Yukon Striker, Dive coaster in Vaughan, Canada
Yukon Striker is a dive coaster in Vaughan, Canada, operating since 2019 at Canada's Wonderland amusement park. The steel structure runs over 1105 meters of track and reaches speeds of 130 kilometers per hour (81 miles per hour), with the ride passing through four inversions.
Planning began after the older SkyRider coaster was dismantled in 2014, and foundation work lasted several years. The opening took place in May 2019, bringing a new generation of dive coasters to the park.
The ride's name and gold, silver and bronze train colours refer to the Klondike gold rush, and the three trains are named after it. The coaster is the first dive coaster built in Canada, a detail riders can note before boarding.
Yukon Striker runs three trains, each seating 24 riders in three rows of eight, held by vest restraints. The train pauses about three seconds at the 90-degree drop before plunging 75 metres into the underwater tunnel. One cycle lasts roughly 205 seconds.
The 360-degree vertical loop was the first on any Dive Coaster, and the ride's first Immelmann loop, 57 metres above the tunnel floor, was briefly the tallest inversion on any roller coaster, surpassed after 57 days by Steel Curtain at Kennywood.
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