| Montaña Rusa | |||||||||||||
| Location: | Parque del Café | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 4.536°N -75.768°W | ||||||||||||
| Type: | Steel | ||||||||||||
| Status: | Operating | ||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | Anton Schwarzkopf | ||||||||||||
| Model: | Speed Racer / Extended Jumbo Jet | ||||||||||||
| Designer: | Werner Stengel | ||||||||||||
| Lift: | Electric Spiral Lift | ||||||||||||
| Capacity: | 1,174 | ||||||||||||
| Length Ft: | 2583 | ||||||||||||
| Height Ft: | 56.9 | ||||||||||||
| Inversions: | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Speed Mph: | 41.2 | ||||||||||||
| Duration: | 2:31 | ||||||||||||
| Gforce: | 2.1 | ||||||||||||
| Angle: | 50 | ||||||||||||
| Rcdb Number: | 1392 | ||||||||||||
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Montaña Rusa is a roller coaster in Colombia. It has been in operation since 1973, except while being moved from 1997 to 1999, and has a capacity of 1,174 riders per hour.[1]
The ride originally opened as Zambezi Zinger in 1973, and operated for 25 seasons at Worlds of Fun, in Kansas City, Missouri. At the time, it was the longest-standing coaster in the park's history (overtaken in 2014 by the Timber Wolf).
Between 1997 and 1999, it was moved to Parque del Café in Montenegro, Quindio, Colombia and officially renamed Montaña Rusa (English: Russian Mountain) – however commonly called "La Broca" or "the drillbit". The name comes from the 1700s–1800s in St. Petersburg, Russia, where some of the earliest-known "roller coaster" experiences were called "Russian Mountains". After gaining popularity throughout Europe, French amusement parks would build their own versions, calling them "les montagnes russes".
Originally debuting in 1999 as Parque del Café's first roller coaster, this 1,050-metre long coaster became the longest in Colombia.[2] It is one of only two Schwarzkopf Speed Racer models still in operation today—the other being Whizzer at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.
See main article: Zambezi Zinger (2023).
In 2022, Worlds of Fun announced a new hybrid roller coaster for the 2023 season, inspired by and also named Zambezi Zinger.[3] [4] However, construction delays prevented the replacement coaster from opening at the start of the park's season in April.[5] The opening was announced to be on May 25, 2023, for season passholders, and on May 26, 2023, to the general public. However, Zambezi Zinger was delayed due to additional testing requirements. Instead, the coaster had a soft opening on June 10, 2023, the Big Slick First Rider event on June 16, 2023, the season passholder event on June 17 and 18, 2023, and fully opened on June 19, 2023.[6]