Fairly Odd Coaster (known formerly as Timberland Twister) is a spinning roller coaster themed to '' The Fairly OddParents'' that opened on March 15, 2004, at Nickelodeon Universe in the

Mall of America Mall of America (MOA) is a large shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States. Located within the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the mall lies southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway ...

. Individual cars have two rows facing each other and each car spins independently throughout the course of the ride. The ride is geared toward families. The ride was installed by Ride Entertainment Group, who handles all of Gerstlauer's operations in the Western Hemisphere.

Ride experience

The ride vehicles exit the boarding station and climb a 54 foot tall hill. At the top, the vehicles are released and enter a series of flat tight curves to get them spinning. Guests then ride through: a set of speed-retarders, several helix turns, an additional set of speed retarders, a series of large track-hills, another set of speed retarders, and a series of fast sharp bumps. Riders then take one last tight sideways turn, and the vehicles return to the boarding station.

History

Fairly Odd Coaster opened as "Timberland Twister" when the park was themed to

Camp Snoopy Camp Snoopy is a ''Peanuts''-themed area for children at several Cedar Fair amusement parks. History Camp Snoopy was first introduced at Knott's Berry Farm in 1983. This was the first amusement park with a section dedicated to children under 1 ...

, and is the first spinning roller coaster from

Gerstlauer Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH is a German manufacturer of stationary and transportable amusement rides and roller coasters, located in Münsterhausen, Germany. History In 1982, Hubert Gerstlauer, a former employee of the Anton Schwarzkopf-o ...

and the first of its kind. A month later, an identical ride opened at

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amusement park in

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called

Spinning Dragons Spinning Dragons is a spinning roller coaster located at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Manufactured by Gerstlauer, it was the second ride of its kind in the world after the Fairly Odd Coaster at Mall of America's Nicke ...

. A discontinued feature of Fairly Odd Coaster was an on-ride video system that allowed guests to purchase DVDs of their ride on the attraction. The Fairly Odd Coaster name was previously shared with rollercoasters at

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and

Kings Island Kings Island is a amusement park located northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio, United States. Owned and operated by Cedar Fair, the park first opened in 1972 by the Taft Broadcasting Company. It was part of a larger effort to move and expan ...

near

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before they were both renamed and rethemed as Woodstock Express.

References

External links

Specifications at ultimaterollercoaster.com

Review at ultimaterollercoaster.com
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