Le Vampire | |
Location: | La Ronde |
Locationarticle: | La Ronde (amusement park) |
Type: | Steel |
Type2: | Inverted |
Status: | Operating |
Opened: | May 18, 2002 |
Manufacturer: | Bolliger & Mabillard |
Model: | Inverted Coaster / Batman |
Lift: | Chain lift hill |
Height Ft: | 105 |
Length Ft: | 2700.2 |
Speed Mph: | 50 |
Inversions: | 5 |
Duration: | 1:13 minutes |
Capacity: | 1400 |
Gforce: | 4 |
Restriction In: | 54 |
Trains: | 2 |
Carspertrain: | 7 |
Rowspercar: | 1 |
Ridersperrow: | 4 |
Virtual Queue Name: | Flash Pass |
Virtual Queue Image: | Fastpass availability icon.svg |
Virtual Queue Status: | Available |
Rcdb Number: | 1567 |
Le Vampire (English: The Vampire) is an inverted roller coaster at La Ronde amusement park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, designed by the Swiss firm Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M). Its track is identical to, but the roller coaster has no association to the Batman franchise and was given an unrelated name and a slightly different cosmetic appearance.
The track is 823 metres in length and reaches a height of nearly 32 metres. Riders sit with their legs dangling such as on a ski chairlift and reach speeds of up to 80.5 km/hour and loop head-over-heels five times. The Vampire can carry up to 1,400 riders per hour.
Le Vampire was constructed by Martin & Vleminckx.[1]
The ride was closed due to an accident on July 6, 2012. It opened for the first time since the incident on August 13, 2012.[2] On September 3, 2015, the park announced that the ride would run backwards for a limited time during the 2016 season and become part of a new section of the park.[3]