Opened: April 13. 1991
Cost: $4 million ($400,000 of the $4 million was on special effects)
Type: Mine train
Track Length: 2,963 feet
Lift Height: 1st– 63’   2nd– 42’
Maximum Speed: 35 miles per hour
Time of Ride: 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Designed by: Arrow Dynamics, manufactured by Kings Island Construction Co. Special effects by R&R creative, with design by Amusement Design
Trains: 3 trains, 6 cars per train with 30 people per train
Tunnels:   1st– 161’ long      Theme- snakes
2nd– 103’ long    Theme- booby trap
3rd– 201’ long     Theme- volcanic eruption
                  4th– 295’ long     Theme- forbidden temple
Materials: 180,000 board feet used to support the steel track.
Hourly Capacity: 1,600 people per hour
Ridership: 37,450,509 rides since opening in 1991, the eighth-most in park history. Its record year was 1993, when 2,143,480 rides were given. (Numbers through 2019 season.)
Location: Oktoberfest
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