Escape from Madagascar, Suspended family roller coaster in Coomera, Queensland, Australia
Kenny's Forest Flyer is a suspended family roller coaster at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Its single train has 10 cars with two seats each, carrying riders up a 14.8-metre wheeled lift hill into a tight helix, then small turns and drops before a magnetic brake run. A cycle lasts 1.5 minutes and the ride handles 650 riders per hour.
The coaster opened in 2002 under the name Rugrats Runaway Reptar as part of the park's Nickelodeon Central zone. In 2012 it was renamed and rethemed as Escape from Madagascar when that section of the park became the DreamWorks Experience.
Since late August 2023 the coaster has been named Kenny's Forest Flyer, after Kenny the tiger, a mascot of Dreamworld's Kenny and Belinda's Dreamland area. The earlier Madagascar and DreamWorks theming was removed in the 2022–2023 retheme, so riders now pass through a bushland setting rather than film characters.
There is a minimum height requirement for this ride, so it is worth checking before joining the queue. Wait times tend to be shorter than at the bigger rides in the park, especially early in the day.
The ride uses a magnetic braking system that slows the train without any physical contact between the brakes and the wheels. This gives the final approach to the station a noticeably smooth feel compared to older braking methods.
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