Bengton.

 

He said Proslide has manufactured more than 95 percent of the rides at Splish Splash.

 

“It’s a four-person raft so up to four people can ride and there’s no tower you have to climb to get on the ride. There’s a loading area at the bottom where you enter the raft and then a conveyor belt initially pulls you uphill like a rollercoaster,” he said. “The ride is 1,000 feet long and it takes almost two minutes from loading to finish.”

 

This is significant as most of the park’s rides are done in about 20 seconds.

 

The park received site plan approval for several attractions in 2008, including Bootlegger’s Run, Dr. VonDark’s Tunnel of Terror and a Johnny Rockets restaurant.

[Voxelmatic]

Are those two pictures of the layout? Oh well, I love water coasters

[Chroniq]

couple photos from today.

[gisco]

I like the part where you don't have to lug a raft up a tower. Looks like it will be a huge hit when it opens. I bet the lines will be long when it opens.