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Hurler (roller coaster)
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Hurler is the name of two wooden
roller coaster
s at Cedar Fair's Carowinds and Kings Dominion parks. Both coasters opened in the same year, 1994. Built by International Coasters Inc., the coasters both have exactly the same design, with exactly the same statistics.
, whose main characters frequently used the word "hurl."
While Paramount sold both parks in 2006, the new owners, Cedar Fair, have retained the name as fitting for a roller coaster but removed references to Wayne's World.
The Kings Dominion roller coaster was briefly closed at the start of the 2006 season to be re-tracked. It was closed again leading up to the 2010 season for installation of a trim brake immediately after the first hill. It was open in time for daily operation.
Riders are hoisted up a small 83 feet (25.3 m) lift hill and make a wide turn before reaching the initial drop. During the drop, an on-ride camera automatically takes photographs of passengers. The ride continues with a wide, heavily banked, flat turn, then a series of hills and drops which jerk and shake passengers, giving the coaster a reputation of being bumpy and rickety.
The overall layout is a standard paperclip arrangement with two out-and-back style runs (in Kings Dominion this extends into the courtyard adjacent to Grizzly
).
s, props and signs are scattered sparsely about. At Carowinds, some of the original props (notably baby doll pieces) were recycled into the Halloween Haunt
Maze of Madness. Although the Wayne's World
Theme has been removed from the coaster at Kings Dominion, many signs of the theme are still there, including many stickers and stamps of the Wayne's World
logo around the Hurler station, such as the columns by the exit.
Wooden roller coaster
A wooden roller coaster is most often classified as a roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlaid upon a wooden track. Occasionally, the structure may be made out of a steel lattice or truss, but the ride remains classified as a wooden roller coaster due to the track design...
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...
s at Cedar Fair's Carowinds and Kings Dominion parks. Both coasters opened in the same year, 1994. Built by International Coasters Inc., the coasters both have exactly the same design, with exactly the same statistics.
History
Both Hurler roller coasters opened in 1994. The coasters originally borrowed their theme from the 1992 Paramount motion picture Wayne's WorldWayne's World (film)
Wayne's World is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Penelope Spheeris and starring Mike Myers in his film debut as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar, hosts of the Aurora, Illinois-based Public-access television cable TV show Wayne's World...
, whose main characters frequently used the word "hurl."
While Paramount sold both parks in 2006, the new owners, Cedar Fair, have retained the name as fitting for a roller coaster but removed references to Wayne's World.
The Kings Dominion roller coaster was briefly closed at the start of the 2006 season to be re-tracked. It was closed again leading up to the 2010 season for installation of a trim brake immediately after the first hill. It was open in time for daily operation.
Ride layout
The overall layout is a standard paperclip arrangement with two out-and-back style runs (in Kings Dominion this extends into the courtyard adjacent to Grizzly
Grizzly (roller coaster)
Grizzly is a wooden roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. The grounds of the ride are densely forested, with the intended thrills heightened from the illusion of inadequate clearance between the track and trees. The attraction opened in 1982, and the double-figure-eight layout is...
).
Theming
Originally, the queue wound underneath the coaster through a "hot set" on location filming scenes from Wayne's World. Upon entering the station building, park guests passed through a full-scale set of the iconic basement hideout of Wayne and Garth. Since removal of the Paramount references, the queue and station building are loosely themed with the remains of the original theming. Movie-making paraphernalia including stage lights, cameraCamera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
s, props and signs are scattered sparsely about. At Carowinds, some of the original props (notably baby doll pieces) were recycled into the Halloween Haunt
Halloween Haunt
Halloween Haunt, originally known as "Fearfest", is a haunted attraction at Canada's Wonderland located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It runs after the park's regular operating hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings in October - up to, and including Halloween night...
Maze of Madness. Although the Wayne's World
Wayne's World
Wayne's World was originally a recurring sketch from the NBC television series Saturday Night Live. It evolved from a segment titled "Wayne's Power Minute" on the CBC Television series It's Only Rock & Roll, as the main character first appeared in that show...
Theme has been removed from the coaster at Kings Dominion, many signs of the theme are still there, including many stickers and stamps of the Wayne's World
Wayne's World
Wayne's World was originally a recurring sketch from the NBC television series Saturday Night Live. It evolved from a segment titled "Wayne's Power Minute" on the CBC Television series It's Only Rock & Roll, as the main character first appeared in that show...
logo around the Hurler station, such as the columns by the exit.