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Stampida is a
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in the resort
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. It is a very rickety roller coaster with many drops and 2 tunnels. It features two parallel tracks with blue and red cars each one, but then they run separately for a while. Finally, they come parallel again to the end of the ride. It shares a part of its route with a kiddie wooden roller coaster named Tomahawk.


Notes

Stampida is one of only two dual-tracked roller coasters CCI ever built. The other is the now-defunct
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Awards

*Fireball World Coaster of the Year 2011. {{John Wardley Rides designed by John Wardley Roller coasters in Spain Roller coasters introduced in 1997 Western (genre) amusement rides