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Comet - Crystal Beach (Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada)

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Roller Coaster: Comet
Amusement Park: Crystal Beach (Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada)
Classification: Roller Coaster
Type: Wood - Sit Down
Status: Defunct
Operated from 5/22/1948 to 9/4/1989
Relocations: Crystal Beach as Comet
Great Escape as Comet
Builder: Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.
Designer: Herbert Paul Schmeck
Construction: Martin & Vleminckx
Serial Number: 112
Track layout: Double Out and Back
Categories: Hybrid (Steel Structure)
Maps: Bing Maps (Satellite) · Google Maps (Satellite)
Cost: $125,000 USD
 
Length: 4,197 ft 
Height: 95 ft 
Drop: 87 ft 
Inversions: 0 
Speed: 55 mph 
Duration: 2:00 
 
Trains: 2 trains with 4 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.
Restrictions: Riders must be 48 in or taller to ride.
Restraints: Individual ratcheting lap bar.
Built by: Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.
Notes: Martin & Vleminckx did the onsite construction at the Great Escape, not Crystal Beach as the information above would imply.  A limitation in the database causes the erroneous information above.
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