Troy is a

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located at

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, the Netherlands. It was manufactured by American manufacturer

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(GCI) and opened on June 29, 2007. Troy was GCI's second roller coaster in Europe, following

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PowerPark PowerPark is a large scale karting and amusement park in Alahärmä, Finland. It is located along Highway 19, north of Seinäjoki and east of Vaasa. The main karting track already resembles an F1 circuit and has previously hosted the Karting Wo ...

in Finland. With a height of , a maximum speed of , and a track length of , Troy is the tallest, fastest, and longest wooden roller coaster in the Netherlands as of 2018.

Characteristics

Trains

Troy uses GCI's Millennium Flyer

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. The ride has two trains with 12 cars each. Each car seats two riders, allowing a capacity of 24 riders per train. Troy can accommodate 850 riders per hour. Toverland Troy

Layout and statistics

Troy features a lift hill with a height of and a drop of , reaching a maximum speed of . The track is in length. The ride features several high-speed turns and hills. The ride also has a section where the train travels through the station building at high speed in the middle of the layout. One cycle of the ride lasts approximately 1 minute and 50 seconds.

Theme

Troy is themed to the story of the

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Rankings

Incidents

During construction on 5 March 2007, part of Troy's unfinished lift hill structure collapsed due to strong winds. No injuries were reported as a result of the collapse.

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References

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External links

Official website (in Dutch and English)
at the

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