Runaway Mountain

Attraction Details
Manufacturer: Premier Rides
Type: Steel
Opened: 1996
Height: 59-feet
Speed: 40 MPH
Length: 1430-feet
Inversions: 0

Attraction Ratings
Fun Factor
80%
Queue
20%
Themeing
100%
Overall Rating
80%
Janus
Summary: Better than it looks
July 3rd, 2003
Runaway Mountain is one of the few in-the-dark coasters that I've been on. The first few times I went to SFoT, I skipped it - it looked to much like a kiddie coaster (even though I couldn't see the ride itself from the outside). The ride is so disorienting that I'm still not quite sure of the layout. It feels faster and taller than it really is, and is even more disorienting the second time than the first (you think you know which way you're about to turn but you end up going the opposite direction).

The queue for this ride is well themed (although what walking through a swamp has to do with a mountain, I'll never know). The station had the mountain theming I was waiting for.
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