Dive Coaster (Chimelong Paradise)

Dive Coaster
Chimelong Paradise
Location	Chimelong Paradise
Park section	Rainbow Bay
Coordinates	22.999647°N 113.323256°E / 22.999647; 113.323256
Status	Operating
Opening date	January 21, 2008 (2008-01-21)
General statistics
Type	Steel – Dive Coaster
Manufacturer	Bolliger & Mabillard
Model	Floorless Dive Coaster
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	59.9 m (197 ft)
Length	981 m (3,219 ft)
Speed	112 km/h (70 mph)
Inversions	1
Max vertical angle	90°
Height restriction	140 cm (4 ft 7 in)
Dive Coaster at RCDB

Dive Coaster is a Floorless Dive roller coaster[1] operating at Chimelong Paradise in China. It is built by Swiss coaster manufacturers Bolliger & Mabillard. A photo update on the park's website shows the coaster's first and second drop along with the water splash, the coaster's final brake run and a row of a train in the station with 10 seats in the row, as well as two pictures of SheiKra.[2]

Ride Elements

Dive Coaster features a 90-degree, 197-foot vertical drop that exits into an Immelmann loop. After the Immelmann, riders will swoop down to the ground then climb a curve up to the block brake, then go over a second near vertical dive dropping into a tunnel. Upon exiting the tunnel, riders make an overbanked turn into a water splash feature which exits into a bunny hill then into a helix before entering the final brake run.

Dive Coaster, July 2011

References

1. (in Chinese) World's longest inverted roller coaster to run in Guangzhou_English_Xinhua
2. (in Chinese) 全球最顶尖过山车之王垂直过山车 Archived January 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Dive Coaster (Chimelong Paradise) at the Roller Coaster DataBase
• Dive Coaster photo update on the parks website (Site is in Chinese)
• Video of the press conference for Dive Coaster at the park Archived 2008-01-21 at the Wayback Machine (Site is in Chinese)