Lethal Weapon - The Ride
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Lethal Weapon – The Ride (signed as Ride Lethal Weapon in park) is a Vekoma SLC
roller coaster
located at Warner Bros. Movie World
in Gold Coast, Queensland
, Australia
. It is based on the Lethal Weapon film series
.
The ride is also the first steel inverted roller coaster at an Australian Theme Park.
Before finally riding, riders progress into an area made up like an auto yard, with cars plied up atop each other and graffiti all over the walls, with the sound of barking Doberman
s as well as a seemingly abandoned Shell auto station. After hearing an audio presentation and removing any loose items, riders are strapped in and the ride is dispatched.
The train climbs the 33.3 metres (109.3 ft) lift hill
, before dropping down a steep, curved drop to the right. The train then enters the roll over, followed by a hill with a banked turn to the left. At the bottom of the hill comes a sidewinder (similar to an Immelman loop), followed by a 270 degree turn to the right. Next comes two inline twists. Upon exiting this element riders experience a download 180 degree turn to the right. Unlike most Vekoma Suspended Looping Roller Coasters, Lethal Weapon – The Ride features an additional helix just before the brake run
. This element was referred to as the "bayern kurve" by Vekoma and was the first to be installed in any Suspended Looping Roller Coaster.
After the ride, guests proceed past an observation deck for the ride, through the gift shop, where they arrive back in Chinatown.
Vekoma SLC
The Suspended Looping Coaster is a model of steel inverted roller coaster built by Vekoma. There are at least 39 different installations across the world. The minimum rider height requirement is or more.-History:...
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 Warner Bros. Movie World
Warner Bros. Movie World
Warner Bros. Movie World is a popular movie related theme park on the Gold Coast in Australia. It is owned and operated by Village Roadshow since the take over from Time Warner and is the only movie related park in Australia...
in Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is based on the Lethal Weapon film series
Lethal Weapon (film series)
Lethal Weapon is a series of films starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a pair of LAPD detectives. All four films in the series were directed by Richard Donner, and also share many of the same core cast members.-Lethal Weapon :...
.
The ride is also the first steel inverted roller coaster at an Australian Theme Park.
Summary
Riders join in the queue by entering an area of the theme park made up like Chinatown, complete with a variety of facades such as "Lee's Martial Arts School" and various restaurants and sundry shops. The queue starts outdoors, then moves to a movie-theatre like hall where riders can watch sequences of the film while waiting to ride.Before finally riding, riders progress into an area made up like an auto yard, with cars plied up atop each other and graffiti all over the walls, with the sound of barking Doberman
Doberman
Doberman or Dobermann most commonly refers to Doberman Pinscher, a breed of dog, or to its creator, Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann.It may also refer to:*Doberman , a 2003 album by Tomoyasu Hotei*Doberman , a Japanese ska/punk band...
s as well as a seemingly abandoned Shell auto station. After hearing an audio presentation and removing any loose items, riders are strapped in and the ride is dispatched.
The train climbs the 33.3 metres (109.3 ft) lift hill
Lift hill
A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward-sloping section of track on a typical roller coaster that initially transports the roller coaster train to an elevated point or peak in the roller coaster ride...
, before dropping down a steep, curved drop to the right. The train then enters the roll over, followed by a hill with a banked turn to the left. At the bottom of the hill comes a sidewinder (similar to an Immelman loop), followed by a 270 degree turn to the right. Next comes two inline twists. Upon exiting this element riders experience a download 180 degree turn to the right. Unlike most Vekoma Suspended Looping Roller Coasters, Lethal Weapon – The Ride features an additional helix just before the brake run
Brake run
A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track meant to slow or stop a roller coaster train. Brake runs may be located anywhere along the circuit of a coaster and may be designed to bring the train to a complete halt or to simply adjust the train's speed...
. This element was referred to as the "bayern kurve" by Vekoma and was the first to be installed in any Suspended Looping Roller Coaster.
After the ride, guests proceed past an observation deck for the ride, through the gift shop, where they arrive back in Chinatown.