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SheiKra

SheiKra is B&M's floorless Dive Coaster in Stanleyville, with a 200-foot climb, a 90-degree drop and a splash finale.

SheiKra is all about the pause before the plunge. The train climbs 200 feet, hangs briefly over the vertical drop, then dives into an Immelmann, a tunnel and the splash finale. The floorless trains amplify the whole experience, with dangling feet, a clear view straight down and a layout built around that drop.

Normal 15 min
Average 16 min
Highest measurement 160 min Measured at 28-06 13:45
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
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Coaster profile

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Classification

RCDB #2662
RCDB status Operating since May 21, 2005
Classification Roller Coaster
Track type Steel
Design Sit Down
Scale Extreme
Layout Dive Coaster
Categories Roller Coaster, Steel, Sit Down, Extreme, Floorless
Cost 13500000
Vertical Angle 90°
Official drop 200.0 ft (61.0 m)
Opened May 21, 2005

Tracks

Length 3,188.0 ft (971.7 m)
Height 200.1 ft (61.0 m)
Drop 200.1 ft (61.0 m)
Speed 70.0 mph (112.7 km/h)
Inversions 1
Ride duration 2:20

Trains

Arrangement 3 wagens per trein; rijders zitten 8 naast elkaar op 1 rij, samen 24 rijders per trein.
Cars per train 3
Rows per car 1
Riders per row 8
Riders per train 24

Elements

Status history

  • closed from May 28, 2007 through June 15, 2007

Location

SheiKra sits in Stanleyville and uses the space around the drop, tunnel and splashdown as its signature visual set pieces.

Notes

RCDB notes that SheiKra was closed from May 28 to June 15, 2007 for the conversion to floorless trains. The official park page highlights a 200-foot drop, a 90-degree plunge and a top speed of 70 mph.

Theming

The name refers to an African hawk known for diving straight down, and the ride turns that motion into the headline moment with its vertical drop.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Closed
Normal 15 min
Average 16 min
Highest measurement 160 min Measured at 28-06 13:45
Measurements 1739
Outage measurements 4
Avg. outage duration 56 min
Often busy 17:00 15 min average
Often quiet 10:00 0 min average
Reliability High 3418 measurements, 12 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

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

Wait times

1739 measurements

0 min 40 min 80 min 120 min 160 min
Min
0 min
Q1
5 min
Median
10 min
Q3
20 min
Max
160 min

Typical wait time: around 10 min.

It usually falls between 5 min and 20 min.

See more than 20 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 5 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

6 outages

0 min 100 min 200 min 300 min
Min
3 min
Q1
5 min
Median
16 min
Q3
45 min
Max
247 min

Outages usually last about 16 min.

Some are over quickly (sometimes within 5 min), others take longer (up to 45 min). That varies per outage.

Already longer than 45 min? The attraction may stay closed a while longer.

Outages per day

2 days

0 1 2 3 4
Min
2
Q1
3
Median
3
Q3
4
Max
4

On days with outages, we see an average of 3 per day.

That usually falls between 3 and 4.

On quiet days it was 2, on busy days up to 4.

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 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00