Corkscrew - Spanish City Amusement Park (Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, England, UK)

Facts

Roller Coaster:			Corkscrew
Amusement Park:			Spanish City Amusement Park (Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, England, UK)
Classification:			Roller Coaster
Type:			Steel - Sit Down
Status:			Defunct Operated from 1980 - 1981 to 1980 - 1982
Relocations:			Spanish City Amusement Park as Corkscrew Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo as Corkscrew Lunapark as Apocalypse
Make / Model:			Vekoma / MK-1200 / Corkscrew with Bayerncurve

Length:			2,400 ft
Height:			75 ft
Drop:			68 ft
Inversions:			2
Speed:			40 mph
Elements:			Double Corkscrew

Trains:			6 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.
Built by:			Arrow Dynamics

Facts:			The opening year of 1980 comes from a Vekoma reference list. Often those are they years the ride was sold, not when the ride opened. So it is possible this roller coaster opened in 1981 not 1980.

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