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483:. Riders reach a top speed of 65 miles per hour (105 km/h). When the roller coaster operated as Time Machine, passengers could listen to five different soundtracks over speakers built into the
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1099:"Led Zeppelin - The Ride Review @ Hard Rock Park"
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364:in Vietnam. The coaster was relocated from
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572:Reviews of the Time Machine were mixed.
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1030:"Hard Rock park refreshes for 2009"
1266:Roller coasters introduced in 2008
1256:Roller coasters introduced in 2017
1101:. The Coaster Critic. June 7, 2008
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1123:Thompson, Jeremy (May 23, 2008).
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644:Gieszl, Eric (April 13, 2007).
544:and a 75-foot-tall (23 m)
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618:Siew, Walden (April 5, 2006).
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286:3,738 ft (1,139 m)
208:September 27, 2009
1127:. Roller Coaster Philosophy
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1210:. Best Roller Coaster Poll
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603:"Hard Rock Park? Cool".
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78:20.954139°N 107.047806°E
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1206:Hawker, Mitch (2010).
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1060:Alvey, Robb
974:January 11,
763:PR Newswire
552:before the
546:zero-g roll
477:zero-g roll
426:soft-opened
154: /
129:Coordinates
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69:107°02′52″E
56:Coordinates
1245:Categories
591:References
542:cobra roll
473:cobra roll
465:inversions
434:Chapter 11
356:engineers
300:Inversions
212:2009-09-27
197:2008-05-09
182:2008-04-15
142:78°56′08″W
139:33°42′55″N
109:2017-01-25
66:20°57′15″N
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568:Reception
562:brake run
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