Adventureland's New Fireball Coaster Heating Up as Construction Nears Completion

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One of the most surprising additions for the 2022 season is the new Fireball roller coaster at Adventureland on Long Island, New York.  The ride is right-sized for the smaller family park that Adventureland is, but the specific addition of a Roller Ball coaster form Ride Engineers Switzerland really came out of left field, at least to me.

The park has worked on constructing the ride during the winter months and the coaster is now topped off with its track complete - seen up top.  The ride stands around 69 feet tall, with a track length of 289 feet.

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The coaster recently had its first car put on the track, complete with - you guessed it - fireball theming!  The coaster will utilize individual cars that seat 4 passengers, back to back.  Riders will have the choice of riding forwards or backwards as the cars climb the vertical lift and then rock and roll their way through the multi-level course. 

Adventureland Long Island Building Fireball Coaster in 2022

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Long Island's Adventureland has surprised us all with the announcement of a new roller coaster, Fireball, that will open at the park in 2022.  The park is promising more details in the near future, and for now is just stating on social media that Fireball is aimed at providing fun for the entire family.

From the image they released along with the logo, we can pretty easily tell that this will be one of Ride Engineers Switzerland's Roller Ball coasters.  Plus, Adventureland makes it clear that their new ride will be the only of its kind in North America, as there are only similar rides in Austria, Germany and France.

Per the description of the Roller Ball coaster from Ride Engineers Switzerland, "passengers get the sensation being a pinball while safely running down the track in a 4-seat gondola with individual lap bars. Due to the acceleration and deceleration, the gondola is swinging around the vertical curves in combination with a free fall feeling."

 

From the company's website it appears as though Adventureland is adding the Roller Ball S model, which stands 72 feet tall, has 288 feet of track and has a maximum speed of about 16 miles per hour.  Obviously, as a family ride the intent is not to be overly thrilling. The above video is of a larger sized instillation of a Roller Ball, which still will give a nice look at what to expect at Adventureland next season.

Adventureland's Turbulence Coaster Now Complete

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We didn't see much over the Winter month's about Adventureland's (on Long Island, New York) new roller coaster, Turbulence, however the ride is now complete.

The park has released a few photos of the custom design ride, including the one of the completed track (above) just a few days ago.  The ride's electric color scheme makes it nearly impossible not to notice, something I'm sure the park is happy about.

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This photo was from a week earlier, when all of the ride's lower track was set, and just the lift hill and crown needed to be put into place.  The ride's first drop dives downward and then immediately up into a large wave turn, seen prominently in the first photo.  Turbulence is manufactured by Mack Rides and is one of their custom spinning coasters.  There's only a handful of these around the globe, including Sierra Sidewinder at Knott's Berry Farm and Space Fantasy at Universal Studios Japan.

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Adventureland also shared this photo of the ride's cars, which have been delivered to the property.  Turbulence will have two trains, each with three cars - each car seats four riders, two forwards and two backwards.

In anticipation of Turbulence's opening, Adventureland has started a first-rider event, with proceeds going to charity.  Read more about that, and Turbulence, at this link.

Scott And Carol Present - A Look At Carowind's Fury 325

Carowinds held the Media Day for their 325 foot tall, 3:25 long Bolliger & Mabillard Giga coaster Fury 325 on 3/25/2015. Luckily for us they didn't delay the festivities until 3:25 PM.

Here is a wide angle view of Fury 325 from the new guess drop off area. Which may also turn out to be a Fury 325 photo spot. Before the media day opened there was a constant stream of people watching the empty cars cycle the ride.

Cedar Fair has really gone all out in designing their recent coaster logos and Fury 325 is no exception. 

One of the beautiful 32 passengers train at the end of the ride. 

Here's a shot of the turn  around setting up the dive under the entrance bridge.

The train approaching the dive under the entrance bridge,

and exiting out the other side.

One of Fury 325's dive curves

This ground hugging turn leads into the dive under the bridge. Fury 325 makes great use of ground proximity to boost the excitement level during the ride.

This section of track seems to have a musical feel to it.

We hope you enjoyed this brief glimpse of Fury 325, we will have more in-depth coverage to come very soon, once we recover from our whirlwind, marathon trek to experience Fury 325. In the meantime, Carowinds will open on 3/28/2015 and you could go ride it yourself!

Adventureland Names New for 2015 Mack Spinning Coaster

It was way back in June that Adventureland, located on Long Island in New York, announced a new roller coaster for the 2015 season.  At that time the park started a naming contest, with some suggested names along with "write in" entries accepted as well.

Fast forward to the present, and Adventureland has announced that the new coaster will be named Turbulence.

The coaster will be a spinning ride by Mack rides, only a handful of which exist around the world.

Adventureland's webpage for Turbulence has some updated renderings that show off the ride's curves.  I still don't see any hard statistics for the coaster yet, though we can tell from the rendering that this is a smaller, family oriented ride.  It's a neat choice for the park, since this exact type of ride can't be found anywhere on the East coast.  Turbulence will replace Adventureland's Hurricane coaster, which has been at the park since 1991.

If the name Turbulence sounds familiar for a coaster, well, that's because it was used before - almost.  Hersheypark announced a coaster named Turbulence for the 2005 season, only to later cancel the ride due to a price dispute with the manufacturer.

Adventureland Long Island Announces New Roller Coaster for 2015

Adventureland in Long Island, New York, isn't a park we have covered much here on NewsPlusNotes, but that's certainly going to change with today's announcement of a new coaster for 2015.

The for-now nameless ride is being designed by Mack Rides, and will be one of their spinning coaster models.  Other examples of spinning rides by Mack include Sierra Sidewinder at Knott's Berry Farm and Twist at Le Pal in France.  Adventureland is not quite ready to release all the details on their new ride, but did post the coaster's layout:

Looks like a custom layout to me!

The new ride will be the park's tallest and fastest coaster, and will replace Hurricane, currently the Adventureland's largest roller coaster.  That means that the new ride will be at least 50 feet tall, and move faster than 35 miles per hour.  The new ride is being designed for the whole family, and will have a 42 inch height requirement.  The two trains will each be made up of several individual cars that each spin freely during the course.

Adventureland is holding a naming contest for the new coaster.  While you can enter your own suggestion, they've also listed some choices they came up with including Turbulence, Boomerang, The Rotator, Mantis, and the Jester.  A couple of those names are a bit familiar!

The Hurricane will close at the end of the season and be dismantled as work on the new ride begins.  Hooray for new custom Mack rides in the U.S.!