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Rattler (roller coaster)
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The Rattler is a wooden roller coaster
located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
in San Antonio, TX.
The Rattler is located in the Western-themed Crackaxle Canyon area of Fiesta Texas, sitting next to the Road Runner Express
, with which Rattler intertwines. The coaster spends much of its course atop the cliffs surrounding the park and includes a long tunnel through a quarry wall after its mid-course brake run
. Furthermore, The Rattler features a huge, 900° helix atop a high cliff after its infamous second drop/fan curve.
at Ohio's Cedar Point Amusement Park
. It held this title for several years until the debut of Son of Beast at Ohio's Kings Island
. The Rattler is currently the world's fourth tallest wooden coaster but has fallen out of the top ten in drop, although it would still rank third in this category had its first drop not been drastically shortened from 166 to 124 ft (50.6 to 37.8 ), reducing its top speed to 65 mph (29.1 m/s), several years after its opening. The coaster's original plans never called for such a large first drop, but construction of Ohio's Mean Streak
prompted the hasty design change.
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...
located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Six Flags Fiesta Texas is a seasonally operated theme park located on approximately of land in San Antonio, Texas.Six Flags Fiesta Texas is the major entertainment component of USAA's La Cantera, a 1,600 acre master-planned development in northwest San Antonio...
in San Antonio, TX.
The Rattler is located in the Western-themed Crackaxle Canyon area of Fiesta Texas, sitting next to the Road Runner Express
Road Runner Express (Fiesta Texas)
Road Runner Express is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas. It was built for the park's 1997 Season and is the last mine train roller coaster ever to be built by Arrow Dynamics in a Six Flags theme park....
, with which Rattler intertwines. The coaster spends much of its course atop the cliffs surrounding the park and includes a long tunnel through a quarry wall after its mid-course brake run
Brake run
A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track meant to slow or stop a roller coaster train. Brake runs may be located anywhere along the circuit of a coaster and may be designed to bring the train to a complete halt or to simply adjust the train's speed...
. Furthermore, The Rattler features a huge, 900° helix atop a high cliff after its infamous second drop/fan curve.
Ride experience
When it debuted in 1992, it was the tallest and fastest wooden coaster in the world, with a height of 179 feet (54.6 m), a first drop of 166 feet (50.6 m) and a top speed of 73 mph (32.6 m/s), outdoing its then rival, Mean StreakMean Streak
Mean Streak is a wooden roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Opened in 1991 and constructed using 1.7 million board feet of treated Southern Yellow Pine, it was one of the tallest, fastest and longest wooden roller coasters in the world...
at Ohio's Cedar Point Amusement Park
Cedar Point
Cedar Point is a 364 acre amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, United States on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. Cedar Point is the only amusement park with four roller coasters that are taller than...
. It held this title for several years until the debut of Son of Beast at Ohio's Kings Island
Kings Island
Kings Island is a amusement park located northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio. Opened in 1972 by Taft Broadcasting Company and now owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, Kings Island is the most visited seasonal amusement park in the U.S...
. The Rattler is currently the world's fourth tallest wooden coaster but has fallen out of the top ten in drop, although it would still rank third in this category had its first drop not been drastically shortened from 166 to 124 ft (50.6 to 37.8 ), reducing its top speed to 65 mph (29.1 m/s), several years after its opening. The coaster's original plans never called for such a large first drop, but construction of Ohio's Mean Streak
Mean Streak
Mean Streak is a wooden roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Opened in 1991 and constructed using 1.7 million board feet of treated Southern Yellow Pine, it was one of the tallest, fastest and longest wooden roller coasters in the world...
prompted the hasty design change.