Coast Rider, Steel roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm, California, US.
Coast Rider is a steel wild mouse roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Its orange track and white supports form a 52-foot ascent and 1,339 feet of hairpin turns, twists and spins, with an orange loop curving above two white inverted-V columns. The layout is a reverse replica of Apple Zapple at Kings Dominion.
Coast Rider stands on the former site of Perilous Plunge, which closed on September 3, 2012. Cedar Fair filed a trademark for the name on October 22, 2012, and Knott's Berry Farm announced the ride with two others on November 1, 2012. It opened with the new boardwalk on May 25, 2013.
Coast Rider takes its name and theme from the California coastline, and it opened with the rest of Knott's Berry Farm's new boardwalk on May 25, 2013. The ride stands on the former site of Perilous Plunge, which closed on September 3, 2012. Its layout is a reverse replica of Apple Zapple at Kings Dominion, a sister park.
You need to meet a minimum height requirement to experience this ride, so check the guidelines before getting in line. The queue can grow long on warm days, so arriving early or visiting in late evening may mean shorter waits.
Coast Rider's layout is a reverse replica of Apple Zapple at sister park Kings Dominion, and it matches the ride experience and layout of Legoland's Lego Technic Test Track. The ride runs up to 10 single-car trains, each seating four riders two across in two rows.
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