Pyrenees, Steel roller coaster in Shima Spain Village, Japan
Pyrenees is a steel inverted roller coaster at Shima Spain Village in Shima, Mie, Japan. Its 1,234-metre track reaches a height of 45 metres and has six inversions: two vertical loops, a zero-g roll, a cobra roll and a corkscrew. The trains run at up to 100 km/h.
Pyrenees opened on 1 March 1997 at Parque Espana-Shima Spain Village in Shima, Mie, as an inverted coaster built by the Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. Its 1,234-metre track reaches 45 metres and holds six inversions, and the trains run at up to 100 km/h.
The name refers to the Pyrenees, the mountain range forming the border between Andorra, France and Spain, matching the Spanish theme of Shima Spain Village. The coaster is listed in Japanese as ピレネー (Pirenē), and its trains run in three eight-car sets, with four riders per row held by shoulder bars.
Riders must be at least 1.40 m tall and weigh under 100 kg. Shoulder restraints are used in the three eight-car trains, with four people per row. People with heart, back, neck or dizziness conditions should not ride.
The track runs 1,234 metres and packs six inversions: two vertical loops, a zero-g roll, a cobra roll counted as two, and a corkscrew. The right-hand helix threads through the centre of the second vertical loop, a detail riders often miss at speed.
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