Led Zeppelin - The Ride

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name=Led Zeppelin: The Ride


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location=Hard Rock Park
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type=Steel
status= Open
opened=May 9, 2008
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manufacturer=Bolliger & Mabillard
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lift=Chain lift hill
height=155
drop=150
length=3738
speed=65
inversions=6
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rcdb_number=3852

"Led Zeppelin: The Ride" is a steel roller coaster now open at Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The ride, manufactured by the Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard, opened to the public on April 15, 2008 during Hard Rock Park's "Sound Check" soft opening. The ride officially opened with the park on May 9, 2008. [ [http://www.hardrockpark.com/index3.php Hard Rock Park ] ]

Ride layout

"Led Zeppelin – The Ride" features six inversions: a vertical loop, a cobra roll, a zero-g roll, another vertical loop and a corkscrew after the block brake.

As the train travels the course, riders are able to listen to Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" via built-in speakers. The front of the trains have been designed to resemble the shape of a zeppelin airship. The trains have eight cars, one row each and four seats across per row for a total of thirty-two seats per train. [ [http://www.rcdb.com/id3852.htm Led Zeppelin - The Ride (Hard Rock Park) ] ]

Once the train leaves the station, it goes up the chain lift on the 155-foot hill. Then comes the 150 foot drop. It pulls out of the drop into the first of the coaster's vertical loop. Then the coaster pulls you in a cobra roll. Next it pulls you into a zero-g roll. After that there is the second vertical loop, followed by a large helix. Then there is the brake run, and another small helix brings it into a corkscrew. There is another small helix to finish the ride.

References

External links

* [http://www.hardrockpark.com/ Hard Rock Park]
* [http://www.grandstrand.sc/led-zeppelin-the-ride.htm Ride simulation and press conference videos]
* [http://discovermyrtlebeach.com/hardrockpark/ledzeppelintheride.cfm Construction and Completion Photos & Information]

Ride photos