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Departing the station, riders will make a left hand turn into the lift hill, ascending overtop a guest pathway to a peak height of 101.7 feet (31.0 m) at a speed of 4 m/s (13 ft/s). At the top, the train makes a slow 180° turn to the left before descending a 92° drop. An airtime hill
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Looping” coaster, promised to span several plots of land and become the largest permanent roller coaster in Austria. Depending on approvals, construction was earmarked to have
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Sittler-Koidl described it as a childhood dream to eventually build and operate his own roller coaster.
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Looping will be 101.7 feet (31.0 m) tall, 1,699.5 feet (518.0 m) long, and reach a top speed of 50.3 mph (81.0 km/h) throughout the ride. The coaster will run with two single-car trains, each of which will seat eight riders in two rows of four.
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Looping track was first stored at the Hafen Wien harbor in May 2023, and Prater soon installed the first support columns within the site's neighboring Ghost Train building. Demolition of the
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