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Achterbahn: Xcelerator
Freizeitpark: Knott's Berry Farm (Buena Park, California 90620 USA)
Classification: Achterbahn
Typ: Stahl - Sit Down
Status: Operating since 6/22/2002
Hersteller / Modell: Intamin AG / Accelerator Coaster
Designer: Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH
Lift / Launch System: Hydraulic Launch
Cost: $13,000,000 USD
Kapazität: 1330 riders per hour
 
Länge: 671.2 m 
Höhe: 62.5 m 
Inversionen: 0 
Geschwindigkeit: 132 kph 
Fahrzeit: 1:02 
Max. Vertikale Neigung: 90 Degrees 
Max Acceleration: 0 − 132 kph in 2.3 seconds 
Elemente: Top Hat − Outside
 
 
Züge: 2 trains with 5 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train.
 Riders must be 1.32 m or taller to ride.
 
Standort: Located in the area where the former Windjammer operated.
Features:

157' Launch track.

The first banked turn stands 110' tall and the second at 90' tall.

In the Xcelerator's motor building there is a sign with statistics that slightly differ from the ride's published statistics:

  • 81 mph
  • 2201 feet of track
  • 56' long storage track
  • Model Number : T-424
  • 900 pounds per car (weight capacity)
  • 1200 per hour (rider capacity)
  • 60 second theoretical dispatch interval
  • Duration per cycle : 22 seconds
  • Minimum curve radius (tower) : 7.5 meters

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