| Fire Runner | |
|---|---|
| Lost Island Theme Park | |
| Location | Lost Island Theme Park |
| Park section | Mura Fire Realm |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | July 18, 2025 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Single Rail |
| Manufacturer | Rocky Mountain Construction |
| Model | Custom |
| Track layout | Raptor Track |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 92 ft (28 m) |
| Length | 1,950 ft (590 m) |
| Speed | 52 mph (84 km/h) |
| Inversions | 3 |
| Duration | 32 seconds |
| Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
| Trains | 2 trains with 12 cars. Riders are arranged 1 across in a single row for a total of 12 riders per train. |
| Website | Official website |
| Fire Runner at RCDB | |
Fire Runner is a steel roller coaster at Lost Island Theme Park in Waterloo, Iowa. Fire Runner is a Raptor-model single-rail roller coaster manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction. [1]
Within the park's storyline, the Fire Runner event is the climax of the Cinder Festival, an Olympiad style event held by the Mura Clan that takes the form of a parkour race down the slopes of the volcano and lava fields of the realm and rooftops of parts of the village. [2]
On August 16, 2024, the park officially announced Fire Runner, the first single-rail coaster in the Midwest. [3] On July 18, 2025, the park held Fire Runner's media day. The ride officially opened to the public later that day. [4]
On January 2, 2026, Fire Runner received USA Today's 10 BEST Choice Awards 'Best New Theme Park Attraction' award. [5] A flythrough tunnel would be added for the 2026 season.
The lava tube entrance of the attraction features a photo-opportunity allowing guests to sit on a throne and be crowned as a Fire Runner champion.
The ride begins by exiting the station and immediately ascending the 92-foot-tall (29m) chain lift hill. The train then does a 180-degree turn and enters the 87-degree drop, diving and reaching a maximum speed of 52 mph (84 km/h), which when viewed from the angle of the park's entry courtyard, gives the illusion of it diving into Mura's volcano. It enters a dive loop and rises up an off-axis airtime hill, followed by an ascending, banked turnaround, where it proceeds into a banked turn to the left. The train drops and immediately traverses a cutback followed by a corkscrew. The finale features a quick dip into an over-banked turn and ends with a small ascent into the brake run.
Fire Runner features two, twelve-passenger trains, unlike the trains of its clone, Stunt Pilot, which feature ten-passenger trains. Riders are arranged one across in a single row. [1] The lead train features the sculpted face of Vayla, one of the past champions of the Fire Runner event.