- Le Monstre
Infobox roller coaster
name=Le Monstre (The Monster)
caption=
location=La Ronde
type=Wooden
type2=Wooden
status=Open
opened=July 20 ,1985
manufacturer=William Cobb & Associates
designer=
model=Twin
track=
lift=Chainlift hill
height=130.9
drop=
length=3996.1
speed=59.7
inversions=0
duration=2 - 3 minutes
angle=
capacity=
cost=
acceleration=
gforce=
restriction=52
rcdb_number=186Le Monstre is a
wooden roller coaster atLa Ronde amusement park inMontreal ,Canada . Le Monstre is the 2nd largest wooden roller coaster in Canada and is also the tallest two-track wooden roller coaster in the world.Being only 39.9 meters tall, it does not surpass the height of the newest attraction at La Ronde,
The Goliath , but is still taller than all of their other roller coasters. Le Monstre includes a hard first drop, a helix, and airtime hills, and has a top speed of 59.7 miles per hour.The first track of the ride opened in 1985, but a second track was built for the 1986 season. This newer track does not run parallel to the first, and instead gives a different ride experience. La Ronde once replaced the seats for new seats with safety belts, but were removed to classic bars at the request of riders. The seats have one lapbar for each row, as well as an individual seatbelt that attaches to the seat divider instead of the seat. This allows riders to "float" during airtime because the seatbelt does not come down to the seat even when fully tightened.
Requirements and the ride
Riders must be over 1.32 m to ride the coaster. Riders are seated 2 across in 2 rows spanning 7 cars, for a total of 28 riders per train. Le Monstre has four trains, 2 in each track.
External links
* [http://www.laronde.com/larondeen/ride_detail.asp?ride=2 Description of Monstre at La Ronde official website]
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