Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain
| Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Indiana Beach | |
| Location | Indiana Beach |
| Coordinates | 40°47′19″N 86°46′12″W / 40.78861°N 86.77000°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | June 6, 2002 |
| Replaced | Superstition Mountain Mine Ride |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Wood |
| Manufacturer | Custom Coasters International |
| Lift/launch system | Elevator Lift |
| Height | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Length | 1,400 ft (430 m) |
| Speed | 20 mph (32 km/h) |
| Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
| Trains | 3 trains with 2 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 8 riders per train. |
| Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain at RCDB | |
The Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain is a wooden roller coaster at Indiana Beach in Monticello, Indiana, themed to a mine shaft. It was the last coaster Custom Coasters International (CCI) finished (they had also started work on New Mexico Rattler at Cliff's Amusement Park but went bankrupt before its completion). The ride uses an elevator lift to raise the cars to the top of the track as opposed to the more traditional lift hill. CCI constructed new cage-enclosed cars due to the proximity between riders and the themed 'mountain' sections of the ride. Eight people may ride in a two-car train simultaneously. Two face forward and two backward, opposite each other in each car.
The ride enters an enclosed 'mountain' area several times throughout the ride. The imitation mountain was originally used for a previous dark ride. This dark ride went through the mountain and lights would illuminate scenes of various animals in the mountain.
The ride itself has been open since the mid-1980s as a mine like car ride with no hills or wooden tracks. The original ride's opening was delayed before officially opening in the 1980s.
Lost Coaster was designed to operate three eight-passenger trains.
The Gravity Group, which is run by the former CCI designers, stated that Lost Coaster was the inspiration for the design of Twister at Gröna Lund in Sweden.