Darien Lake Theme Park’s newest roller coaster, Tantrum, is only a few weeks away from opening.
The grand steel structure is an almost $5 million dollar addition, it will take riders on a 98-foot vertical lift at a 90-degree angle, straight up the coaster’s first hill. In a matter of seconds, upon reaching its apex, the train plummets into a 97-degree drop and pretzel inversion. Reaching speeds of 52 mph, the coaster snakes through the structure over a bunny hop, keeps riders wondering which way is up or down during an Immelmann turn, and finishes with a tilted loop.
Eight people can fit in one cart(two rows of 4) . There are three trains and one cart at a time goes through the ride which lasts 1:26 seconds.
The last time the park unveiled a new rollercoaster was 10 years ago. The Moto Coaster.
Tantrum will be the park’s seventh coaster and it is scheduled to open Memorial Day weekend, May 26th.
Its signature beyond-vertical drop offers a thrilling, unique experience that hasn’t previously been offered to park guests. It’s the first of its kind in New York State and Ontario, Canada.
Darien Lake opens for the season on May 5th at 10:00a.m.