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Rita

Rita is the Intamin Accelerator Coaster in Dark Forest, launched hydraulically to 61.1 mph in 2.5 seconds.

Rita is all about the launch: no long lift hill, just a hard blast out of the station. The track then tears through quick turns and airtime moments between the trees of Dark Forest, as if you are trying to outrun something in the woods.

Normal 40 min
Average 40 min
Highest measurement 140 min Measured at 15-07 13:33
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
Photos
RCDB

Coaster profile

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Classification

RCDB #2787
RCDB status Operating since April 1, 2005
Classification Roller Coaster
Track type steel
Design Sit Down
Scale Extreme
Layout twister
Categories Roller Coaster, Steel, Sit Down, Extreme
Former name Rita - Queen of Speed
G-force 4.7G
Maximum height 195 cm
Cost 8000000 GBP

Tracks

Length 2,099.7 ft (640.0 m)
Height 68.8 ft (21.0 m)
Speed 61.1 mph (98.3 km/h)
Inversions 0
Ride duration 0:25

Trains

Arrangement 2 treinen met 5 wagens per trein; rijders zitten 2 naast elkaar in 2 rijen, samen 20 rijders per trein.
Trains 2
Cars per train 5
Rows per car 2
Riders per row 2
Riders per train 20
Capacity per hour 1,040

Location

Rita sits in Dark Forest and uses a compact twister layout, built around its immediate hydraulic launch.

Notes

RCDB lists Intamin Other / Accelerator Coaster, 2,099.7 feet of track, 68.8 feet in height, 61.1 mph, 0 inversions, a 25-second ride, 4.7 g and a hydraulic launch in 2.5 seconds. TowersTimes lists 1,040 riders per hour and 20 passengers per train.

Theming

A Dark Forest coaster where the original drag-race energy has been folded into a darker woodland story about escaping the forces in the area.

History

Rita opened on April 1, 2005 as Rita - Queen of Speed and was later tied thematically to Dark Forest.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Closed
Normal 40 min
Average 40 min
Highest measurement 140 min Measured at 15-07 13:33
Measurements 949
Outage measurements 0
Avg. outage duration -
Often busy 14:00 49 min average
Often quiet 10:00 10 min average
Reliability High 1120 measurements, 8 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

949 measurements

0 min 40 min 80 min 120 min 160 min
Min
5 min
Q1
25 min
Median
40 min
Q3
55 min
Max
140 min

Typical wait time: around 40 min.

It usually falls between 25 min and 55 min.

See more than 55 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 25 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

Not enough data yet for a boxplot.

This attraction has not reported any outages to us yet. We cannot say anything meaningful about it here.

Outages per day

Not enough data yet for a boxplot.

This attraction has not reported any outages to us yet. We cannot say anything meaningful about it here.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 15 min 30 min 45 min 60 min 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00