Mumbo Jumbo | |
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![]() Mumbo Jumbo | |
Flamingo Land Resort | |
Location | Flamingo Land Resort |
Coordinates | 54°12′32″N0°48′29″W / 54.209°N 0.808°W Coordinates: 54°12′32″N0°48′29″W / 54.209°N 0.808°W |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | 4 July 2009 |
Cost | £4 million |
General statistics | |
Type | Steel |
Manufacturer | S&S – Sansei Technologies |
Model | El Loco |
Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
Height | 98 ft (30 m) |
Inversions | 2 |
Max vertical angle | 112° |
G-force | 4 |
Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
Mumbo Jumbo at RCDB |
Mumbo Jumbo is a roller coaster which opened to the public on 4 July 2009 at Flamingo Land Resort, UK. Mumbo Jumbo is situated in the Lost Kingdom section of the park and has orange supports and black tracks.
The roller coaster is an El Loco model built by manufacturer S&S – Sansei Technologies; it is 99 feet (30 m) tall, features two inversions and a maximum G force of 4g.
The roller coaster's maximum vertical angle is 112 degrees, [1] making it the world's steepest roller coaster from 4 July 2009 until 16 July 2011. The official park press release stated that the Mumbo Jumbo opening will be attended by representatives of Guinness World Records. Andrea Banfi of Guinness World Records said: "We will be in attendance at the opening of Flamingo Land's new roller coaster and look forward to this new Guinness World Records record in the 'Steepest roller coaster made from steel' category". [2]
This record was previously held by another S&S El Loco, Steel Hawg in Indiana Beach. On 16 July 2011, a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster opened in Fuji-Q Highland named Takabisha featuring a 121 degree drop. [3] This record was once again taken by TMNT Shellraiser at Nickelodeon Universe a clone of Takabisha with a 121.5 degree drop. [4]
The ride is often compared with SAW: The Ride at Thorpe Park, a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter with a beyond-vertical drop that opened shortly before Mumbo Jumbo in March 2009. It is often erroneously reported that Mumbo Jumbo surpassed this roller coaster as the world's steepest roller coaster, however SAW: The Ride never held this record (The coaster with the steepest drop before Mumbo Jumbo was Steel Hawg with 111 degrees, whereas the drop on SAW: The Ride is 100 degrees). The distinction is that SAW: The Ride's beyond-vertical drop has no trim brakes, whereas Steel Hawg, Mumbo Jumbo and most other El Loco models do[ citation needed ]. Therefore, SAW: The Ride instead held the record for the world's steepest freefall drop on a roller coaster upon opening.
Elements |
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112 degree drop |
Dive Drop (Inline Twist and Half Loop) |
Sloping Heartline Twist |
The train pulls away from the station around a 180 degree turn and hits the chain lift. Once at the crown of the chain lift the car navigates round an 's-bend' and another 180 degree turn into the famous 112 degree drop, then travels up a hill completing a 180 turn into some 'trim brakes'. After that the train completes a series of banked turns (360 degrees) and then into a barrel roll and half loop. After exiting the half loop the train rises into some more 'trim brakes'. Once exiting the breaks the train then pulls through a 180 degree banked turn and into a heart line roll. Finally an over banked curve and into the final brake-run.
The park owners said the name "Mumbo Jumbo" is a tongue-in-cheek description of how other parks boast about their new roller coasters.
On 3 May 2010, one of the cars got stuck on an inverted section of the ride due to a poncho blowing into the wheels. Two female passengers were trapped upside down for 20 minutes before being safely removed from the ride by parks operations team. [5]
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