Cannonball Run is a wooden

Wooden roller coaster

A wooden roller coaster is most often classified as a roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlaid upon a wooden track. Occasionally, the structure may be made out of a steel lattice or truss, but the ride remains classified as a wooden roller coaster due to the track design...

 roller coaster

Roller coaster

The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885...

 located at Waterville USA

Waterville USA

Waterville USA, or simply known as Waterville, is a water and amusement park located a quarter-mile from the Gulf of Mexico in the city of Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Gulf Shores Parkway...

 in Gulf Shores, Alabama

Gulf Shores, Alabama

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. It opened in 1995.

Track layout

The ride features a 65 foot lift hill and runs over and next to the park's parking lot. It is an out and back design, meaning the course goes out away from the station, turns around, then heads back to the station. Each ride cycle usually consists of two laps around the course.

Trains

Cannonball Run currently operates with one train

Train (roller coaster)

A roller coaster train or car describes the vehicle which transports passengers around a roller coaster's circuit. More specifically, a roller coaster train is made up of two or more "cars" which are connected by some sort of specialized joint. It is called a "train" because the cars follow one...

 from Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. The train is made up of five cars, with each car seating four people (twenty riders total). The train features a seatbelt for each row and a single position lapbar.