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User Rating
Attraction type
Roller coaster
Manufacturer
Gerstlauer
Model
Euro-Fighter
Opening Date
( Date not confirmed )

Adventure World's new (in 2013) $12 million roller coaster, was called Abyss and promised a spooky backstory to accompany the ride.

The park promised that Abyss "will plunge the bravel souls who travel on it into a black hole to experience adrenaline-pumping exhilaration". The plot will revolve around the ancient druid Guardians of the Abyss, and will influence the design of both the coaster itself and the area surrounding it. 30 nine-foot-tall Guardians will be located close to the coaster's circuit, while upturned trees with twisting roots will add to the atmosphere. The entrance will be marked by a large themed arch, designed to create a feeling of "impending doom".

Abyss is on a different scale to previous investments at Adventure World. At the time of its launch in 2013 the attraction line-up at the largest theme park in Western Australia featured a single small roller coaster, a selection off-the-shelf thrill rides, and a variety of water slides. The park promised that Abyss would be a "world-class, adrenaline-pumping roller coaster", featuring a custom-design and exerting g-forces of -1 to 4.5 on riders.

Like Saw - The Ride at Thorpe Park (another Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter model), Abyss boasts a dark ride section. The circuit is 2066 feet (630 metres) long, and includes a vertical lift hill, a beyond-vertical drop, a zero-g roll, a rollover loop, a cobra roll and an inline loop. It stands at 98 feet (30 metres) tall, and features the smaller cars seen on Saw - The Ride rather than the multi-car trains used on The Smiler at Alton Towers. These will hold eight passengers each, in two rows of four.

 

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