Silver Streak is a

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. The coaster is geared towards families and children, and is often seen as a junior version of the park's existing

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roller coaster.

History

Built alongside children's rides Jumping Jet and Blast Off as a brand new area known as Zoom Zone, which debuted in 2001 at the same time that

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opened in the International Festival section of the park. These three family rides officially opened to the public on May 6, 2001, replacing the Jumbo Bumps attraction, and the entrance to their common plaza can be found by Frequent Flyers. Today, in the

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era, Zoom Zone is no longer a listed area of the park but signage still covers the plaza. Silver Streak occupies the majority of the section, and is by far the largest attraction in Kidzville.

Characteristics

Model

Silver Streak was designed and manufactured by Dutch amusement firm

, who also designed the park's

and The Bat coasters. It is currently one of seven of Vekoma's 342m

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(SFC) models.

Statistics

Silver Streak has an overall length of roughly 1,122.1 ft (342 m), a height of 48.6 ft (14.8 m), and a total speed of 26 mph (42 km/h). The coaster is located on a 193.6 ft by 121.4 ft plot of land.

Train

Silver Streak operates with a single 20-passenger open-air train. The train utilizes soft over-the-shoulder restraints, thus minimizing any possible head-banging on the ride.

Layout

The coaster's layout is vastly similar to those of Vekoma's 335m Junior Coaster layout. After making a right hand turn, the train is pushed up the lift hill by booster wheels, all the way to the 48.6 foot height. It then proceeds into a helix and some other wide turns before hitting the brake run and making a right turn into the station. One cycle of the ride has an approximate duration of 1 minute and 16 seconds.

Similar rides

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, under the name Rugrats Runaway Reptar. It was however renamed to Flying Ace Ariel Chase in 2010 under

management. Then renamed to its current name in 2024. Another identical model also opened at

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in 2003 following the success of the first two, undergoing the same names and changes as the

coaster until its retheme to Kiddy Hawk during the 2017-2018 offseason.

References

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