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Make: S&S Worldwide
Model: All Models / Thrust Air Coaster
| Length | 4081.3 ft |
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| Height | 160.8 ft |
| Speed | 111.8 mph |
| Inversions | 1 |
| Elements | Compressed Air Launch from 0 mph - 111.8 mph in 1.6s 160.8 ft tall Loop |
| Arrangement | 4 trains with 4 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row for a total of 8 riders per train. |
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| Former names | Dodonpa (Japanese: ドドンパ) ( to ) |
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| Former status | Operated from to SBNO from to Operated from to |
| Each train on the Dodonpa has a different face. The mouth stretches in a scream under the train so that the seats are between the teeth. When the Dodonpa opened, the faces were: Father, Mother, Sister and Baby. These were later changed to: Cheetah, Snake, Zebra and Strawberry. |
| Dodonpa, is named for musical sounds, (similar to Do Re Mi, but percussive) and is also the "chant" referred to occasionally while you wait in line for the coaster. |
| While the park writes "Dodonpa", a more accurate natural pronunciation would be "Dodompa" (with a "m"). Many Japanese use "n" by Japanese roman lettering convention. |
| Dodonpa closed on October 2nd, 2016 and reopen on July 15th, 2017 as the Do-Dodonpa after many changes. Most significantly, the top hat was replaced by a 49m tall, 39.7m in diameter vertical loop. The speed increased from 0 to 172 km/h in 1.8 seconds to 0 - 180km/h in 1.56 seconds and the length increased from 1,189m to 1,244m. In the former configuration, the duration was 55 seconds, height was 52m and g-force was 4.3. |